We have backgrounded our calves for the spring market the last two years. Both years paid well.
This year feed is short in BC and calves are or will be the best value they have been since '00 and '01. We are going to take the profit while it is there and sell the majority of them off the cow.
I do know that when they are worth as much as they are now you should be feeding them for every pound they will put on in as short time as possible.
The Farmer's Creed.....
Wheat is down to a dollar,
I shoulda sold it last fall,
Calves are over a dollar,
Think I'll hang onto them all. :wink: