How Many Cattle Can One Person Raise? A Detailed Explanation of Cattle Farming Scale

Cattle farming is a relatively good and reliable breeding project among livestock and poultry. Currently, pigs and chickens are the most unstable in the market, while cattle have remained stable all along, with no abnormal price fluctuations. Additionally, cattle have fewer diseases and lower feeding costs, which also reflects the profitability of cattle farming. Let's take a look below at how many cattle one person can raise!

How Many Cattle Can One Person Raise?

How many cattle one person can raise depends on the degree of modernization and the scale of the cattle farm. Generally, raising 200 head requires only 3 main laborers and 1 assistant, and raising 100 beef cattle requires 2 people. Raising 50 to 100 beef cattle also requires 2 people, because some tasks are difficult for one person to handle alone, such as chopping grass and crushing corn kernels, which both require 2 people. If raising 30 to 50 beef cattle, 1 main laborer and 1 assistant are sufficient. If raising 10 to 20 beef cattle, one person can complete the work alone, because with too few beef cattle, hiring additional labor increases expenses, which inevitably greatly reduces the profit from cattle farming. When the number is large it doesn't matter, but when the number is small it won't work.

How Much Money Can You Make Raising One Cow?

1. Calf cost: A good breed Simmental calf of about 400 jin costs 6500 to 6700 yuan per head, plus transportation, quarantine and other various fees, the delivered price comes to about 6800 to 7000 yuan per head.

2. Feeding cost: Generally, good breed Simmental cattle are mostly sold at 1300 to 1400 jin. Except during the high-temperature summer months, they can gain about 100 jin per month on average during other times, while during the 3 summer months they can only gain 60 to 80 jin per month on average. Calculating it out, at least 10 months of feeding are needed to reach 1300 jin. The whole process requires about 2800 jin of concentrated feed and about 6000 jin of roughage. Calculated at 1.3 yuan per jin for concentrated feed and 0.1 yuan per jin for silage straw, the total feeding cost is 4240 yuan.

3. Other costs: Vaccine and medicine costs 100 yuan per head (including foot-and-mouth disease and bovine pleuropneumonia serum), water and electricity 150 yuan per head, depreciation 50 yuan per head, labor 500 yuan per head, totaling 800 yuan per head.

4. Total cost: 12040 yuan per head.

5. Profit analysis: Currently, the selling price of fattened cattle is around 12 yuan per jin. A fattened cow weighing 1300 jin can sell for 15600 yuan. After deducting all farming costs, raising one cow can earn 3560 yuan.

How to Raise Cattle to Make Money?

1. Breed selection: Raising cattle well is not as good as choosing a breed well. Some breeds, no matter how well fed, simply don't show rapid weight gain in beef cattle. This reason shows that the beef cattle breed plays a crucial role in the growth rate of beef cattle, so cattle farmers must be careful when choosing beef cattle breeds.

2. Feed mixing: Corn straw, wheat straw, soybean straw, peanut vines, sweet potato vines, rice straw, weeds and pasture grass all belong to roughage, while cornmeal, wheat bran, soybean cake, distiller's grains, rapeseed cake and soybean residue all belong to concentrated feed. They should be reasonably mixed according to the weight and breed of the beef cattle.

3. Epidemic prevention management: Epidemic prevention management on a cattle farm not only benefits growth but also reduces the occurrence of diseases, indirectly increasing profits. However, improper management is also a direct cause of losses and failure, and should not be underestimated. It is absolutely not advisable to lock the barn door after the horse has bolted, and cattle farmers should pay attention to this point.

4. Selling price: Whether the selling price is high or low depends on the sales region, beef cattle breed, beef cattle fat condition and cattle market conditions. For every 0.2 yuan less per jin sold per cow, a beef cow over 1000 jin sells for 200 yuan less. If there are 100 head, that's 20000 yuan less. This seems very small, but when the quantity is large, the value is very significant.