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First time heifers. . .always a worry.

They are the worst. We always had about 200 head of them, 20% of the heard...since we sold all the 5th year cow calf pairs...also 20% of the heard. Our heard was replaced on a 20%/year basis.
Instead of breeding as yearlings and having first calf as a two year old.
I give em one more year.
Breed as twos and calve as threes.
They have some more size and maturity.
They have most of that stupid heifer shit out of them and calve easy, claim their calf and generally are good mothers at the start.
Some have trouble getting their first calf heifers to breed back with their second calf,
I seem to get more bred back this way.
Yeah, you are giving up a year but I think I keep more of them in the Herd this way.
I calve out in the hills in August and September and very rarely have one that needs assistance.
May not be economical for everybody but works for me.
I like hearing how things are done in other parts of the country.
That is how I do it in flyover country.🤠
 
Instead of breeding as yearlings and having first calf as a two year old.
I give em one more year.
Breed as twos and calve as threes.
They have some more size and maturity.
They have most of that stupid heifer shit out of them and calve easy, claim their calf and generally are good mothers at the start.
Some have trouble getting their first calf heifers to breed back with their second calf,
I seem to get more bred back this way.
Yeah, you are giving up a year but I think I keep more of them in the Herd this way.
I calve out in the hills in August and September and very rarely have one that needs assistance.
May not be economical for everybody but works for me.
I like hearing how things are done in other parts of the country.
That is how I do it in flyover country.🤠
A lot of good to what you say.

But in Louisiana, despite long growing season and plenty of hay, its easy to get into serious financial trouble in the livestock business.

However, the best business model I have seen was relayed to me by an old timer 40 years ago.

Grow as much hay as your land can provide. Purchase springing heifers in the fall, when prices are down. Use the hay that was grown (as well as rye grass and supplemental feed) over the winter, sell in the spring after they calve. Get those pastures back into hay production.

Prices are down in the fall when stockman don’t want to pay the costs to feed the heifers over the winter. And a first calf cows bring a premium in the spring when many stockman are willing to make an investment.

As with horses, its hard to make money in th livestock business.