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How Much Do Calves Cost? The price of calves depends on the seller, the quality, age, health, breed, geographical location and market conditions. The jersey bull calf, about one week old, can cost anywhere from $20 to $70 each, while a guernsey bull calf, three to five weeks old, can cost anywhere from $30 to $100.
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What Will Cows Cost in the Future? How much could cows cost? Based on a $550 annual cow cost, 88 percent calf crop, $180 per hundredweight average price for a 525-pound calf over five production years and $2,000 cost per pair, a cow/calf pair purchased in spring of 2012 would yield a 10 percent return on investment.ased on a $550 annual cow cost, 88 percent calf crop, $180 per hundredweight average price for a 525-pound calf over five production years and $2,000 cost per pair, a cow/calf pair purchased in spring of 2012 would yield a 10 percent return on investment.
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Cattle prices moderate after hitting record highs in early 2014 In the first quarter of 2014, Nebraska steers sold at an average price of $147 per live hundredweight - more than $20 higher than the previous first-quarter record price. Nationally, finished cattle prices were up 17 percent during the first quarter.
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An analysis of 2014 calf prices and projections for 2015 2014 was a great year for beef cow producers. Most of the higher projected returns to the production of 2014 calves were due to the price increase for weaned calves. My calculated selling price for 569-pound weaned steer calves in mid-November 2014 was $295 per cwt. This compares to $195 per cwt in 2013 and $163 per cwt in 2012.
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- With all costs, including net inventory change, considered producers should aim for a total in the range of $330.00 to $350.00 per cow, keeping in mind that $25.00 to $35.00 of that amount is the annual cost per cow for breeding herd replacements.
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- Texas's beef cow supply shrank from 5.1 million in 2010 to 3.9 million last year – the steepest drop ever recorded in Texas, he said. Meanwhile, the price of wholesale Texas brisket more than doubled from $1.40 a pound in 2009 to $3.45 a pound last year, he said.
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Cull, replacement dairy cow prices surge U.S. quarterly replacement dairy cow prices averaged $1,810/head in April, up $370/head from January. April 2013 prices are not available due to budget sequestration, which limited USDA survey capabilities much of last year.
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- Beef Cattle Improvement Association, the average cow age in the state is 5.7 years, which means the average number of calf crops per cow is 4.7, since she doesn't calf that first year. Current cull prices would pay $70 per cwt., which would come to $910 for a 1300 pound cow.f a producer would like to realize a profit of $200 per head each year that would be an additional cost of $940 over the life of the cow, meaning that the value to pay for a bred heifer would be $1642.03. And that figure, Hoppe noted, is pretty close to what bred heifers are selling for at the current time.
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- As of November. 006, the market price for a 650-800 pound feeder steer. is about $113/cwt (hundred weight or 100 pounds). A. 700-pound steer calf would cost about $800. It is possible to raise beef at any point in the year; however, because of the calving season in the spring, calf.
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- At the sales I've attended this fall, I’ve seen bred heifers sell anywhere from the going market price to more than $10,000. Commercial cows have been selling for top dollar, and even matching the price levels of some purebred seedstock.
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- Western Beef follows this regimen for its own 300-cow herd. The cost of providing these minimum vaccination requirements is $15.60 per cow-calf pair. The veterinary and medicine expense calculated from WBDC’s Cost of Production benchmark study has typically been about $20.00 per cow.f you were going to treat each cow-calf pair with all the vaccines indicated below, the cost would work out to approximately $33.00 per pair. The cost of providing minimum vaccination requirements – blackleg, BVD, and bacterial pneumonia – is $15.60 per cow-calf pair.
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- A $2,500 bull that depreciates to $700 loses more value each year [(2500 - 700) ÷ 6 or $300 per year over 6 years] than a $1,400 bull that depreciates to $500 [(1400 - 500) ÷ 6 or $150 per year over 6 years].1,000 ÷ $575 per year = 1.74 years or 20.9 months. Using Bull B as a herd sire beyond 20.9 months more than justifies paying the $1,000 premium for him over Bull A. This ignores interest and depreciation costs and assumes that there are only weaning weight differences in the calves sired by the two bulls.
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How Much Can You Afford For A Bull? Of course, paying more for a bull doesn’t always mean you’re purchasing more genetic value; if you can buy a bull worth $5,500 in today’s market for $4,500, that’s a real savings of $1,000. Another interesting component about McGrann’s analysis is how sensitive it is to cow service number rates.or example, using conservative production assumptions, the average service cost for a $4,500 bull that is turned out with 25 cows/year is $63.14/cow.
