“Since I raise and process around 100 cattle per year,”
100 cattle per year is not a cattle rancher, just a side deal apart from his other affairs. You don’t make money on 100 head.
“””100 cattle per year is not a cattle rancher,”””
Hobby farm.
100 head @ $4500 per head = $450,000 just saying
Sure he can be, if he raised all his roughage and grain and processes the beef, too. He never said he was a Big Time Operator. Maybe he doesn't have a million dollars invested in iron, or maybe he has hogs or cash crops, or whatever.
In any case, raising that many means he knows a heck of a lot about the subject.
“100 cattle per year is not a cattle rancher, just a side deal apart from his other affairs. You don’t make money on 100 head.”
He is a cattle rancher. You can be a cattle rancher and process zero cattle.
If the guy is set up to just “finish” cattle rather than raise them from calves he might do very well especially if he has his own outlet. Two animals per week could keep a small butcher shop or restaurant in bizness. About 80 really good rib steaks per week could make a nice base load. At 20 bucks per steak off the rack he could do just fine.
“Since I raise and process around 100 cattle per year,”
100 cattle per year is not a cattle rancher, just a side deal apart from his other affairs. You don’t make money on 100 head.
the 100 cattle is irrelevant.
If you process them yourself could make money. That subject came up in the last season of Yellowstone.
They also raise registered quarter horses. The price of a registered Quarter Horse can range from $5,000 to $10,000 for a good, safe family horse, and can exceed $70,000 for elite show or breeding prospects