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<blockquote data-quote="CVAR" data-source="post: 1678656" data-attributes="member: 16130"><p>Ky says it exactly right. If you don't have a real plan to market those smaller cattle all the way through the system, you'll suffer some losses. Like ky says - if you're just taking weaned calves to the sale barn, those guys look for framey, thinner calves that they know they can add fast weight on. Also, those small framed calves usually won't match up on ribeye and other cuts so even if buyers get a good deal, they don't want them. On the flip side, if your herd is large and your feeding out a full pot load or more, packers can make that work because there's enough there to get large batches of consistency in the animals and cuts. Trying to market 20</p><p>at the local sale barn will be VERY tough unless everyone else happens to bring the same type animal on that day. Over the years we've had both big and small framed and efficiency isn't always tied to size like so many people like to claim (especially on this site) we have large cows that are literally tanks and their body condition and flesh seem to be the same year around. 1st and 2nd calf heifers seem to be the ones we have to watch regardless of frame size. I don't know if he still does but at one time, Pharo I thought had a full system with cooperator herds so a person that uses his animals could market them within a system that uses small frames. I'd suggest if your buying into those bulls, you try to lean on him to follow the rest of his system which might work for you better than just buying one of his small bulls and trying to compete at the local barn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CVAR, post: 1678656, member: 16130"] Ky says it exactly right. If you don’t have a real plan to market those smaller cattle all the way through the system, you’ll suffer some losses. Like ky says - if you’re just taking weaned calves to the sale barn, those guys look for framey, thinner calves that they know they can add fast weight on. Also, those small framed calves usually won’t match up on ribeye and other cuts so even if buyers get a good deal, they don’t want them. On the flip side, if your herd is large and your feeding out a full pot load or more, packers can make that work because there’s enough there to get large batches of consistency in the animals and cuts. Trying to market 20 at the local sale barn will be VERY tough unless everyone else happens to bring the same type animal on that day. Over the years we’ve had both big and small framed and efficiency isn’t always tied to size like so many people like to claim (especially on this site) we have large cows that are literally tanks and their body condition and flesh seem to be the same year around. 1st and 2nd calf heifers seem to be the ones we have to watch regardless of frame size. I don’t know if he still does but at one time, Pharo I thought had a full system with cooperator herds so a person that uses his animals could market them within a system that uses small frames. I’d suggest if your buying into those bulls, you try to lean on him to follow the rest of his system which might work for you better than just buying one of his small bulls and trying to compete at the local barn. [/QUOTE]
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