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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1749060" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>Using your example above I figured on a avg of 8 cents. A truck holds 45,000 - 50,000# that's just how it is, so it'll hold 100 calves that weigh 450#'s. Based on your original example (and keeping it easy) I figured .08 × 450= $36. $36 × 100 = $3,600 for buying calves one week cutting them and selling them 2 weeks later. When we talk about truck loads here we mean 45,000#. Sometimes they'll annouce that the seller has several trailer loads but nobody knows if that's a 10' trailer or 36' trailer. Anyway my point is this, cattle don't bring enough money as it is so we need to do everything we can to be more profitable. You may think 5-10 cents isn't much but someone that owns a calculator can make a good living off that same 5-10 cents. Even if you only have 10 calves $360 isn't bad for castrating them. It's also the right thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1749060, member: 32659"] Using your example above I figured on a avg of 8 cents. A truck holds 45,000 - 50,000# that's just how it is, so it'll hold 100 calves that weigh 450#'s. Based on your original example (and keeping it easy) I figured .08 × 450= $36. $36 × 100 = $3,600 for buying calves one week cutting them and selling them 2 weeks later. When we talk about truck loads here we mean 45,000#. Sometimes they'll annouce that the seller has several trailer loads but nobody knows if that's a 10' trailer or 36' trailer. Anyway my point is this, cattle don't bring enough money as it is so we need to do everything we can to be more profitable. You may think 5-10 cents isn't much but someone that owns a calculator can make a good living off that same 5-10 cents. Even if you only have 10 calves $360 isn't bad for castrating them. It's also the right thing to do. [/QUOTE]
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