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<blockquote data-quote="runningr" data-source="post: 1098188" data-attributes="member: 19825"><p>Based on doing the figures like dega moo did the 17 hf and 17 steers would net an additional $30k that's a lot of money left on the table, as for the added vet costs you mentioned every cow has to pull her own weight, if she doesn't bring a calf in no matter the reason she will be sold to cover the additional costs. Additionally are smaller cows typically wean 47-48% of there body weight(1100 or less) the whereas are larger cows (1300+) typically wean 43% of there body weight now that is an avg and there are outliers in both and that is taken at weaning weights of the cows and calves.</p><p>Another aspect to look at and consider is age at breeding typically the larger heifers are going to reach breeding weight/puberty at a latter date and this needs to be calculated as well saying that for easy numbers that they need to be 60% of mature body weight the 1100lb cow will breed at 660lbs verses 840lbs for the 1400lb cow @ an avg daily gain of 1.5 lbs per day its going to take the larger heifer 62 days longer to reach 60% of her mature weight. Time is money also that same time can be used avg out over the cows calving interval to optimize the chance of her delivering a calf every 365 days. We are strictly a commercial operation and that being said we've got both ends of the spectrum but since we started keeping the rule that no matter what she has to wean one every year most of the 1400lbs have left and the mature size of our cowherd has gone down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runningr, post: 1098188, member: 19825"] Based on doing the figures like dega moo did the 17 hf and 17 steers would net an additional $30k that's a lot of money left on the table, as for the added vet costs you mentioned every cow has to pull her own weight, if she doesn't bring a calf in no matter the reason she will be sold to cover the additional costs. Additionally are smaller cows typically wean 47-48% of there body weight(1100 or less) the whereas are larger cows (1300+) typically wean 43% of there body weight now that is an avg and there are outliers in both and that is taken at weaning weights of the cows and calves. Another aspect to look at and consider is age at breeding typically the larger heifers are going to reach breeding weight/puberty at a latter date and this needs to be calculated as well saying that for easy numbers that they need to be 60% of mature body weight the 1100lb cow will breed at 660lbs verses 840lbs for the 1400lb cow @ an avg daily gain of 1.5 lbs per day its going to take the larger heifer 62 days longer to reach 60% of her mature weight. Time is money also that same time can be used avg out over the cows calving interval to optimize the chance of her delivering a calf every 365 days. We are strictly a commercial operation and that being said we've got both ends of the spectrum but since we started keeping the rule that no matter what she has to wean one every year most of the 1400lbs have left and the mature size of our cowherd has gone down. [/QUOTE]
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