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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1710374" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I have been at a big feeder calf special which started selling at 6:00. At 4:30 my weaned calves were all lined up at the feed bunk except 3 which were at the water trough. At the same time calves fresh off the cow were either getting off trucks or standing bawling in pens. My calves didn't over fill but they sure had all the shrink back before they sold. For easy math figure a 500 pound calf at 5% shrink selling for $1.50. Not having that shrink is worth $37.50. If the calf brings an additional 10 cents because it is weaned and vaccinated that is another $50. That is another $87.50 minus about $10 for the vaccinations. That is $77.5 to the plus even if the weight gain just covers the feed cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1710374, member: 498"] I have been at a big feeder calf special which started selling at 6:00. At 4:30 my weaned calves were all lined up at the feed bunk except 3 which were at the water trough. At the same time calves fresh off the cow were either getting off trucks or standing bawling in pens. My calves didn't over fill but they sure had all the shrink back before they sold. For easy math figure a 500 pound calf at 5% shrink selling for $1.50. Not having that shrink is worth $37.50. If the calf brings an additional 10 cents because it is weaned and vaccinated that is another $50. That is another $87.50 minus about $10 for the vaccinations. That is $77.5 to the plus even if the weight gain just covers the feed cost. [/QUOTE]
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