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[IluvABbeef]

Nothing wrong with having a bunch of steers out on pasture. It sure minimizes costs of keeping them in a drylot and having to feed them every day. When we had steers we'd set them out to pasture for 3 to 4 months, and before we found the advantage of silage we fed them grain everyday to every other day, just so we'd have them trained to the bucket to make them easier to handle and to work with. I personally think you won't loose out on income by starting with a few steers, especially if you are going to use them for grazing. Grazing is THE cheapest way to feed them critters. I think that having steers to help keep the pasture down over summer while working on starting your cow-calf herd may be a good way to go, mostly because you can have maybe a little extra money to make off of the stockers after you sell them. JMHO, though.

 

[LauraleesFarm]

With an 80 acre field you ought to strongly consider fencing off a portion of it to have some hay baled so that you can feed your cattle through winter. You have LOTS of land there and not enough cattle utilizing it. The hay will give you an excellent return if it is decent pasture.

 

[backhoeboogie]

so weve been talking about buying some steers to put out there and finish them off during the summer then selling them in the fall,

Around here prices start dropping in late July and continue in to the fall. Don't know about that area. It seems too many folks are calving in early spring and selling in the fall.

(im still planning on buyin the 3 N 1s),

Have a stock pile of hay and buy heavy breds during winter when they are cheap. There are times when an entire estate goes through the sale barn at the worst possible time. Turn those cows when everyone has grass growing like crazy and needing cows to graze.

 

[brndette21]

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