Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
2 Questions about Mature cow weight
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 514416" data-attributes="member: 97"><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/dickbobb/BobbieBDay2007005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>There is my perfect cow...She isn't pretty- but she is 11 years old, under a 5 frame (the cow behind her is barely a 5 frame), weighs less than 1200 lbs- stays in good shape every year- deep so she can handle the cold weather- calves on the first cycle every year-has enough milk, but not so much her bag still isn't bad as an old gal- and brings in a March/April calf that weighs over 600 lbs in Oct when I wean....</p><p></p><p>The problem is- with all the "bigger, better, faster" bulls that are now being marketed- how do you keep that "perfect" cow....I know from personal screw up- I fell into the New Designs and all the other top bulls that were being promoted- and besides frame leaping (not creeping) up on heifers kept- I ended up with several more that were having bags go bad- 3-4 year olds coming in late or open- a bigger feed bill- and no real change in weight of calves- or price paid for calves ...</p><p></p><p>Thats my goal now- is to get back to this cow- the middle of the road cow....I know of at least a half dozen seedstock producers that never went with the bigger better faster trend and still have good "moderate" cattle....And several commercial producers that have or are trying to go back....</p><p>I think the reason their cattle is the "hot" market is because of the demand since so many now want to see more moderate cows again and are going that direction... Locally I know several large commercial operations now using their bulls, which should make more commercial heifers available...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 514416, member: 97"] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/dickbobb/BobbieBDay2007005.jpg[/img] There is my perfect cow...She isn't pretty- but she is 11 years old, under a 5 frame (the cow behind her is barely a 5 frame), weighs less than 1200 lbs- stays in good shape every year- deep so she can handle the cold weather- calves on the first cycle every year-has enough milk, but not so much her bag still isn't bad as an old gal- and brings in a March/April calf that weighs over 600 lbs in Oct when I wean.... The problem is- with all the "bigger, better, faster" bulls that are now being marketed- how do you keep that "perfect" cow....I know from personal screw up- I fell into the New Designs and all the other top bulls that were being promoted- and besides frame leaping (not creeping) up on heifers kept- I ended up with several more that were having bags go bad- 3-4 year olds coming in late or open- a bigger feed bill- and no real change in weight of calves- or price paid for calves ... Thats my goal now- is to get back to this cow- the middle of the road cow....I know of at least a half dozen seedstock producers that never went with the bigger better faster trend and still have good "moderate" cattle....And several commercial producers that have or are trying to go back.... I think the reason their cattle is the "hot" market is because of the demand since so many now want to see more moderate cows again and are going that direction... Locally I know several large commercial operations now using their bulls, which should make more commercial heifers available... [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
2 Questions about Mature cow weight
Top