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<blockquote data-quote="J+ Cattle" data-source="post: 1710113" data-attributes="member: 4063"><p>On May 1st I weaned a group of heifers and steers that had an average weight of 521 lbs.</p><p>So based on the market report posted I should expect to get $1.57 for the steers and $1.33 for the heifers had I sold straight off the cow. That works out to $817.97 for the steers and $692.93 for the heifers.</p><p>Instead I gave two rounds of vaccine and pour-on wormer and turned them out on good grass. On July 17th I weighed the group again and the average weight was 646, that's 1.6 lbs/day gain on grass and they were not implanted. So now let's look again at the market report for prices of weaned calves, I should expect $1.535 for steers and $1.495 for heifers (wow, I'm not used to seeing heifer prices almost as high as steers). That works out to $$991.61 for steers and $965.77 for heifers. By weaning for 77 days on grass I added a minimum of $173.64 in value to the calves not only in weaning them but in additional weight gain and at minimal cost because they were not on feed.</p><p>Now to put it into perspective....if you don't wean your going to have to sell 5 steers to receive the same money that I get for 4 steers. It's a low margin business already so don't make things worse for yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J+ Cattle, post: 1710113, member: 4063"] On May 1st I weaned a group of heifers and steers that had an average weight of 521 lbs. So based on the market report posted I should expect to get $1.57 for the steers and $1.33 for the heifers had I sold straight off the cow. That works out to $817.97 for the steers and $692.93 for the heifers. Instead I gave two rounds of vaccine and pour-on wormer and turned them out on good grass. On July 17th I weighed the group again and the average weight was 646, that's 1.6 lbs/day gain on grass and they were not implanted. So now let's look again at the market report for prices of weaned calves, I should expect $1.535 for steers and $1.495 for heifers (wow, I'm not used to seeing heifer prices almost as high as steers). That works out to $$991.61 for steers and $965.77 for heifers. By weaning for 77 days on grass I added a minimum of $173.64 in value to the calves not only in weaning them but in additional weight gain and at minimal cost because they were not on feed. Now to put it into perspective....if you don't wean your going to have to sell 5 steers to receive the same money that I get for 4 steers. It's a low margin business already so don't make things worse for yourself. [/QUOTE]
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