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<blockquote data-quote="North Ridge Ranching" data-source="post: 932640" data-attributes="member: 18694"><p>I agree with you on having to know what it costs to keep an animal on your ranch. What I don't agree with you on is your philosophy that the dam has no return for 2 years. If she has a calf that is alive in the fall, she shows income. It may not be cash flow, but it is income. If you were to sell that heifer, it would be cash flow, keeping her means you are not buying another cow, the income from the dam is then what you didn't spend on buying a replacement minus the cost of raising that heifer one more year until she calves.</p><p></p><p>I will tell you one thing that I learned the hard way. Unless you have a consistent supplier of replacement animals that allows you input into what they are supplying, you will never end up with the herd of cows, that carry the traits you want, as good as keeping your own replacements and culling hard. We bought replacements for years and all I did was watch our herd deteriorate. We had more calving issues, more death loss, and poorer production out of our cows. Since going back to keeping our own, we have done nothing but turn our herd around. In the last 2 years we have only lost one calf at calving, and even that one was born alive and was laid on. We have only helped 3 cows calve in the last 2 years and only one was not a due to the calf's presentation. That cow no longer resides on this ranch.</p><p></p><p>4 years ago we bought 17 cows from a reputable herd, all second calvers, and we only have one left from that group. I think I will stick to keeping my own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="North Ridge Ranching, post: 932640, member: 18694"] I agree with you on having to know what it costs to keep an animal on your ranch. What I don't agree with you on is your philosophy that the dam has no return for 2 years. If she has a calf that is alive in the fall, she shows income. It may not be cash flow, but it is income. If you were to sell that heifer, it would be cash flow, keeping her means you are not buying another cow, the income from the dam is then what you didn't spend on buying a replacement minus the cost of raising that heifer one more year until she calves. I will tell you one thing that I learned the hard way. Unless you have a consistent supplier of replacement animals that allows you input into what they are supplying, you will never end up with the herd of cows, that carry the traits you want, as good as keeping your own replacements and culling hard. We bought replacements for years and all I did was watch our herd deteriorate. We had more calving issues, more death loss, and poorer production out of our cows. Since going back to keeping our own, we have done nothing but turn our herd around. In the last 2 years we have only lost one calf at calving, and even that one was born alive and was laid on. We have only helped 3 cows calve in the last 2 years and only one was not a due to the calf's presentation. That cow no longer resides on this ranch. 4 years ago we bought 17 cows from a reputable herd, all second calvers, and we only have one left from that group. I think I will stick to keeping my own. [/QUOTE]
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