Texas/New Mexico Stateline | I don't know how much moisture you guys get, but there is no way we can plant a summer crop immediately after wheat here. The wheat will have used up every bit of moisture by the spring. Even if you pulled the cattle off early and had a very wet spring, here you would still be behind on subsoil moisture.
Wheat pasture here pays $.35-.50+ per pound gained depending on how much care the landowner provides. Like are you willing to put dry hay and minerals out? Tend the water and check fence daily? Would you be pulling sick cattle and doctoring? Etc.
Can usually get 2.5-3# a day gain with good quality healthy cattle and good pasture. So $1.00/hd a day for very rough figures. We stock in the fall about one 400# calf per 2-3 acres.
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Winter Wheat Grazing Question
