What do you guys think, should a guy be buying bred heifers or keeping his own replacements? 800lb heifers are bring around $900 and some good bred calving in Feb/March are bring $1250. Just looks to me like the breds may be the way to go. What are you guys doing? With the breds you can...
The way I have it figured is a 550 lb heifer at 1.30 is $715. It will cost me about $200-$250 to keep them and breed them. So lets say next fall I have $1000 in them. If I can find the kind of heifers I am looking for I can get $1350 to $1450. That is a profit of $350-450. My opinion is...
Hey guys I am looking for 50-75 head of spring born red angus replacement heifers. I am pretty particular in what I am looking for. I am wanting heifers that will mature into 1200-1300 pound cows. They must also be easy keeping and have lots of capasity. I would consider heifers weighing...
Does anyone know what the going rate is to take cows in with year round care? I got about 500 acres offered to me but do not have enough cows of mine own to stock it right now and I do not want to but cows. I just want to keep back heifers and build my own herd. However i do not want to turn...
A few days ago I posted a question about the New Zealand Bulls that have talked about on here. I did not have many responces I don't know if that is good or bad. Lets try something different. Has anyone used a Diamond D Angus AI sire. If so who did you use and did you like his calves? I am...
There has been some talk on here about the Pinebank Angus herd out of New Zealand. Has anyone used any of these bulls in particular Pinebank Waigroup 41/97 or 130-03. I am very intrerested to see how you like their calves. Anything you could pass on would be great. Also would like to see...