Posted by Bkpigs on February 27, 2017 at 20:08:06 from (104.240.108.121):
Right now I am raising 8 Holstein steers and sell to family and friends. It is going pretty good and am coming out ahead on the deal. I also raise hay and sell mostly to horse people. I like making hay but don't like selling it. Too many last minute calls and unheld promises. I have about 10 acres of hay along with 8-10 acres of timber and pasture that is not worth mowing for hay because the grass is in a long narrow strip and tough to get equipment to.
Currently I get the weaned steers in the beginning of April and sell them at the end of March with an average weight of about 1100 (last year had one at 1375). I was thinking of getting 3 heifers (any beef breed but prefer Herfords) and trying to integrate their calves in with the Holsteins to finish out at the same time. What would you think the appropriate time to calve would be? I would move the beef steers in with the Holsteins when the beefers wean. The reason for the beef momma cows is to have a place to go with the hay myself and eliminate (or nearly) the need to sell my extra hay.
Is this idea worth it or am I just trying to be a bigshot on a little patch?
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