Having been in and out several times in the past 30 years I'd say do what works for you; mostly less than 10 but one time went up to 30...."Different strokes for different folks", as the tv series went.
We wanted to get back in animals spring of '11 and bought a couple of nice black heifers from a neighbor at about 500#. Got to working on what to do with them and settled on buying a bull to keep with them; preferred that to other breeding options. Seemed to be what would work best for us.
They are pets and serve as enjoyment and satisfy the Advalorem Tax requirement for Farm land. The calves will go to the local producer from whom we bought the animals which happens to be the guy to whom I sold my herd when I got out of the business a couple of years ago and went to set-a-side on my land.
Called the guy one night for a Brangus bull and the next day when we picked him up, he said that it was good I called when I did as that he was scheduled to be a steer that very day!!!!! Found he is the last of the Brangus thoroughbred offspring from what I sold him a couple of years earlier. Lucky day as he has turned out to be a gorgeous animal and extremely devoted to his job, and true to the breed gentle and even tempered.
I cannot make money on a cow calf operation and do not choose to go through the buy 'em young at the barn and sell them a year later. Just doesn't fit our life style. If that works for you great! So, I am not filing a Schedule F this year.
We figure the money we spend on these babies is our "entertainment" money that we could have spent at like $600 for a couple of nights whooping it up in Dallas and Monday morning it all would be gone.....What's in that?
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