Cattle breeding techniques: what are the prospects and profits of raising beef cattle?

1. Investment in calves

In terms of the price of spring beef calves, 300 jin of beef calves is about 19 yuan per jin, or 5700 yuan per head. 400 jin of beef calf is 17.50 yuan per jin, equivalent to 7000 yuan per head. The bigger the calf is, the shorter the breeding cycle is, but the unit price is lower and the total price is more expensive. Such a living creature as a calf is not like other commodities. There is no standard 300 jin or 400 jin, and the variety, fat and weight are not the same. How much a calf costs should be calculated according to the actual situation, but this size of calves is usually 5000 to 7000 yuan per calf, and the investment of 10 meat calves is 50000 to 70000 yuan.

2. Investment in cattle farm

The scale of raising 10 cattle does not need to build a special large-scale farm house, through the transformation of idle houses or the construction of a simple barn can shelter from the wind and rain, the general rural courtyard can have enough space, here rough statistics for 10,000 yuan construction cost. Remind cattle farmers that if they are building professional small barns, an area of about 50 square meters of 10 cattle is enough, and 20,000 yuan is more than enough. Of course, the cowshed investment can be large or small, here is to reduce the cost as the principle, the cowshed only plays a role of shelter, Diaolianghuadong is not necessary. Because the cowshed can be used for many years, according to the use of 10 years, it is equivalent to 2000 yuan per year.

3. Feed investment

The situation in each region is different, the breeding model is different, the type of feed is different, and the amount of feed investment is also different. For example, grazing and raising cattle, the feed cost is certainly much lower than that of captivity, but there are no grazing conditions in most parts of the country, so the investment we are talking about here is still based on captivity. In general, beef cattle are raised to 1200 jin to 1400 jin out of the hurdle, this stage of the meat ratio is the highest, more cost-effective, too big too small hurdle efficiency will be reduced. Then take a 400 jin beef calf to 1200 jin out of the column as an example, the breeding cycle is about 8 months. the average daily roughage (mainly corn straw) is 20 jin to 30 jin, 0.05 to 0.10 yuan per jin. The total investment of roughage for 10 cattle in one breeding cycle (8 months) is: 10 heads × 240days × 20jin × 0.1yuan / jin = 4800 yuan. Corn is the main concentrate, and the price is more than 1 yuan. According to the calculation of 1.10 yuan, each cow is fed 10 jin per day on average, and the total investment of concentrate feed for 10 cattle is 10 head × 240d × 10jin × 1.1yuan / jin = 26400 yuan.

On average, the total feed investment per cow per day is about 12 to 15 yuan, 10 cattle are raised out of the pen, and all feed investment is about 30000 yuan to 40000 yuan.

4. Miscellaneous expenses investment

For example, drugs, water and electricity, appliances, and so on, these investments are negligible compared to the above, and the sale of cow dung can be offset by the sale of cow dung. Here, it costs 100 yuan for each cow and 1000 yuan for 10 cows a year.

5. Labor cost

The scale of raising 10 cattle does not need to hire additional workers, which is done easily by themselves. The purpose of this small-scale breeding is to earn their own wages.