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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 246910" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Sold KK today.</p><p></p><p>In April, a few days after coming home, LDA scar on her side from surgery.</p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/897828/KKandcalves.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This morning before I loaded her up.</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/KKandcalves_july19.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>LDA surgery cost me $185, plus meds and various other things I did to her (worming, etc) came out to a grand total of $255.54.......</p><p></p><p>She went through the auction and I watched her sell. At first they didn't know what to make of those knock knees (if you want a pic I believe I have one somewhere) but they bid her up to .21/lb. That was what I <em>thought </em>was my breakeven point, but I'd also thought she was a little heavier than she turned out. She weighed in at 1120lbs for a total of $235... minus auction fees of ~$15...</p><p></p><p>comes to $220. I needed $255 to break even on the cow herself. So I'd call it a loss of $35.... EXCEPT that I had 3 calves on her and she fed them for virtually nothing. I didn't put any money into feeding that cow, and she put a total of 480lbs of weight on the calves over 3 months time, which works out to a feed bill of $0.07/lb of gain on those calves, which is cheaper than what I'm feeding the others for.</p><p></p><p>So I guess it wasn't a complete loss, in the end. *shrug* Sure learned a lot in the process. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 246910, member: 852"] Sold KK today. In April, a few days after coming home, LDA scar on her side from surgery. [img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/897828/KKandcalves.jpg[/img] This morning before I loaded her up. [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/KKandcalves_july19.jpg[/img] LDA surgery cost me $185, plus meds and various other things I did to her (worming, etc) came out to a grand total of $255.54....... She went through the auction and I watched her sell. At first they didn't know what to make of those knock knees (if you want a pic I believe I have one somewhere) but they bid her up to .21/lb. That was what I [i]thought [/i]was my breakeven point, but I'd also thought she was a little heavier than she turned out. She weighed in at 1120lbs for a total of $235... minus auction fees of ~$15... comes to $220. I needed $255 to break even on the cow herself. So I'd call it a loss of $35.... EXCEPT that I had 3 calves on her and she fed them for virtually nothing. I didn't put any money into feeding that cow, and she put a total of 480lbs of weight on the calves over 3 months time, which works out to a feed bill of $0.07/lb of gain on those calves, which is cheaper than what I'm feeding the others for. So I guess it wasn't a complete loss, in the end. *shrug* Sure learned a lot in the process. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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