Pregnant Reciep

What is the cost of a pregnant reciep with my embryo in her?

Last I checked it was around $3k after being confirmed at 70 to 100 days depending on who you used.

Cow costs have dropped significantly since then though so some programs may have changed their pricing a little.

My guy charges $2,600 at 70 days.

That seems awfully high with the salvage value of the cow being a grand at most.

3500 on the high end 2500 low end 90 days bred. You are correct that salvage value is low but the cost of labor to set up these cows is huge.

-XBAR- said:

That seems awfully high with the salvage value of the cow being a grand at most.

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It is what it is. $200 of that is the pregnancy fee. Still you figure you buy 10, $1,000 cows and work them 2 or 3 times, then only 6 or 7 hold eggs, so then you ship the ones that don't hold eggs . If the mean time you have vaccinated, wormed and fed them and you are trying to make a profit, then it is but it isn't that high. JMO.

1200 for cow

200 days x 2.50 feed maybe 150?

100 for Meds
and embryologist

So if 1/2 of embryos take you are at 2400 with no " profit"... except if she is raising a calf you get that expense covered

Kevin Deniston in Scott City might do it for you but if I was him I would supply the cows,feed, labor and management and the conception rate would be your issue

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-XBAR- said:

That seems awfully high with the salvage value of the cow being a grand at most.

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It is what it is. $200 of that is the pregnancy fee. Still you figure you buy 10, $1,000 cows and work them 2 or 3 times, then only 6 or 7 hold eggs, so then you ship the ones that don't hold eggs . If the mean time you have vaccinated, wormed and fed them and you are trying to make a profit, then it is but it isn't that high. JMO.

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Yea, I didn't mean to imply you were overpaying or anything-- It just seemed like a lot to me. 

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Doc said:

-XBAR- said:

That seems awfully high with the salvage value of the cow being a grand at most.

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It is what it is. $200 of that is the pregnancy fee. Still you figure you buy 10, $1,000 cows and work them 2 or 3 times, then only 6 or 7 hold eggs, so then you ship the ones that don't hold eggs . If the mean time you have vaccinated, wormed and fed them and you are trying to make a profit, then it is but it isn't that high. JMO.

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Yea, I didn't mean to imply you were overpaying or anything-- It just seemed like a lot to me.

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Wasn't taken that way. Wish it was cheaper. But a lot of other things come into play also to me. Conception rate of tech putting them in, quality of recip, health of recip, attitude of recip. I've gotten several recips over the years from Spears that were outstanding commercial cows. Got a Red Angus cow one time that I seriously considered flushing, she was that good.