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<blockquote data-quote="alabama" data-source="post: 245308" data-attributes="member: 2218"><p>Let's look at what it cost you not to sell the bulls.</p><p>I would say that it takes just a much to winter a bull as it takes to winter a pair or almost as much as it takes to winter two heifers. </p><p>If you sell a pair and keep the bull then you have the lost income of a calf. I will guess the value of the weaned calf at about $700. </p><p></p><p>If you are lucky and sell cow and a young calf, they should bring $900 if it is a good cow. </p><p>You can sell a 2000-pound bull for $1500 </p><p>Now it depends on what you paid for the bulls but I suspect they are not over $3000</p><p></p><p>So if you sell a pair for $900 but you lose the income of the calf then you are up $200 and then buy a replacement for $900 in the spring you are out $700. So I would say that it cost you about $700 to keep the bull over the winter. </p><p>If you sell the bull for $1500 and buy another in the spring for $3000, it will cost you $1500 to keep the pair. </p><p>It looks to me that you would come out a head to keep the bull. But if you have, this trouble every year you would be better to sell cows down to a number that you r land will support. And keep only enough bull to cover those cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alabama, post: 245308, member: 2218"] Let’s look at what it cost you not to sell the bulls. I would say that it takes just a much to winter a bull as it takes to winter a pair or almost as much as it takes to winter two heifers. If you sell a pair and keep the bull then you have the lost income of a calf. I will guess the value of the weaned calf at about $700. If you are lucky and sell cow and a young calf, they should bring $900 if it is a good cow. You can sell a 2000-pound bull for $1500 Now it depends on what you paid for the bulls but I suspect they are not over $3000 So if you sell a pair for $900 but you lose the income of the calf then you are up $200 and then buy a replacement for $900 in the spring you are out $700. So I would say that it cost you about $700 to keep the bull over the winter. If you sell the bull for $1500 and buy another in the spring for $3000, it will cost you $1500 to keep the pair. It looks to me that you would come out a head to keep the bull. But if you have, this trouble every year you would be better to sell cows down to a number that you r land will support. And keep only enough bull to cover those cows. [/QUOTE]
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