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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1719856" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>I ask for math Brute not a definition. Here's a little cowboy math for you though.</p><p></p><p>550# x $1.60= $880 Unweaned</p><p>825# x $1.50= $1,237.50 Weaned</p><p>$1,237.50 - $880 = $357.50</p><p>Inputs = $150 in feed and Vaccinations (bulk feed is .151 a pound this year) much higher than normal. We'll feed an avg of 900#'s a HD over 120 days.</p><p>$357.50 - $150= $207.50</p><p>$207.50 x 60 HD = $12,450</p><p></p><p>I rounded the numbers from the sheet to make it easier and picked 60 hd because that's how many 825# steers fit on a truck, they'll go 70 if you ask though. We can talk about labor ... It takes me maybe 15 minutes a day to feed the yearlings and I have to be there to feed Cows anyway. I'll take the extra $12k per truck load all day long. I actually enjoy the yearlings more than the Cows, and they're way less trouble. If you don't want to mess with weaning calves that's one thing but saying it won't make money just isn't true. I'd love to see yalls actual numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1719856, member: 32659"] I ask for math Brute not a definition. Here's a little cowboy math for you though. 550# x $1.60= $880 Unweaned 825# x $1.50= $1,237.50 Weaned $1,237.50 - $880 = $357.50 Inputs = $150 in feed and Vaccinations (bulk feed is .151 a pound this year) much higher than normal. We'll feed an avg of 900#'s a HD over 120 days. $357.50 - $150= $207.50 $207.50 x 60 HD = $12,450 I rounded the numbers from the sheet to make it easier and picked 60 hd because that's how many 825# steers fit on a truck, they'll go 70 if you ask though. We can talk about labor ... It takes me maybe 15 minutes a day to feed the yearlings and I have to be there to feed Cows anyway. I'll take the extra $12k per truck load all day long. I actually enjoy the yearlings more than the Cows, and they're way less trouble. If you don't want to mess with weaning calves that's one thing but saying it won't make money just isn't true. I'd love to see yalls actual numbers. [/QUOTE]
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