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Post by johansenherefords on Jan 27, 2015 9:46:34 GMT -6
We AI our heifers and a small group of females every year, but I don't have a firm grasp of total costs (time, vet costs, etc.) per animal. Rather than digging up all my costs from previous years, does anyone have a good handle on these costs that they can share? Thanks.
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Post by fivestarherefords on Jan 27, 2015 10:47:44 GMT -6
I always estimated $75 per head including semen. That was for CIDR, drugs, AI tech and semen.
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Post by George on Jan 27, 2015 11:04:13 GMT -6
I always estimated $75 per head including semen. That was for CIDR, drugs, AI tech and semen. It has been a couple of years since I have AI'ed, but it was costing me $45 to $75 a head, not including anything for my own time, with the variable being what the semen cost me. That also doesn't include the cost for any certs, if needed, to register the calves. We averaged about a 60% success rate with timed AI, so the actual cost of that for each AI calf actually born was $75 to $125. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 11:11:14 GMT -6
I was just about to mention certificates George! When you factor in the semen cost you better be factoring in AI certificate costs if you plan to register any calves unless you are using a non-certificate sire. Your AI costs would go up another $50-100 on some of these bulls if you factor in the cost of the certificate.
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Post by quackingduck on Jan 27, 2015 14:33:58 GMT -6
Wow, so a $15,000 to $25,000 bull would do it at that cost.
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Post by btlrupert on Jan 27, 2015 19:09:08 GMT -6
When I ran the numbers not using CIDR's was around $100 bucks. Used 60% conception . This was two shots of LH with no time considered for labor which goes against my economics minor and SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS, LOL
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