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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 391395" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>We have a couple of those guys around here too, including my immediate next door neighbor. He buys the gummy breds and the refuse no-one wants, then sells the calves at weaning time for whatever weight those old cows can muster. Then he'll dump the cow back as a cull.</p><p></p><p>Its a risky game, but he makes good money doing it. It just takes alot of work. Many of those gummy old cows were probably good cows at one time who can raise a decent calf. But you'll need to feed some grain supplement or something easy to chew down, in addition to hay. He feeds freebie screenings from the local seed cleaning plant. And he loses a fair pile of animals, up to 33%. But he buys those animals for a hundred bucks or two hundred bucks heavy bred. These days it takes $350 to keep an animal for a year and take a calf in my area. Even if he only gets 2 of 3 calves, he's well ahead of the game, money wise.</p><p></p><p>I've never done it myself, as when I look out at my pastures I want to see solid cows getting their jobs done, not a bunch of rickety old critters on their last legs.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 391395, member: 2862"] We have a couple of those guys around here too, including my immediate next door neighbor. He buys the gummy breds and the refuse no-one wants, then sells the calves at weaning time for whatever weight those old cows can muster. Then he'll dump the cow back as a cull. Its a risky game, but he makes good money doing it. It just takes alot of work. Many of those gummy old cows were probably good cows at one time who can raise a decent calf. But you'll need to feed some grain supplement or something easy to chew down, in addition to hay. He feeds freebie screenings from the local seed cleaning plant. And he loses a fair pile of animals, up to 33%. But he buys those animals for a hundred bucks or two hundred bucks heavy bred. These days it takes $350 to keep an animal for a year and take a calf in my area. Even if he only gets 2 of 3 calves, he's well ahead of the game, money wise. I've never done it myself, as when I look out at my pastures I want to see solid cows getting their jobs done, not a bunch of rickety old critters on their last legs. Rod [/QUOTE]
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