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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 696409" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>There should be a good run of cows out of our area as well. Highest price per tonne I have heard so far is about $70 - 80 (beef hay)...which in this area of plentiful hay is scary. A lot of hay sellers sold little last year, so year old hay is going cheap. Still, I don't know how some people can pencil it with beef cows...managing the operation like a dairy herd. Pastures are good and more people seem to have stockpiled grass. If the weather holds clear, I should be good to at least the middle of December.</p><p></p><p>Steve: the margin on grass yearlings is so slim nowadays that for most old-timers, it's not worth the hassle. We sold yearlings in the spring and some a few weeks ago. The difference in net price? In some cases we lost money (~$5-10/head) and in some we gained ($10-20/head). If all you can do is make an extra $20 a head (before subtracting costs), while putting an extra 200lbs on them, where is the point? If some one wants to give me $1.11/lb for 715 lb yearlings, as opposed to .81 for 935 lbers...all the power to them. Saves me an extra 4 months of worry. :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 696409, member: 1682"] There should be a good run of cows out of our area as well. Highest price per tonne I have heard so far is about $70 - 80 (beef hay)...which in this area of plentiful hay is scary. A lot of hay sellers sold little last year, so year old hay is going cheap. Still, I don't know how some people can pencil it with beef cows...managing the operation like a dairy herd. Pastures are good and more people seem to have stockpiled grass. If the weather holds clear, I should be good to at least the middle of December. Steve: the margin on grass yearlings is so slim nowadays that for most old-timers, it's not worth the hassle. We sold yearlings in the spring and some a few weeks ago. The difference in net price? In some cases we lost money (~$5-10/head) and in some we gained ($10-20/head). If all you can do is make an extra $20 a head (before subtracting costs), while putting an extra 200lbs on them, where is the point? If some one wants to give me $1.11/lb for 715 lb yearlings, as opposed to .81 for 935 lbers...all the power to them. Saves me an extra 4 months of worry. :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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