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in my cows avg age is 5 years old,i have noticed when one has the 100 plus pound calves, 90% of my open cows is one of those cows ,so in my herd the 80 to 90 weights work best here on a total income basis.

I also found the heavier births have a higher ww on avg. but i also have more open cows that have the 100 plus birth weights,on a 60 day breeding season .all in all ive found just as many pounds weaned total on 85 pounders as any weight, year in year out, by the time opens are included in the...

I have used their bulls and still do,gentle ,high performing ,calves are good out of mixed breed cows ,but our birth weights are high,on our 5 and 6 year old cows calves weigh on avg. 100 plus pounds.

[usually], i have a 880 pound cross cow weaned 985 pound of calf at 7 months in a drought this year 112% her body weight all grass ,,,,,she had twins :lol:

Mike if purebreds gained better on grass with no grain supplement then every one should raise purebreds ,but as a whole im not pick and choosing animals the crossed cow will kick out more pounds than a purebred ,ive tried purebreds of many breeds including charolais and none weaned more percent...

if your just getting started in raising cattle ,and grass fed at that why do you want a registered animal ,the crosses will out do any purebred on grass ,and for sure here in the south.

Brahman

I think to wait as even here it is at least 60 days late to plant ,it may come up but not enough growth to keep from being winterkilled.

i know of many bulls that have a 80 or 85 on birth weight ,then you breed your commercial cows to them and end up with 120 weights, so im wondering how many birth weights are guessed rather than scaled.

i have a Russell field that out does my Tifton 44 or coastal, both grazing and hay and has proven to be very cold tolerant,also covers the ground faster when sprigged than the other two,it doesnt have the digestibility of 85 but more cold tolerance.

Cant tell what the calves would be like by just looking at a picture,just ultra sound several yearlings and the worst put together animals sometime had the largest ribeye,and marbled very well . had several bulls myself that i was not proud of but were good producers and sired good calves.

WDA was 1.85 in Nov. at 19 months

All of our cattle live on grass,No meal,No corn ,only hay as a supplement.And they perform very good ,just killed a 21 month old steer off rye, clover and has gained over 4 pounds per day since November dressed 761 lbs. Heifers calve as two year olds and have to wean a good calf or they are gone .

planted RR alfalfa in april 06,very fast to establish sprayed for weeds and grass 3 weeks after it was out of the ground,cut 3 cuttings hay on a very dry year and have grazed since nov. 1 .let cattle on for 30 minutes and run them off,as for cureing same or less than most alfalfa ive used before.

8 to 10 frame on herefords=calving problems,also the air between the ground and the belly never paid nor weighed much.

the seasonal swing is one thing,but 4 dollar corn will hold the price down even in the spring .

seeded turnip in no till drill along with ryegass on bermuda,turnips produce more early feed than ryegrass did for me,already got one grazing and 3weeks will graze again.

The grazing turnips produce more top than root. I planted five pounds per acre

gberry,the turnips pictured were planted behind sudan,but i did sow some on bermuda while it was still green and came through like i had killed the bermuda back, the cattle were turned in on both types of field in 45 days after seeding .

Mike,i think its the most rain weve had since last years big storms,,,bullpeddler,i was through texas early summer places west and south of San Antonio dry as it gets,here it was only through the summer ,not extended like there ,but still long enough to kill the pastures