Posted by JDseller on March 12, 2012 at 08:22:42 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Anyone Raise Bison? posted by jim_in_the_west on March 12, 2012 at 06:21:15:
I don't know much about raising Bison but I do know that two different guys around me here have gone broke trying to raise them. The one ended up 1.5 million in the hole. Dubuque Bank and Trust eat the paper on that one.
The biggest problems is that you will need to market them yourself. I don't know of any Bison market that you just sell the live steer too. You did not say where you are at. If it is far away from major population centers then your market is going to be very limited. Plus the big dollars of retail will also have you putting a lot of time in marketing.
As far as yearling selling for $1500. Well they had better be because beef steers are just about that high. I have been seeing 800 lbs steers bring $1.80 delivered. That is $1440 and the guy will have to finish that steer to 1200-1300 lbs. To me they are fools but that is the market right now.
To me Bison is just another fad that will come and go. There will be a few guys make big money selling breed stock and whole bunch of guys loosing their shirts. Anyone remember Emus twenty years ago???? Then it was Lamas. I would put the majority of the organic farming in the same class. A few do a good job and the rest raise some real big weeds. LOL
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