tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post5679187234378070005..comments2023-10-19T05:34:19.425-04:00Comments on Little House in the Big Wood: New ArrivalsWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557512606416161272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post-61037127356758754892011-06-14T10:39:31.939-04:002011-06-14T10:39:31.939-04:00Thanks. I have never found beef for as cheap as yo...Thanks. I have never found beef for as cheap as you figure it. How soon will he be weaned?Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post-71190724495391539982011-06-14T07:35:46.718-04:002011-06-14T07:35:46.718-04:00It'll depend on how long I keep him. He was 1...<b>It'll depend on how long I keep him. He was 100 pounds yesterday, live weight. If we slaughtered him for veal right away, it should have yeilded about 50 lbs of beef, $1.11/lb. <br /><br />At the end of the bag of milk replacer he should be at least 150 lbs, 75 lbs beef, .71/lb<br /><br />A second bag of milk replacer and some grass should bring him up to at least 250 lbs by fall, 125 lbs of beef, .75/lb.<br /><br />Overwintering him should cost less than $200 for hay. Pasture next summer. He should be around 600 lbs next fall, 300 lbs of beef, .82/lb.<br /><br />The trick is in keeping him healthy through this delicate phase until he's weaned. </b>Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557512606416161272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post-32729551223719045062011-06-13T22:58:42.663-04:002011-06-13T22:58:42.663-04:00You go out and look for trouble...lol. How much wi...You go out and look for trouble...lol. How much will the return in beef be worth after all the expense of raising the calf?Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.com