Posted by picassomcp on June 18, 2016 at 21:08:41 from (173.84.197.229):
I am looking at feeding out a group of steers. Looking at either Holsteins or Herefords, but would probably look to buy them at around 250 lbs and feed them out to about 1300 lbs. I have a decent facility to do this, looking to do a group of 20 initially, but then would look to increase to at least 50 as I have room for at least 50, maybe more. I currently make about 300 rounds bales a year that I sell to people feeding it to beef cattle or horses. Dealing with these people is kind of a pain, so I could just keep some of this hay to feed these cattle rather than sell it. Is feeding strictly hay a reasonable way to put weight onto cattle?
I also raise corn that I sell to the local elevator. Another option would be to feed this corn to the cattle along with a pellet. This would cost more, but I'm sure they would grow much faster and grade better, therefore would bring a better price at sale. Could this be profitable? I don't have a grain dryer, so I may have some issues there. I do have bins with floors and could blow air on the corn which may help some. Also, If I feed a corn/pellet mix through a self feeder, will they over eat? Could /Should I mix some oats in with the corn and pellet? Also, if I put the cattle on a corn/pellet type of diet should I have hay available to them as well?
Basically, I have the facility that is currently not being used, I am already growing the feed (hay and corn) it just seems logical to have some cattle around. But I will only do it if it can be profitable. I haven't followed the market much in recent years, it looks like it is pretty strong right now. How likely is it to remain this strong. I'd hate to buy into things now just to have the bottom fall out about the time that I would be looking to sell them as fats. Does anyone have any insight or thoughts on the current market. I peeked at the futures, prices for fats, for next summer delivery are lower than this weeks price. This would leave me to believe that the market is trending down. Is that a fair assumption?
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