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<blockquote data-quote="Aero" data-source="post: 548601" data-attributes="member: 2076"><p>i assume you are selling weaned calves by the pound.</p><p></p><p>with the price of supplements now, you are almost surely going to come out better letting them get it from the grass.</p><p></p><p>assume your animals convert 7 lbs of feed to 1 lb of animal. if you feed 300 lbs of cubes per head total from birth to weaning, you have spent around $50 (6 bags @ $7.50) in cubes and $5 in fuel (and $40 in labor) getting it into them (assuming you already have feed bunks). with that 300 lbs of cubes, they gain <strong>43 lbs </strong> (300/7) more than they would have.</p><p></p><p>say the non-supplemented calves weigh 460 and the supplemented calves weigh 503.</p><p></p><p>*460 lb calves bring $1.1659/lb = $536.31</p><p>*503 lb calves bring $1.1287/lb = $567.74</p><p>a difference of $31.43. </p><p></p><p>you spent $55 to gain $31.43. Let the cows do the work and fire the ones that dont bring in a calf that you like.</p><p></p><p>There is a breakeven point but it comes down to getting feed prices down in the $.06-0.08/lb range. I charge my cows for time so it really doesnt pencil out for me.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls850.txt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aero, post: 548601, member: 2076"] i assume you are selling weaned calves by the pound. with the price of supplements now, you are almost surely going to come out better letting them get it from the grass. assume your animals convert 7 lbs of feed to 1 lb of animal. if you feed 300 lbs of cubes per head total from birth to weaning, you have spent around $50 (6 bags @ $7.50) in cubes and $5 in fuel (and $40 in labor) getting it into them (assuming you already have feed bunks). with that 300 lbs of cubes, they gain [b]43 lbs [/b] (300/7) more than they would have. say the non-supplemented calves weigh 460 and the supplemented calves weigh 503. *460 lb calves bring $1.1659/lb = $536.31 *503 lb calves bring $1.1287/lb = $567.74 a difference of $31.43. you spent $55 to gain $31.43. Let the cows do the work and fire the ones that dont bring in a calf that you like. There is a breakeven point but it comes down to getting feed prices down in the $.06-0.08/lb range. I charge my cows for time so it really doesnt pencil out for me. *http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls850.txt [/QUOTE]
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