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<blockquote data-quote="Dsteim" data-source="post: 1405381" data-attributes="member: 23305"><p>Well it depends on how good of a deal he's cutting you. If you're solely going to rely on AI, it would be better to buy 5-8 year olds with good calving intervals and average or better in the calves contemporary group on the weaning weights for there calves. The dam can be a good indicator for the cow as well. It's hard to rebreed heifers so you may have to AI them multiple times or keep them open longer after the first calf so they're more likely to stick. If you buy older cows with past production you can see if you're doing something wrong as far as weaning weights of there new calves or if the calving interval increases. That's just some of the criteria I put into looking animals I can expand upon it further if you'd like. With that being said I'd be expecting to pay around 3000$ for a bred.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsteim, post: 1405381, member: 23305"] Well it depends on how good of a deal he's cutting you. If you're solely going to rely on AI, it would be better to buy 5-8 year olds with good calving intervals and average or better in the calves contemporary group on the weaning weights for there calves. The dam can be a good indicator for the cow as well. It's hard to rebreed heifers so you may have to AI them multiple times or keep them open longer after the first calf so they're more likely to stick. If you buy older cows with past production you can see if you're doing something wrong as far as weaning weights of there new calves or if the calving interval increases. That's just some of the criteria I put into looking animals I can expand upon it further if you'd like. With that being said I'd be expecting to pay around 3000$ for a bred. [/QUOTE]
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