>>508792131 (OP)Split the cost to sponsor calf
Sell your cut of the beef
Buy larger share/multiple calves
Eventually buy calf instead of sponsoring
Raise on grass
Butcher and sell to liberals
Repeat with enough to keep for yourself year-round
Fair warning you'll have beef but the margins are low until you have a herd birthing reliably. It's really better to do communally for savings instead of for profit.