How much it cost to buy a cattle? and how and where farmers sell it and make money? how to start a cattle farm?
2006-09-03 10:15:12 · 7 answers · asked by ahmedragab 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
The first thing you better look for is where you are going to raise these cattle. Are you going to buy the land or lease it? Around here, it is hard to find any kind of ranch that is not already leased out or is for sale. Next, how many head of cattle can your land support? It varies in different parts of the country; some as little as 2 acres per cow/calf pair up to 30 or 40. Next, you have to decide what kind of cattle you want to raise. Registered or not? Registered cows are generally more expensive. Next you need to buy a lot of equipment. Pickups, cattle working chutes, branding irons, fence building materials, trailers, farm equipment (if you want to raise your own hay), overhead cake bins, cakers, a horse or four-wheeler to get your cattle in, the list is endless. Starting a cattle raising operation from scratch is going to take several years before you get to worry about where to sell your cattle and it will be years before you make money on them unless you are already rich. Start by befriending someone that raises cattle and have them advise you. It is way too complicated to have any one person be able to explain it to you in this forum.
2006-09-05 10:33:49 · answer #1 · answered by cmdynamitefreckles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The price of cattle varies day to day week to week. Same thing is true for the offspring. It'll take about 2 acres of land to support a cow-calf "unit" in reasonable good pasture country.
Out here in cattle country they say you can make a small fortune raising cattle--if you start with a large one! It's a tough, tough business. Start by inheriting a ranch, a fortune, or going to work on a ranch.
2006-09-03 10:31:16 · answer #2 · answered by DelK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you SERIOUSLY want to start a cattle farm, you're going to invest a lot of money and have to determine what type you want to run. There are 3 main types (feedlot, farrow to finish, and some other one i forget). I really don't think you should be getting into it if you're going to ask a question like this on Yahoo. It's a whole lot more complicated than you'd think.
2006-09-03 10:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by MyYahooName 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to sound negative but if you haven't been raised in the business or have someone to run your operation you have no idea how hard it is to make any money. It takes a lot of expense and a lot of time to ever see a profit, but on the other hand if you are looking for a "loss" tax write off you might want to try it. Start out small and get ready for a hard work, head ache, and loss. It just about has to be in your blood before you can enjoy it.
2006-09-03 17:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by stacipm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with Don't Taz Me Bro...although I would have said it a little nicer. Take a course in Macroeconomics. You learn a lot about agriculture and how "much" farmers make.
2016-03-26 20:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you can buy and sell cattle at autions. Prices very from cattle being to big, too small, meat or dairy cattle, and overall look.
2006-09-03 10:22:38 · answer #6 · answered by Marines Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll want to make sure you have plenty of pasture. You'll also want to have hay fields. These last couple of years have been dry all over and hay prices have gone up high enough that there have been a lot of hay thefts.
Buy you a small herd and get a bull. He'll do his thing and before long you'll have calves. You usually want to let them get pretty big before you sell them, and you'll keep a few. Then you'll get rid of that bull and get another (to avoid inbreeding) and go it all again.
2006-09-03 10:26:07 · answer #7 · answered by eyesinthedarkness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