Raising Beef

[Bobby Bass]

Anyone on here raise their own Beef?

[Wyofish]

Just curious. What do you have in mind for a plan?

[Bobby Bass]

have a buddy who is getting rid of his horse and wants to raise a few head of beef in their place. Looking for insight on beef

[DDSBYDAY]

  I think Wyofish will be able to give you the insight you desire.  Of course he is a dairy expert but a cow is a cow.   

[corny13]

Hey a cow is not just a cow!!

[Wyofish]

Looking to start a small cow/calf herd or just raise a few steers?

[Bobby Bass]

Looking to start a small cow/calf herd or just raise a few steers?

have a buddy who is getting rid of his horse and wants to raise a few head of beef in their place. Looking for insight on beef

[Wyofish]

Buying some steers would be the simplest. I would try it for a summer and see how they do.

[dew2]

Anyone on here raise their own Beef?

My mail man does.He raises feeders then sells.Hes even pulling out of the feeders last I talked to him.The cost of feed has skyrocketed.
 I asked a few years back if I bought a feeder and raised it myself what would he estimate the costs.His reply is thats why I sell before fattening them up.He said expensive cuts in the grocery are less than he can make burger,after the cost of feed.
 I was told if I had lots a area  and let it be grass fed I may get a low cost final product.But for him it's not worth it.For his family they butcher the feeders without the fattening and their mostly grass fed. ETHANOL!! FEED THEM ENGINES!!

[dakids]

As a kid we bought a calf in the spring every year and butchered them in the fall.  We would pick up the cobs of corn that were missed by the farmer and store them in a crib until the following year.  It was a lot of work but they tasted really good when they ate corn.  Grass fed beef tastes bad in my opinion.  The fat will be yellow instead of white when the cow is grass fed.  EVERYTIME we lost power the steer would get out of the fence and we had to catch it. 

One year we didn't catch it for over a month and had to wait until the farmers harvested the corn fields.  That was one wild steer.  The last time we raised beef. We called him bubba.  We called them all bubba.