The time commitment and financial investment in developing a replacement heifer is a daunting task―especially when one can come up open after having only one or two calves. After hearing several reports of poor fall breed-back rates and spring calvers losing calves (abortions, stillbirths, etc.), we decided to put pencil to paper to help answer the question, “Will I be money ahead to cull her now, or will it pay to hold her open to calve on time next year with predicted high calf prices on the horizon?”
Replacement females are only worth the sum of the total cash they generate…
