Thread: Life Beef, Pork And Shrimp Prices Soar To Record Highs
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:26 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by Buehler445 View Post
I thought about buying some cows and try to get in on this feeder price, but CHRIST. If you don't have them, there is no way to get in profitably.

In other news I talked to a cow calf guy, and asked him if he was retaining heifers. His response? "Every one of them." Dude has big steel balls. I'd have probably let them go. Run one more year with the old bitches and try to retain some when price goes back down some.

I guess that's why I'm not a cowboy.
Find a dairy, buy the bull calves (they usually don't want them), castrate them and then bottle feed. You can get in relatively cheaply that way, but it's a lot of work.
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