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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 821587" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>Here are the figures: Weaned calves weighing 500 lbs.</p><p></p><p>Take directly to the sale off the cow, at the local sale last week averaged $161/cwt = $805</p><p></p><p>Now keeping the same cattle for 45 days.</p><p></p><p>Cattle will lose approx 3% of weight post weaning or about 15 lbs. so now calves ave 485 lbs.</p><p>Factor in vaccines and parasite control</p><p>feed cost - if they will consume 3% of their body weight and using numbers that some of you have posted here</p><p>$60 per ton for hay and $280 per ton for grain.</p><p>figure in 9.5% interest for costs.</p><p>and their could be some death loss</p><p></p><p>feeding 7 lbs grain per day and remainder in forage - here is the bottom line selling at the end of 45 days</p><p>1.75 lbs gain per day = 564 lb calf</p><p>2.00 lbs gain per day = 575 lb calf</p><p></p><p>Again ave at local sale last week for this size cattle was $150/cwt</p><p>564 lb calf = $846</p><p>575 lb calf = $862.50</p><p></p><p>Take the costs for the 45 days and the 564 lb calf lost almost $2.00 and the 575 lb calf made $5.00</p><p></p><p>If you are selling 50 calves fed for 45 days that is $250 more in your pocket. This figures out to $5.56 per day. How much time per day was spent in feeding, handling and caring for those cattle? Minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. So this means that just to break even you couln't have over 45 minutes per day in labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 821587, member: 16303"] Here are the figures: Weaned calves weighing 500 lbs. Take directly to the sale off the cow, at the local sale last week averaged $161/cwt = $805 Now keeping the same cattle for 45 days. Cattle will lose approx 3% of weight post weaning or about 15 lbs. so now calves ave 485 lbs. Factor in vaccines and parasite control feed cost - if they will consume 3% of their body weight and using numbers that some of you have posted here $60 per ton for hay and $280 per ton for grain. figure in 9.5% interest for costs. and their could be some death loss feeding 7 lbs grain per day and remainder in forage - here is the bottom line selling at the end of 45 days 1.75 lbs gain per day = 564 lb calf 2.00 lbs gain per day = 575 lb calf Again ave at local sale last week for this size cattle was $150/cwt 564 lb calf = $846 575 lb calf = $862.50 Take the costs for the 45 days and the 564 lb calf lost almost $2.00 and the 575 lb calf made $5.00 If you are selling 50 calves fed for 45 days that is $250 more in your pocket. This figures out to $5.56 per day. How much time per day was spent in feeding, handling and caring for those cattle? Minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. So this means that just to break even you couln't have over 45 minutes per day in labor. [/QUOTE]
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