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<blockquote data-quote="JRGidaho`" data-source="post: 723256" data-attributes="member: 13410"><p>mark,</p><p></p><p>It sounds like you have way more ryegrass than what you need for your existing cattle herd and it would turn into way more hay than you need if you let 2/3rds of it go for hay. If you effectively manage what's out here, you could probably buy 60-70 lightweight steers or heifers, graze them on the ryegrass and then keep them on your summer pasture until late June, maybe. That way the ryegrass makes you money (animal gain) rather than costing you money (turning it into hay).</p><p></p><p>If you go to buy cattle, I would look for picking up off-color, off-breed cattle in bunches of 1-4 head weighing 375 to 425 lb. I would only worry about size uniformity. These will be the most highly discounted cattle at local sales. If you can pick up the 60-70 head, you would have a pot load. When you sell ugly cattle by the pot load, you can usually add 10-15 cents/lb value to your original purchase weight bought as singles or small bunches. You can usually make a lot more money buying and selling what most people consider the undesirable cattle, than you can trying to work with #1 steers or heifers. A lot of times there is even more profit potential in the off-type heifers compared to the steers. I would try to sell them either on the video or private treaty.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of what you choose to do, I would definitely fence your current herd to a smaller area and minimize the amount they are wasting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRGidaho`, post: 723256, member: 13410"] mark, It sounds like you have way more ryegrass than what you need for your existing cattle herd and it would turn into way more hay than you need if you let 2/3rds of it go for hay. If you effectively manage what's out here, you could probably buy 60-70 lightweight steers or heifers, graze them on the ryegrass and then keep them on your summer pasture until late June, maybe. That way the ryegrass makes you money (animal gain) rather than costing you money (turning it into hay). If you go to buy cattle, I would look for picking up off-color, off-breed cattle in bunches of 1-4 head weighing 375 to 425 lb. I would only worry about size uniformity. These will be the most highly discounted cattle at local sales. If you can pick up the 60-70 head, you would have a pot load. When you sell ugly cattle by the pot load, you can usually add 10-15 cents/lb value to your original purchase weight bought as singles or small bunches. You can usually make a lot more money buying and selling what most people consider the undesirable cattle, than you can trying to work with #1 steers or heifers. A lot of times there is even more profit potential in the off-type heifers compared to the steers. I would try to sell them either on the video or private treaty. Regardless of what you choose to do, I would definitely fence your current herd to a smaller area and minimize the amount they are wasting. [/QUOTE]
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