How To Price A British White Cow
How To Price a
British White Cow
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Basic
Model
$2,500.00
Shipping and
Handling
650.00
Extra
Stomach
175.00
Two Tone, Black & White Color 225.00
Food Storage Compartment 200.00
Built in forage
chopper
625.00
Four Spigot Calf
Feeder 550.00
Fly
Swatter
75.00
Cowhide Leather Upholstery 225.00
Horns (Not available this model) -0-
4 x 4 All Terrain Traction
750.00
Pre-delivery Make Ready
100.00 SUGGESTED LIST PRICE
$6425.00
Less Farmer
Rebate *
425.00 NET
PRICE
$6000.00
Other Extras Available for Some Models
* May be
negotiable, sort of dependant on how hungry the farmer's family
is.
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Now Lets Get Serious For A Moment
A Long Standing Pricing Theory For Registered
Cattle
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A good place to start is one and a half times commercial price. Then
temper it with reason based on your cost of production and the current supply and
demand for your breed.
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Never sell a registered seedstock animal for less than one and a
half times commercial price regardless of where you are in the cattle cycle.
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Any reputable seedstock producer will want to guarantee his stock,
this will add to your cost.
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There is additional records and paper work involved with registered
animals, this will add to your cost.
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Successful seedstock producers will need a consistent advertising
and marketing program. This adds to your cost.
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To offer only good seedstock for sale requires some culling, this
adds to your cost.
The gentleman that passed this theory
on to me raised registered Angus cattle for over 70 years. He also added that if a commercial
breeder could get by on commercial prices and I could not get along with one and a half times
commercial price then maybe I was in the wrong business.
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A Standard Marked British White Cow
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