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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 920037" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>It all depends on the answer to Dave's questions. To my eye, the original plan was a good one. It's late spring/summer, presuming grass is available and the plan is to sell unsuitable cows and buy suitable ones the time of the exchange isn't all that important... the income/expense of the various options is.</p><p>The opportunity cost also... lets say instead of grazing these cows for another four months they are sold now, buy steers and graze them, sell mid-summer, buy the fall calvers... You haven't fed either group of cows through the summer and maybe gained a bit on the steers... or made more hay, or fed your other cows better.</p><p></p><p>The presumption that the in calf cows are better performers is a fair one. Selling the opens - now or later - retains that advantage. Any bought in cows don't have that advantage. Chances are that the majority of those cows are normal & fertile, giving them a chance with the bull will soon prove if that's the case... another risk to consider when weighing up the options. </p><p>A lot more of a cow's performance is management than we give credit for, I suspect, rather than her innate ability or genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 920037, member: 9267"] It all depends on the answer to Dave's questions. To my eye, the original plan was a good one. It's late spring/summer, presuming grass is available and the plan is to sell unsuitable cows and buy suitable ones the time of the exchange isn't all that important... the income/expense of the various options is. The opportunity cost also... lets say instead of grazing these cows for another four months they are sold now, buy steers and graze them, sell mid-summer, buy the fall calvers... You haven't fed either group of cows through the summer and maybe gained a bit on the steers... or made more hay, or fed your other cows better. The presumption that the in calf cows are better performers is a fair one. Selling the opens - now or later - retains that advantage. Any bought in cows don't have that advantage. Chances are that the majority of those cows are normal & fertile, giving them a chance with the bull will soon prove if that's the case... another risk to consider when weighing up the options. A lot more of a cow's performance is management than we give credit for, I suspect, rather than her innate ability or genetics. [/QUOTE]
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