That's what i mean about having the right place to run them after they are weaned, you need enough land that it don't matter if you have calves on it. The other thing is here our 8wts are about 10$ higher than your's and the 5wts are about the same or just a little higher. Every situation is different and will vary from different area's so i don't think there is one answer for all of us.B&M Farms":j4038fbk said:I sale at weaning which is usually 500lbs to 600lbs. Last week 5 to 6wt steers here were 1.73lb and 7 to 8wts were 1.40lb tops. I can't see holding my calves to that weight when I could carry more cows on that grass. I can see holding them 45days and saling them preconditioned if the feed cost pencils out. If you have other means to market them then it may pay to carry them to a heavier weight.
B&M Farms":3s6coyj2 said:I sale at weaning which is usually 500lbs to 600lbs. Last week 5 to 6wt steers here were 1.73lb and 7 to 8wts were 1.40lb tops. I can't see holding my calves to that weight when I could carry more cows on that grass. I can see holding them 45days and saling them preconditioned if the feed cost pencils out. If you have other means to market them then it may pay to carry them to a heavier weight.
Yes, That's with a good market though, like we have had and still have. I bale my own hay on fields that don't cost me hardly anything, i have 300$ a ton in good feed, so all i am doing is weaning at about 550lbs and feeding 4 to 5 months. that costs me about 150$, and the price of a 500lb steer is 1.80=900$ and at 850 they are about 1.50=1275. so i am getting 375$ for 175$, and my time but hey is that really worth anything?Lazy M":18gngzx4 said:$225 even after feed/hay costs? Dang, sign me up for that
That's what i think. i would rather work 100 hours a week for myself taking care of cattle, building fence, baling hay, and everything else that has to be done, than to work 40 hours a week for someone else off the farm.Lazy M":1dinugrp said:Its not work if you're doing what you love
denvermartinfarms":870afd9r said:Yes, That's with a good market though, like we have had and still have. I bale my own hay on fields that don't cost me hardly anything, i have 300$ a ton in good feed, so all i am doing is weaning at about 550lbs and feeding 4 to 5 months. that costs me about 150$, and the price of a 500lb steer is 1.80=900$ and at 850 they are about 1.50=1275. so i am getting 375$ for 175$, and my time but hey is that really worth anything?Lazy M":870afd9r said:$225 even after feed/hay costs? Dang, sign me up for that
Why do you sell bulls, around here i can't afford to leave them bulls. It's a pretty big hit on calves over 600lbs.bigbull338":22ea243q said:most years we sell heavy bull calves at 650 to 800lbs.but this year we sold the calves at 350 to 500lbs.