It takes about a bag of milk replacer for each calf. A good replacer will cost $75-100 per fifty LBS. So if regular whole milk is $3.50 a gallon and a calf will need about 1 1/2 gallons per day. So regular milk, that does not have the extra vitamins, will cost much more.
I have had the best luck with Land OF lakes "Cow's Match® Calf Milk Replacer " and a good calf starter feed, NOT GROUND corn. You need to get them eating as much solid feed as you can, FAST!!!! This will help immensely in preventing scours.
DO NOT try to "cheap" out on the replacer. The cheap stuff does not have as good of nutrients.
Now for the bad news. Bottle calves are a poor investment. By the time you figure death loss and the feed cost you can buy a weaned calf for the same or less money. Then tie in the fact that dairy steers take more feed to finish a good beef calf is a better investment.
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