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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16781"><p>All good advice here. If you haven't already read it between the lines, the message is that running stockers is risky.</p><p></p><p>As always in cattle, there are a lot of things that are beyond your control and no matter how hard/smart you work, it can blow up on you. With stockers, it boils down to the fact that you are loading up a lot of your eggs into one basket. Not only are all the normal risks in place, but by nature of the game you must concentrate your entry into the market (as buyer and seller) into a narrow time slot.</p><p></p><p>That means when you put X dollars up, you stand a good chance of winning bigger – or loosing bigger – than if you had put it into a regular cow/calf production operation. I don't know anybody that has done it much and not lost money from time to time, even when properly hedged.</p><p></p><p>If you're using discretionary money and you're willing and able to absorb a loss now and then, have fun. If you're betting the rent money, forget the whole idea.</p><p></p><p>Craig-TX</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16781"] All good advice here. If you haven’t already read it between the lines, the message is that running stockers is risky. As always in cattle, there are a lot of things that are beyond your control and no matter how hard/smart you work, it can blow up on you. With stockers, it boils down to the fact that you are loading up a lot of your eggs into one basket. Not only are all the normal risks in place, but by nature of the game you must concentrate your entry into the market (as buyer and seller) into a narrow time slot. That means when you put X dollars up, you stand a good chance of winning bigger – or loosing bigger – than if you had put it into a regular cow/calf production operation. I don’t know anybody that has done it much and not lost money from time to time, even when properly hedged. If you’re using discretionary money and you’re willing and able to absorb a loss now and then, have fun. If you’re betting the rent money, forget the whole idea. Craig-TX [/QUOTE]
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