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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1810199" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>One other thing to add; cattle prices are very high right now.... which is helping those of us in this business... BUT.... input costs are very high right now.... and honestly, I would not buy any cattle now to start out because of the outright costs of the animals... To start with weaned calves, and then if everything else goes PERFECTLY.... it is still going to be 3 years before you have a calf to sell..... </p><p>Right now we are getting in the neighborhood of 1300-1400/hd for a weaned calf... 6-7 months old at 500 lbs just for example... costs are in the average of $2/day to raise it up... $5-700 yr for feed and anything they need just for round figures... breeding not before 15 months at the earliest... 9 months to carry... deliver a live calf.. another 7 months to weaning to sell. </p><p>In the meantime you are feeding a bull that you only use for 2 months at most for 2 cows... he will not stay home if he gets a whiff of a female in the neighborhood needing to be bred... their sole purpose is to breed a female.... wasted feed... lots of other things to consider...</p><p>You will have over 3,000 in each animal before you get a calf ready to sell... and the market could drop again... as it follows cycles.... and the calf could be worth $500... </p><p></p><p>There are tons of other things... just a few off the top of my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1810199, member: 25884"] One other thing to add; cattle prices are very high right now.... which is helping those of us in this business... BUT.... input costs are very high right now.... and honestly, I would not buy any cattle now to start out because of the outright costs of the animals... To start with weaned calves, and then if everything else goes PERFECTLY.... it is still going to be 3 years before you have a calf to sell..... Right now we are getting in the neighborhood of 1300-1400/hd for a weaned calf... 6-7 months old at 500 lbs just for example... costs are in the average of $2/day to raise it up... $5-700 yr for feed and anything they need just for round figures... breeding not before 15 months at the earliest... 9 months to carry... deliver a live calf.. another 7 months to weaning to sell. In the meantime you are feeding a bull that you only use for 2 months at most for 2 cows... he will not stay home if he gets a whiff of a female in the neighborhood needing to be bred... their sole purpose is to breed a female.... wasted feed... lots of other things to consider... You will have over 3,000 in each animal before you get a calf ready to sell... and the market could drop again... as it follows cycles.... and the calf could be worth $500... There are tons of other things... just a few off the top of my head. [/QUOTE]
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