This is a question for my nieghbors...actually this same question is what brought me to Ranchers in the first place.
Our nieghbors calve out a herd of registered angus cows for a guy who lives in Baker City. He brings them out sometime in Dec (depending on the year). They start calving the end of Jan, and stay til April. He pays them $35.00/calf, provides the hay and pays them $5.00/ton to feed it. They keep records, weigh the calves, tag them and do all the doctoring etc. (I think he provides all the medicine, tags etc). They've been getting paid the same forever. They and we don't think they are getting paid enough. What do you all think? They are very consciensous (sp?), and do a great job on his and their cattle. He does give them a bit of a price break on bulls.