Doug Thorson said:You know the answer,,,,,,,,,,
Figures don't lie but liars figure. I can make both sides of that one pretty easy
Ho55 said:To me it depends on what the bred heifer is bred to.
eatbeef said:So lets say it rains and its a perfect world,
Bred Heifer: Annual cost $800. 500 lb calf at $2.15. So $275 profit and a 2nd calver that ought to be worth more in my book because you dont have to worry about her and she is bred back. So sell her at $2200 in a year. Total profit $325
Replacement: Cost to develop and breed, $625. Sell at $2150 in a year. Total profit $225
DISCLAIMER:
There are other variables that will add to profit and subtract from profit that may occur.
Prices based it off of same market one year down the road.
No health problems
All animals breed
Costs stated will vary and not be the same for anybody on this forum.
Soapweed said:eatbeef said:So lets say it rains and its a perfect world,
Bred Heifer: Annual cost $800. 500 lb calf at $2.15. So $275 profit and a 2nd calver that ought to be worth more in my book because you dont have to worry about her and she is bred back. So sell her at $2200 in a year. Total profit $325
Replacement: Cost to develop and breed, $625. Sell at $2150 in a year. Total profit $225
DISCLAIMER:
There are other variables that will add to profit and subtract from profit that may occur.
Prices based it off of same market one year down the road.
No health problems
All animals breed
Costs stated will vary and not be the same for anybody on this forum.
Thanks for your thoughts. Your insight and mathematical ability is much appreciated.![]()
I would say you did good. You costs won't be near as high as I stated with the price per day your paying until spring. Mine was figured around 1.80 a day until grass. I would say Kosmo should be able to sleep easier at night.Soapweed said:Thanks for the comments. In my case, it is too late. The deed has been done. I sold bred heifers for the amount stated, and immediately reinvested the proceeds into the heifer calves for the amount stated. Both the selling and buying were private treaty deals, so commission was not a factor in either case. The buyer pays the trucking on the bred heifers, and they will be Colorado bound. The ranch where I bought the heifer calves offered to keep them until the middle of May at a cost of $1.20 per head per day. When I looked at the heifer calves, I took along an electric Spearhead branding iron. They will run my heifers through, brand them, and then turn them back out with their own replacement heifers until grass time. Later, they will give their heifers and mine pre-breeding vaccinations. The heifers will be trucked to our ranch about the middle of May.
The main reason I did this trade was to make calving time easier on our crew, since I probably won't be a great deal of help this year. The advantage is less cows and heifers to calve, while still maintaining enough numbers to utilize our grass next summer. I think the old Kosmo Kid is happy realizing this should result in less work for him during calving. :wink:
Around here I would like to know how to find 1 "good" hired man,let alone 2, without having to give away my arm for it.3words said:I would have kept the bred heifers,and told Kosmo Kid to find himself one or maybe 2 good hired men that he would and could work with.
Based on pictures, I think Soap's strategy has been to breed their own. I think there are a couple more on the way up that might be handy in a few yearseatbeef said:Around here I would like to know how to find 1 "good" hired man,let alone 2, without having to give away my arm for it.3words said:I would have kept the bred heifers,and told Kosmo Kid to find himself one or maybe 2 good hired men that he would and could work with.