| lacockcattleco - 8/15/2026 18:33 Until very recently the dairy guys didn’t care if the calf was dead or alive.
What are you calling “very recently”?
It’s been a long time since baby steins were worthless, especially the heifers. Then they figured out sexed semen and started breeding everything that wasn’t needed for a replacement to a colored bull. Just like that they doubled or tripled the value of their calves. Then calves got expensive and now they’re selling $2000 bottle calves. Or feeding them themselves selling $4000 fats.
Edited by Kooiker 8/15/2026 18:49
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Cattle downsizing
