I suspect North American cattle need way less calving assistance and labor, weaning weights are likely comparable on comparable pasture feed and that dressing % may favor the Euro cattle while marbling favors the North American cattle just because that is where the selection pressure and priority lies in each industry to respond to markets and environmental conditions.
Maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised at the opposite. And going by the meat cases I see, regardless of where I travel, marbling in the States has taken a huge hit. Unless it's labeled CAB it looks select to me. I remember meat cases where we would look carefully because some package contents would have too much fat. Can't find any of that stuff today. Now I look for marbling and have a hard time finding it.
Would expect the same as 90-100lbs birth weights are considered average for all here. 110lbs for charolais is normal. If all calves stayed in average range we would probably have no assisted calvings, except for malpresentations. Amount of muscle mass is also abit different sometimes as it's not uncommon to use double muscled bulls, however far not everyone chooses them.
Full belly? I wonder what the difference is between a fresh dropped calf before nursing and one that's had a chance to nurse?
Yes, she is nursing well, touching two quarters yet though. Would say max 6-7lbs, depending from calf's appetite and cow's milk suply. Calves usually don't consume alot of milk at once when they are nursing often.
That will be a pretty cow, I’m kind of partial to Charolais crosses, and the roan colored cattle, so that ones got both,
Yes, me too. One time had similar roan charolaisx heifer, but unfortunately her udder got mastitis even before getting pregnant, so had to cull her. Fingers crossed for this one!
I’ve had a few young heifers get mastitis like that at a young age too over the years.
Same here. Devastating thing as it usually happened to the ones, which we really wanted to leave as replacements.
Yes that’s been my experience too.
Oh yeah, she is looking real promising to me as well!
