S1E448 - E448 Beef-on-Dairy’s $500,000 Swing: What 72% of Farms Know That’s Costing You $1,000/Cow Every Year

Dairy bull calves at $875. Beef-cross calves at $1,450. That $575 premium per head, multiplied across a 500-cow operation, creates an annual economics swing of $340,000 to $500,000+. This isn't speculation—it's the math that 72% of U.S. dairy farms have already acted on. In this episode, we break down why the traditional breeding playbook is costing operations real money, what the heifer shortage projections through 2027 mean for your replacement strategy, and the single metric that determines whether beef-on-dairy genetics will work for your operation—or expose a deeper problem you need to fix first.

Key Takeaways

Why dairy bull calves at $...