Cull Cow/Bull

I read time and again how such and such animal just isn't going to bring much money at the auction. Well, suck it up. Cull animals happen, and not all of them are worth a pile of money. So you have an injured animal, by all means get the vet out and have the animal checked out, see how much time and money it will take to fix it up. Some injuries aren't fixable. Some are going to cost you waaaay more than the animal is worth. If the animal is worth $300 now, and you pump $500 worth of meds and feed into him and then even if you get $600 does it really make it worth the time and effort?? Know your animal welfare laws, when dealing with injured animals, you may have no option than to put the animal down at your place. You may or may not be able to salvage the meat off an injured animal. Depends how bad the injury is and if the animal was fevered.

But, the moral is that if you have animals you are going to have culls. There are many reasons for culling an animal, and injury is one of them......

[ksfarmer]

An ol timer' once told me, "You cain't lose any if you don't have any".

That is certainly true. Here is one I try to live by...

Take your first loss, it will likley be the least loss.....

Because, what we usually do is try to hold onto something that we are losing money on, on the theory that things will be better later on. Usually, even if things do take a turn for the better, you have spent more than the improved price will bring you.

[dcross]

If you have livestock, you're gonna have deadstock.

[Oxankle]

Randiliana:

That comment about your first loss was drilled into me as a kid. It was quoted as being taught to my Dad, RIP, by an old Jewish merchant friend of his family when Daddy was just a boy.

According to Daddy it was "Always take your first loss; it will almost always be your best one".

I have found it to be true; take your loss and move on to something that will produce a profit. Pouring more money and your time into a loser is counter- productive.
Ox