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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 894731" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Yes, I sell on a market where weaned preconditioned calves bring more money. About 15-20 cents a pound more. So on a 600 pound steer that is $90-120. But you probably need a market that pays more for preconditioned calves to make it pencel. That Pre-Con 5 cost me about $1.20 per head a day. Fed for 14 days that is $16.80. The next 16 days the grain cost me about 75 cents a day. That is another $12. So I am into grain $28.80 a head to sell into a market that I pick up $90 a head. At the price I got for last falls calves about a 20 pound gain would pay the grain bill. </p><p>The big advantage I see is that they don't go backwords coming off the cows. I also don't have problems with them getting sick. I can't remember the last time I had to doctor a calf at weaning (knock on wood). Part of that would be the vaccination program but part of that is having a good mineral program and proper nutrition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 894731, member: 498"] Yes, I sell on a market where weaned preconditioned calves bring more money. About 15-20 cents a pound more. So on a 600 pound steer that is $90-120. But you probably need a market that pays more for preconditioned calves to make it pencel. That Pre-Con 5 cost me about $1.20 per head a day. Fed for 14 days that is $16.80. The next 16 days the grain cost me about 75 cents a day. That is another $12. So I am into grain $28.80 a head to sell into a market that I pick up $90 a head. At the price I got for last falls calves about a 20 pound gain would pay the grain bill. The big advantage I see is that they don't go backwords coming off the cows. I also don't have problems with them getting sick. I can't remember the last time I had to doctor a calf at weaning (knock on wood). Part of that would be the vaccination program but part of that is having a good mineral program and proper nutrition. [/QUOTE]
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