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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 1190552" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>A lot of money is made up in the uniform calf crop and marketing large groups of calves at once, rather than one here, two there, another 6 sometime else. I remember lots of single calves being sold and being docked upwards of $200 per head. On even 10 calves, that adds up to some coin. You can retain them and feed them larger, but when does your expenses and time, negate the effort? The lone steer is likely still going to go as a single later on and likely docked, so was anything gained?</p><p></p><p>I remember Dad had two steers he kept back in '94 that were born way out of season, both November or December. One small Hereford-shorthorn cross steer (can't remember his name, other than he was miserable) and a large Hereford-Holstein cross steer that we named Poncho, good natured. Anyways, being winter born, they were raised and weaned in our barn and I think fed the entire summer and following winter in the barn (can't remember if they ever were let outside). Markets were fluctuating a fair bit in the mid-90's and by the time we sold them at about 2 years of age, I think we got about double the value of what they would have been worth as 6 month old calves born in sync with a good portion of the herd. So we got about $400 per head more for 1 1/2 years work of daily watering and feeding, shovelling manure - talk about stupid.</p><p></p><p>I always look back at that example and just shake my head - no wonder we barely had a pot-to-p!ss in, with stupid management and marketing decisions like that. If I was going to continue in the operation, profit was going to be the name of the game, not the amount of pounds I can put on an animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 1190552, member: 1682"] A lot of money is made up in the uniform calf crop and marketing large groups of calves at once, rather than one here, two there, another 6 sometime else. I remember lots of single calves being sold and being docked upwards of $200 per head. On even 10 calves, that adds up to some coin. You can retain them and feed them larger, but when does your expenses and time, negate the effort? The lone steer is likely still going to go as a single later on and likely docked, so was anything gained? I remember Dad had two steers he kept back in '94 that were born way out of season, both November or December. One small Hereford-shorthorn cross steer (can't remember his name, other than he was miserable) and a large Hereford-Holstein cross steer that we named Poncho, good natured. Anyways, being winter born, they were raised and weaned in our barn and I think fed the entire summer and following winter in the barn (can't remember if they ever were let outside). Markets were fluctuating a fair bit in the mid-90's and by the time we sold them at about 2 years of age, I think we got about double the value of what they would have been worth as 6 month old calves born in sync with a good portion of the herd. So we got about $400 per head more for 1 1/2 years work of daily watering and feeding, shovelling manure - talk about stupid. I always look back at that example and just shake my head - no wonder we barely had a pot-to-p!ss in, with stupid management and marketing decisions like that. If I was going to continue in the operation, profit was going to be the name of the game, not the amount of pounds I can put on an animal. [/QUOTE]
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