TexasBred":ug0gsgab said:
You can buy longhorn pair down this area for $300-325 so I guess you could say low start up cost would be an advantage...until market time.
go pick me a couple pot loads up for $325
I have buyers lined up and I will be smiling all the way to the bank
it don't take much to pay for a $325 cow with their calves bring only $10-15 cwt behind beef calves
and if crossed right those calves will till make the scales drop
I know a guy that has 20-30 hd and them crossbred LH calves will weigh the same at sale time with his strait beef calves and I have seen how he runs his cows
the LH's are on a No input program other than salt and mineral and lots of brush and a little grass
the bef cows are on his best farm and they get the best hay he has and the LH's get the scrub hay
I have no problem with longhorn cows when we had our roping stock we were breeding 150 LH cows a yr and when we decided to get out of the roping business we started breeding those LH's to beef bulls and we dang sure never lost any money on them cows or their calves