DJ's Miniature Herefords

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05/22/2026

Just a cow from Mel’s Miniature Herefords

From time to time people tell me, "Lighten up, it's just a cow." or "That's a lot of money for a cow." They don't know the distance traveled, the time spent or the costs involved for "just a cow". Some of my proudest moments have come with "just a cow."

Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a cow", but I did not once feel slighted. Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a cow," and, in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a cow" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

If you too, think it's "just a cow", then you will probably understand phrases like "just a friend", "just a sunrise", or "just a promise". "Just a cow" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and true unbridled joy. "Just a cow" brings out the compassion and patience that makes me a better person. Because of "just a cow", I will rise early, stay in the barn for hours and look longingly in the future. So for me, and the folks like me, it's not "just a cow" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past and the pure enjoyment of the moment. "Just a cow" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.

I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a cow", but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a human".

So the next time you hear the phrase "just a cow", just smile... because they "just don't understand”.

~Anonymous

12/16/2025

“You want HOW much for a ¼ cow?!”

Let’s break it down.

A beef calf right now, at 400 lbs, is running about $4.00/lb.
That’s $1,600 right out of the gate.

Now we feed that calf for roughly a year.
Even at a cheap all-stock feed — $12 per 50-lb bag — and averaging 3 lbs/day, you’re looking at around $300 in feed. But when you’re feeding more, or higher quality feed - keep packing on the cost.

So now we’re at $1,900, assuming:
• it grows on schedule
• doesn’t need extra time
• doesn’t get sick
• nothing goes wrong

But wait… you forgot hay.

Hay math (because cows don’t live on air):
• Avg weight during grow-out: ~800 lbs
• Intake: 2.5% of body weight
• That’s ~20 lbs of dry matter/day
• With hay at ~90% dry matter → ~22 lbs as-fed
• About half the diet as hay → ~11 lbs/day
• Over 365 days = ~4,000 lbs of hay

That’s roughly 3–5 round bales, depending on size and waste.
At $40 per bale, add another $120–$200.

So now we’re well over $2,000 — and we haven’t even talked about the butcher.

Processing isn’t cheap either:
• $1.75 per hanging pound
• Plus a dispatch/kill fee

And finally — let’s be real —
Farmers aren’t doing this for fun or boredom.
This is labor, land, feed, time, equipment, and risk.
We have families to feed too.

So when you see the price for a ¼, ½, or whole cow, maybe skip the snide remarks.

👉 You’re getting:
• A freezer full of beef
• Raised with care
• No mystery meat
• No supply chain games
• And you know exactly where it came from

That peace of mind?
It has value.

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Pioneer, OH
43554

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