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Buffalo-calf prices strong at sale Their average weight this year was 610 pounds, for an average of $2.10 per pound. The six yearling bulls sold for an average of $1,775, up from $1,543 last year. Average weight was 1,093 pounds for a price of $1.62 per pound.
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- So, what does this mean exactly? Well if you buy when calf prices are down and sell when prices are high, then you can gather up a tidy profit for yourself in the meantime. Beef prices go from 79 cents per pound to as much as $1 per pound. That means your 500 pound calf could bring $500 at auction.n the high end of sales you might spend as much as $100 for a calf, and its feed until weaning. So, unless you buy at the highest cost, and sell at the cheapest, you can turn some money around easily. At the low end of last year’s sales, at $107 per hundred-weight, you would earn $145.
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How much does it cost to buy a live cow? Just want to know what farmers pay for one cow.? Old and sick cows may sell cheep. I sold a very old cow to a taco meat producer for $12.00 once. Average cows which are range beef cows are sold by the pound and currently are running about .85 cents a pound. The report that I'm looking at today indicated a range from .56 cents a pound to $100.06 a pound.ery few ranchers buy adult cows. They will breed their own, or purchase calves at various sizes and raise them. This makes the cost of getting a cow much less, but may raise the risk of it surviving to breeding age, or require much more invested labor on the part of the rancher.
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The price of a gallon of milk headed towards record high Dryer said the current farm price for milk is about $23 per hundredweight, compared to $17-$18 per hundredweight this time a year ago.ilk production was up slightly in December from the same month a year earlier, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and there were roughly 8.5 million milk cows, also up from a year ago.
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- 1 A month old Jersey bull calf is also sold anywhere between $130 and $150. 2  Another type of calf that is sold is Gurnsey bull calf, which is also 3 to 5 months old. This will all depend on the area, the type of calf, and the market conditions. 2  According to this DairyForums.com thread, a user had stated that a Holstein Bull Calf was running anywhere from $125 to $175 while a day old calf could be less than $80. 3  This was based in the state of Florida.
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Feeder Cattle Prices Set Record Highs, Calf Prices a Runaway The rally continues for feeder cattle prices as new all-time highs were posted last week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index on Tuesday (based on a seven-day moving weighted average of 650-849 – pound Federal-State reported feeder steer sales throughout the high-producing central twelve-state area) broke the previous record of $157.44 per hundredweight posted the last week of February 2012.
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Calf versus yearling The yearling program was, however, more variable with a maximum profit of $356 per head compared with $206 for calf fed, and a maximum loss of $171 per head compared with $152 for the calf fed program.
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- Beef Cattle Improvement Association, the average cow age in the state is 5.7 years, which means the average number of calf crops per cow is 4.7, since she doesn't calf that first year. Current cull prices would pay $70 per cwt., which would come to $910 for a 1300 pound cow.n calculating the winter feed costs, Hoppe figured a 1400-pound cow will either eat or waste 40 pounds of feed daily. Using a hay price of $65 per ton and figuring 180 days on feed with the winter ration that translates into a feed charge of $1.40 per day or $252 for six months.
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Feeder Cattle Prices Set Record Highs, Calf Prices a Runaway The most unbelievable aspect of the current market, however, is that calf prices actually seem reasonable when one studies current feeder cattle prices. A load of 900-pound steers sold last Thursday in Valentine, NE, for $163.50 per hundredweight, a tidy sum of $1,471.50 per head.USDA reported more than 250 head in the top-quality 750-800 – pound range at Valentine averaged 767 pounds and traded at $181 per hundredweight. load of 900-pound steers sold last Thursday in Valentine, NE, for $163.50 per hundredweight, a tidy sum of $1,471.50 per head. USDA reported more than 250 head in the top-quality 750-800 – pound range at Valentine averaged 767 pounds and traded at $181 per hundredweight.
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- In the case of cull cows, prices remained near record highs. Estimated U.S. October 2014 cull cow prices (beef and dairy combined) averaged $117.00/cwt. The average was down $1.00/cwt. from September’s revised estimate, but $35.80/cwt. more than October 2013. Year-to-date, the 2014 average cull cow price is $106.97/cwt., compared to $82.34 for the same period in 2013.
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Projecting The Cost Of Gain On Fall Calves I calculate the breakeven calf price for 2013 calves to be $164/cwt. of steer calf sold — a record high. Record corn prices impacted cattle feeders; they, in turn, held back feeder-calf prices. Year 2013 was a year of higher beef cow feed costs, higher feedlot costs of gain (COG), and constrained feeder-calf prices.
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- The 27-day average price is now at $133.60. Feeder cattle prices jumped 32 cents to $189.70, bringing the 27-day average price to $190.58. Lean hog prices rose from $74.30 on Monday to $74.85 on Tuesday.