cattle.

[destroyer]

I've been wondering how is the market for cattle here in indiana? Where to sell for a lot of money and where to buy for cheap..

 

[Scutter01]

I buy my cattle one patty at a time. Some assembly required.

 

[snorko]

I have often though an enterprising INGOer who might free range/grass feed some little doggies could market halves and quarters here.

 

[Turn Key]

5 Guys

~TK

 

[VUPDblue]

If there was oodles of money in cattle farming then farmers would be rich enough to pay someone else to do all that dirty work.....

 

[destroyer]

Hhmmm..

 

[66chevelle]

I have raised cattle for about 7 years now and I can tell you there is no place to buy beef cows for cheap right now. I work for a farmer that artificially inseminates cows so that helps me from having to buy and feed a bull. I also get all my hay for free since I work for him without getting paid. But I buy my grain and that cost me more then anything else. I buy about 1200 pounds of grain every 3 weeks at a cost of about $220. With the price of grain it cost me a lot to raise them so I have got rid of everything other then 2 cows a year to butcher for my family. By the time you feed a cow out for 16-18 months you will have about $1300-$1600 just in grain. Now the going rate for calves is $1.00-$1.20 a pound and market weight a couple weeks ago was $1.48 a pound. So if you buy a 500 pound calf at $1.10 a pound that's $550 for the calf then you raise it till it is 1500 pounds and sell it for $1.48 that's $2220. It cost you $550 to buy the calf and $1300 for grain plus if you buy hay you are looking at $45 for a round bale which you can go threw about 10 depending how much land you have that's $450. Total you have invested $2300 in a cow that you are going to sell for $2220. Now if you are a farmer you can get your grain for cheaper then you can make some money but I guarantee you that no little farmer is getting rich off there cattle.

 

[destroyer]

Wow. That is very informative I can get angus calfs for 350$ and discounts un feed since my dad has a lot of friends un the feed business. Since he has roosters for cock fights. And goes to tournaments a lot

 

[VUPDblue]

I've had enough. Between the talk of illegal machineguns, get rich quick schemes and illegal animal fights it is clear that you [strike]are[/strike] were here only to troll and stir the pot. Adios.

 

[mrjarrell]

If my farming neighbours are any indication, then cattle is not a good venture. Most of the farms around me have packed it in and started raising hay on their fields that had cattle on them a few years ago. Just no money in it, I guess.