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<blockquote data-quote="North Ridge Ranching" data-source="post: 932678" data-attributes="member: 18694"><p>@ Caustic Burno</p><p></p><p>You are right about how long you go without cash coming in, I'm not debating that, but keeping a heifer off a cow does not make that cow less profitable. By keeping that calf, you are losing the cash that you would of got for that calf but you also don't have the expence of purchasing a replacement. I guess if you buy your replacement cow the day before she calves you don't have any carrying cost but if not she has costs until she calves and until you sell her calf at 205 days as well. By your calculations, you carry a cow and replacement for 700 days at a cost of $2109.00 ( $1.50 x 1400 days ). What do think you would pay for a cow that is as good as a replacement you keep out of the heart of you herd, maybe about $1500.00 to $1700 this spring, plus $310.00 to carry her through the summer until you sell her calf. That comes to $1800 to $2000 if you bought her the day she calves. You only have to have that cow 2 months before she calves to be the same cost. I will take a home raised heifer over that outside cow that I know nothing about other than what I can see any day. Especially at the same cost. </p><p></p><p>The death loss is a wash to me. A cow that comes from outside of my herd has a better chance of dying than any home raised calf that has been through my vaccination program.</p><p></p><p>I guess what I am saying is that buying your replacement stock is not free either. They come at quite a cost as well, let alone adding to your risk by not knowing as much about them. Your risk of a poor animal that needs to be culled is alot higher when purchasing them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="North Ridge Ranching, post: 932678, member: 18694"] @ Caustic Burno You are right about how long you go without cash coming in, I'm not debating that, but keeping a heifer off a cow does not make that cow less profitable. By keeping that calf, you are losing the cash that you would of got for that calf but you also don't have the expence of purchasing a replacement. I guess if you buy your replacement cow the day before she calves you don't have any carrying cost but if not she has costs until she calves and until you sell her calf at 205 days as well. By your calculations, you carry a cow and replacement for 700 days at a cost of $2109.00 ( $1.50 x 1400 days ). What do think you would pay for a cow that is as good as a replacement you keep out of the heart of you herd, maybe about $1500.00 to $1700 this spring, plus $310.00 to carry her through the summer until you sell her calf. That comes to $1800 to $2000 if you bought her the day she calves. You only have to have that cow 2 months before she calves to be the same cost. I will take a home raised heifer over that outside cow that I know nothing about other than what I can see any day. Especially at the same cost. The death loss is a wash to me. A cow that comes from outside of my herd has a better chance of dying than any home raised calf that has been through my vaccination program. I guess what I am saying is that buying your replacement stock is not free either. They come at quite a cost as well, let alone adding to your risk by not knowing as much about them. Your risk of a poor animal that needs to be culled is alot higher when purchasing them. [/QUOTE]
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