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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1714393" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>A lesson for any thinking of starting a cow/calf operation.</p><p>A cow produce only 1 calf per year and all of the yearly income is generated </p><p>by that 1 calf.</p><p></p><p>The 8 calves produced a gross income of $3,753.70 divided by 8 = 469 each</p><p>I don't know about Alabama, but each cow costs me over $500 hd per year in feed and other expenses.</p><p></p><p>That's a loss of $31 per cow added to that loss is cost of labor, trucking, sale fees, vaccines and any other costs incurred. Hate to say it, but you'd be better off cutting your losses. Assuming all are bred back, I'd cull 4 of the 8 by selling 4 of them as bred cows as soon as reasonably possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1714393, member: 14585"] A lesson for any thinking of starting a cow/calf operation. A cow produce only 1 calf per year and all of the yearly income is generated by that 1 calf. The 8 calves produced a gross income of $3,753.70 divided by 8 = 469 each I don't know about Alabama, but each cow costs me over $500 hd per year in feed and other expenses. That's a loss of $31 per cow added to that loss is cost of labor, trucking, sale fees, vaccines and any other costs incurred. Hate to say it, but you'd be better off cutting your losses. Assuming all are bred back, I'd cull 4 of the 8 by selling 4 of them as bred cows as soon as reasonably possible. [/QUOTE]
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