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<blockquote data-quote="bmoore87" data-source="post: 1190797" data-attributes="member: 21684"><p>Think it depends on you situation if you have time or a pasture close to your house and want to do it go ahead. I notice we do gain a couple percent in conception rates calving most of the year, but even with checking those pastures once or twice a day I rarely save a calf that I have to pull while in the spring I rarely loose one that I pull. Add to that the other difficulties and expenses such as fuel, not being able to vaccinate at correct times, maggots and that when something goes wrong you have to take what you need to the cattle to fix it. We are moving away from the continous and are shrinking down our windows to 70-80 in spring and 60-70 in fall.</p><p></p><p>Like Aaron said their is a premium in uniformity that is something else to factor. We recently sold our spring steers and the guy who bought them said that if we didn't have those smaller late calves in there he would have bought them right away and paid more even though he knew he would be able to sort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmoore87, post: 1190797, member: 21684"] Think it depends on you situation if you have time or a pasture close to your house and want to do it go ahead. I notice we do gain a couple percent in conception rates calving most of the year, but even with checking those pastures once or twice a day I rarely save a calf that I have to pull while in the spring I rarely loose one that I pull. Add to that the other difficulties and expenses such as fuel, not being able to vaccinate at correct times, maggots and that when something goes wrong you have to take what you need to the cattle to fix it. We are moving away from the continous and are shrinking down our windows to 70-80 in spring and 60-70 in fall. Like Aaron said their is a premium in uniformity that is something else to factor. We recently sold our spring steers and the guy who bought them said that if we didn't have those smaller late calves in there he would have bought them right away and paid more even though he knew he would be able to sort. [/QUOTE]
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