ValenteRanching
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Well it seems like there are alot of people on this site who are flushing cows and or buying and implanting embryo's. I was wondering what everyone's cost is per cow per flush.
It seem's kind of pricey to implant 3 club calf embryo's at say 250 an egg with 1 calf being born. You would have to get an extra 750$ for that calf to just pay for the embryo's. Thats not including the cost of the vet or calculating for the 2 calves from the other 2 recipients that will be born later and be smaller come sale time.
Am I even close to how this is working out, or is there something im not quite figuring. I see it happening alot in the states and I also see alot of really high priced cattle sales down there where this could be a very viable thing to do. I guess maybe with our calf market around here it just wont work out. Most of our calves just sell at the auction barn and a few might go to 4H projects but nothing selling really for more then 850$.
Any information would be great, Thanks alot! Chad.
It seem's kind of pricey to implant 3 club calf embryo's at say 250 an egg with 1 calf being born. You would have to get an extra 750$ for that calf to just pay for the embryo's. Thats not including the cost of the vet or calculating for the 2 calves from the other 2 recipients that will be born later and be smaller come sale time.
Am I even close to how this is working out, or is there something im not quite figuring. I see it happening alot in the states and I also see alot of really high priced cattle sales down there where this could be a very viable thing to do. I guess maybe with our calf market around here it just wont work out. Most of our calves just sell at the auction barn and a few might go to 4H projects but nothing selling really for more then 850$.
Any information would be great, Thanks alot! Chad.