You might look back through the threads and see where we have talked about cotton seed cubes. You get more bang for the buck especially when feeding twice a week.
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The comments are disheartening to say the least, but the prices were not bad.
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LVR currently they are all healthy, at a fine summer weight for endless 105 deg F days (and belly aching-begging for more food) they are the creme de creme...only 1- 14 month old steer that needs to go....but we may take him to the local butcher. I could part with one mother that always allows others to rob her milk..she not a fighter....but she does have her calf every year...she does get thin.
They say.. if you're at poker table and you can't immediately spot the fool...then you're probably the fool (me). I know I'm entering foolish territory by hanging on....I know I could be last to fold and cull my cattle with even worse prices (lol). I'm having foolish fun...and in the back of my mind I'm hoping for a hail-mary whereby in the next three years i have calves ready for market (at astro prices) when everyone else is rebuilding their decimated herds from scratch or exited cattle production altogether.
Yeah, the Johnson grass was still green and vibrate over my 6' head in Ladonia....they got a lot more rain up there....green and lush it is...and I'm still pulling and clipping up barb-wire....driving through 7' tall grass. I'm a one-man 60 year old show....can't find anyone decent that wants to work. I look at all these immigrates pouring over the Mexican-American border young 25 to 45 year olds...but where are they... they aren't seeking to work fencing. Someone must be taking good care of them.
I actually found and bought cottonseed 34/38/40% cubes. Found the cottonseed prices high in Texas...did the math based on protein-weight-&minerals and it was a complete wash no value there. I will check into tubes. Hey, that's what i was thinking about my dry grass... i still have dry standing grass...4" to 8" they are still grazing and feeding themselves...and they have lots of leaves too...even small tree shrubs. Cattle only take off 50 to 65% of leaves on the shrubs, cattle seem to know and try to keep the tree alive...but i don't mind if they kill those.... it was for them anyway to eat and kill off.
What was your price on wcs? Hopefully some one else will chime in. I can't remember what the other feed was that may be more prevent in your area... maybe soybeans. I remember feeding a lot of soybeans in Waco.
I remember in 2011 we hauled off a lot of stock. The lines were horrible. We got 1/3rd what our animals were worth. People who argue that they are on a fixed income...i always chuckle a little. How about this... your income depends on growing a crop, our case cattle. Then you put all this time and money into it and wait months. All your fuel cost the same, bills are the same, we dont have a fixed income... would be nice if it were though.
This was last year when 20% 50lbs cattle cubes I usually buy were $10.50 regular and ($9.99 on sale), the Cottonseed 34/38% 50lbs were $19.00 (it was older feed, crumbling edges absorbing moisture) and the supplier was farther out. Absolutely was not impressed by older setting cottonseed and the price. I believe other farmers weren't either...that's why the stock had become old. Run the math on protein and it's really not a bargain where i'm located. Cattle cubes had better minerals and dietary needs for cattle than the extra protein of cottonseed.
Yeah, the Johnson grass was still green and vibrate over my 6' head in Ladonia....they got a lot more rain up there....green and lush it is...and I'm still pulling and clipping up barb-wire....driving through 7' tall grass. I'm a one-man 60 year old show....can't find anyone decent that wants to work. I look at all these immigrates pouring over the Mexican-American border young 25 to 45 year olds...but where are they... they aren't seeking to work fencing. Someone must be taking good care of them.
Cottonseed is ~ 20 percent protein ~ 20 fat. Also with ~ percent fiber it gives more gut fill than other supplements. Saving hay
That is screwed up. I'll have to look when I go in but usually see 4-5$ difference from a 20% cube to cs cubes.
I'll check again...but nobody mentioned they had totes of it in bulk. It was difficult to locate...even the 50lb bags. I need to go direct to supplier i imagine. Absolutely i would buy 1,000.lb B-WCS for $200. that's the way to go.
