2nd UPDATE: Pic of pig inside. So, who owns or has owned a pig?

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CPA

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Just to clarify, she's calling the pig "Oreo" Not "Chris P. Bacon".

Found out this morning, she decided to change it because she kept calling him "Chris P. Chicken" lol.
 
highland145

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Nintendesert said:
5k?? o_O


Man, cattle doesn't even sell that high. Are these like Kobe Pigs or something?
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High dollar.
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Nintendesert said:
Can your family bid on the pig so you can make your own bacon?
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Sure we can, but if it makes it to the main auction, we will not be in the running. If he doesn't make the main auction, he will be put up for sale at the rodeo barn and anyone can buy him at a low price.

I'm seriously thinking of trying to get him, but I know my youngest boy is already skittish about the thoughts of eating him and I'm not sure my daughter will enjoy it, even though she knows this is an investment not a pet.
 
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Nintendesert said:
5k?? o_O


Man, cattle doesn't even sell that high. Are these like Kobe Pigs or something?
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My wife's coworker sold his kid's FAA pig and steer for $3k and $5k respectively. One won 5th and the other came in 3rd in the show at the Ft Bend County Fair.

A lot of time, here in TX, these rancher's out in the rural areas will bid on the animals and let the kids keep them - tax write offs.
 
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dougp said:
My wife's coworker sold his kid's FAA pig and steer for $3k and $5k respectively. One won 5th and the other came in 3rd in the show at the Ft Bend County Fair.

A lot of time, here in TX, these rancher's out in the rural areas will bid on the animals and let the kids keep them - tax write offs.
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Damn, maybe I should stop raising food cattle and start raising pretty ones or ones that buck. :D

Maybe mini-cows. :sneaky:
 
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Nintendesert said:
Damn, maybe I should stop raising food cattle and start raising pretty ones or ones that buck. :D

Maybe mini-cows. :sneaky:
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Those things are so expensive! When I was living in the country I really wanted a midget cow. But for a decent looking one, they were ridiculous.
 
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rudeguy said:
Those things are so expensive! When I was living in the country I really wanted a midget cow. But for a decent looking one, they were ridiculous.
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I might get some fainting goats after the pig. I just want to watch them seize up. lol.
 
DrPizza

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dougp said:
FFA pigs that do very well at the show sell for anywhere between $1-$5k, sometimes higher.

That's a lot of bacon at the store ...
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Fixed that for you. It's almost like a charity, where a lot of the farmers/ranchers/friends of the family, etc., pay WAY more than the animal is really worth, to help the kids out, particularly since the amount of feed and care put in to the animal otherwise wouldn't have a prayer of breaking even. So, if someone's seeing dollar signs, and thinking, "hey, the conversion ratio for pigs is about 3 or 4 to 1 (for every 3 to 4 pounds of feed they consume, they gain 1 pound. For chickens, it's about 1.5 to 1, and for cattle, it's upwards of 10 to 1), so to raise the pig to 250 pounds, it'll take about 800 pounds of feed. At $16 per hundred pounds of feed, that's $128 per pig = $12,000 for 100 pigs. And if I sell them at $3k each, Wow, I make a quarter of a million dollars in 5 months!"
That, unfortunately, is simply not true. Market weight is about 250 pounds. At $5k for that pig, you're already at $20 per pound. Factor in that less than 3/4 of the weight is going to be meat, you're looking at nearly $28 per pound, PLUS butchering costs. If you're thinking, "but what if the pig gets to $400 pounds?" The answer is that you'll get less money per pound, because it's going to be much higher in fat. I've seen 600 pound pigs go for well under a dollar per pound at auction.
 
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dougp said:
My wife's coworker sold his kid's FAA pig and steer for $3k and $5k respectively. One won 5th and the other came in 3rd in the show at the Ft Bend County Fair.

A lot of time, here in TX, these rancher's out in the rural areas will bid on the animals and let the kids keep them - tax write offs.
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Dude, you're just down the road from me. I'm up here in Katy.
 
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DrPizza said:
Fixed that for you. It's almost like a charity, where a lot of the farmers/ranchers/friends of the family, etc., pay WAY more than the animal is really worth, to help the kids out, particularly since the amount of feed and care put in to the animal otherwise wouldn't have a prayer of breaking even. So, if someone's seeing dollar signs, and thinking, "hey, the conversion ratio for pigs is about 3 or 4 to 1 (for every 3 to 4 pounds of feed they consume, they gain 1 pound. For chickens, it's about 1.5 to 1, and for cattle, it's upwards of 10 to 1), so to raise the pig to 250 pounds, it'll take about 800 pounds of feed. At $16 per hundred pounds of feed, that's $128 per pig = $12,000 for 100 pigs. And if I sell them at $3k each, Wow, I make a quarter of a million dollars in 5 months!"
That, unfortunately, is simply not true. Market weight is about 250 pounds. At $5k for that pig, you're already at $20 per pound. Factor in that less than 3/4 of the weight is going to be meat, you're looking at nearly $28 per pound, PLUS butchering costs. If you're thinking, "but what if the pig gets to $400 pounds?" The answer is that you'll get less money per pound, because it's going to be much higher in fat. I've seen 600 pound pigs go for well under a dollar per pound at auction.
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I've already conceded to the understanding that this is a money-losing proposition. The Ag teachers prepped us that pigs have the least return on investment.
 
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CPA said:
I've already conceded to the understanding that this is a money-losing proposition. The Ag teachers prepped us that pigs have the least return on investment.
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having children is in itself a money-losing proposition, I don't see why having a pig should change that :p
 
JM Aggie08

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CPA said:
I've already conceded to the understanding that this is a money-losing proposition. The Ag teachers prepped us that pigs have the least return on investment.
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IMO, move up to steers next year or the year after. CRAZY amount of return if she does well.
 
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