I have been approached by a couple people interested in purchasing embryos from Fawn Calf positive Angus donor cows. I am struggling with fair options if we were to price such embryos. I know that some people would think this wouldn't be worth the hassle. However, these are some donor cows with very desirable and marketable pedigrees...their babies could potentially be worth lots of money.
My thoughts:
1. Price the embryos at an agreed upon price. This would be the "clean calf" scenario for the buyer. Let's say $500 each, for argument's sake.
2. Buyer pays up front and carries the embryos. As normal, the buyer is guaranteed 1 pregnancy for 3 embryos, or 2 out of 5.
3. Buyer tests any resulting calves. Any resulting calves that test positive as a carrier, and the test results are presented to us...we refund the buyer an amount agreed upon at purchase.
- Based on the registration rules of the Angus association, after October of this year, the carrier bulls will be ineligible to be registered, while the heifers will be able to register (as a carrier) for 2 more years.
What do you Steerplanet folks think of this type of an arrangement? What am I missing?
My thoughts:
1. Price the embryos at an agreed upon price. This would be the "clean calf" scenario for the buyer. Let's say $500 each, for argument's sake.
2. Buyer pays up front and carries the embryos. As normal, the buyer is guaranteed 1 pregnancy for 3 embryos, or 2 out of 5.
3. Buyer tests any resulting calves. Any resulting calves that test positive as a carrier, and the test results are presented to us...we refund the buyer an amount agreed upon at purchase.
- Based on the registration rules of the Angus association, after October of this year, the carrier bulls will be ineligible to be registered, while the heifers will be able to register (as a carrier) for 2 more years.
What do you Steerplanet folks think of this type of an arrangement? What am I missing?