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<blockquote data-quote="denvermartinfarms" data-source="post: 1238338" data-attributes="member: 16167"><p>Depends on what your wanting this operation to be, do you need to make money or do you want to start with the very best? I'm being serious, some people are acctually in this business and have no plans of making money.</p><p></p><p>If you can afford to do this and making money is not important, you can go buy some nice 4 to 6 year opd black 3200 to 3500$ pairs with 300lb calves, you can have the best, and it will be 4 yours before they pay for there self and start making money, then they are about 10 years old. This plan doesn't make sense to me. </p><p></p><p>I would probably buy some plain 2nd and 3rd period cows, not the fanciest cows you can find, but buy good calf raisers. Buy them for 1400$ to 2000$, try to get a 1700$ average, 2 years they are paid for and making money. </p><p></p><p>Buying heifers to raise and breed takes a long time, they will likely not all breed, the first calf will be a little smaller and you'll have to deal with calving heifers. I say all that, but it's the way I started, and something I actually like doing. It's just not something I would reccomend if you can buy cows instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="denvermartinfarms, post: 1238338, member: 16167"] Depends on what your wanting this operation to be, do you need to make money or do you want to start with the very best? I'm being serious, some people are acctually in this business and have no plans of making money. If you can afford to do this and making money is not important, you can go buy some nice 4 to 6 year opd black 3200 to 3500$ pairs with 300lb calves, you can have the best, and it will be 4 yours before they pay for there self and start making money, then they are about 10 years old. This plan doesn't make sense to me. I would probably buy some plain 2nd and 3rd period cows, not the fanciest cows you can find, but buy good calf raisers. Buy them for 1400$ to 2000$, try to get a 1700$ average, 2 years they are paid for and making money. Buying heifers to raise and breed takes a long time, they will likely not all breed, the first calf will be a little smaller and you'll have to deal with calving heifers. I say all that, but it's the way I started, and something I actually like doing. It's just not something I would reccomend if you can buy cows instead. [/QUOTE]
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