I have a couple questions, your expertise needed.
I’m trying to figure out how much hay a a cattle ranch would have to buy on scruffy land like this, I’m guessing it would be quite a bit. Assuming 1,000 head plus calves and a short grass season, hay at $130 a ton. What would you guess his feed costs at?
Revenue : How many steers and barren cows would you be able to sell per year and still keep the herd strength at 1,000?
Bundy couldn’t have been making very much money. It irks me that some people think he’s a wealthy rancher. I’m thinking he was barely getting by, after his expenses, and then the BLM started squeezing him.
I have never open ranged cattle so I am not familiar with the particulars of doing so. He runs a bunch of crossbred cattle that look as if they have never seen a registered bull. I have no idea how many months he has to feed his herd. I don’t know if he sperm checks his bulls or how often, if ever. He must be making a living at what he’s doing or else he wouldn’t be doing it.