Yardage and Feeding Costs
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In Iowa, yardage runs 23-25 cents per day. Cost of gain this last year with corn prices down has been running(includes yardage) 44-46 cents per pound of gain. If you have enclosed confinements, it can run 27-30 cents per day yardage.
Northern Rancher
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I just tend to worry about your final cost of gain-some yards charge less yardage but markup their feed etc. It's the bottomline C.O.G that tells you the real answer. By the way those yardage costs are quite a bit higher than we pay up here but C.O.G looks fairly close is that including all costs.
Northern Rancher
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You got that right-the yard we use has treated us very well throughout our years of doing business with them.
feed costs have been pretty cheap around here for some, seems we have a few guys stealing hay bales!
lucky for us, they only take the round ones. one neighbor has a bullet he claims to have painted on it "thanks for shopping" and he intends to plant it in the truck they drive if he ever catches them!
lucky for us, they only take the round ones. one neighbor has a bullet he claims to have painted on it "thanks for shopping" and he intends to plant it in the truck they drive if he ever catches them!
shorthorn
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Not sure what the yardage fee is here in indiana but need to find out gonna start feeding some calves and replacment heifers for some neighbors. They are about 450 pounds and gonna run them to 750. So everybody throw in there imput. Please!!
Shorthorn,
You are Backgrounding. The ration tends to be less energyfor this. In our area, the cost (including yardage) tends to be in the mid $40/cwt range. In Roseburg Oregon, they charge on the gain, up to $38/cwt I hear. This is very viable to winter calves. The key to backgrounding is there's lots of low cost feeds that will work when you are framing them vs fattening them.
Things change when calves are fed the last 90 days. Costs hit around $50.00 cwt. This is reflective of a higher proportion of grain. I think our finish costs tend to be lower because we have a lot of food processing wastes,
PPRM
You are Backgrounding. The ration tends to be less energyfor this. In our area, the cost (including yardage) tends to be in the mid $40/cwt range. In Roseburg Oregon, they charge on the gain, up to $38/cwt I hear. This is very viable to winter calves. The key to backgrounding is there's lots of low cost feeds that will work when you are framing them vs fattening them.
Things change when calves are fed the last 90 days. Costs hit around $50.00 cwt. This is reflective of a higher proportion of grain. I think our finish costs tend to be lower because we have a lot of food processing wastes,
PPRM
shorthorn
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PPRM said:
