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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 629346" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I haven't read this entire thread, so excuse me if I'm repeating what others have said. </p><p></p><p>According to the packers, a perfect carcass weighs 750-800 lbs, Quality Grade Choice and Yield Grade 2. There used to be a lot of experts who would tell you a Continental (Simmental, Limousin, Charolais) crossed with an English breed (Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn) is more likely to give you that combination. The Continental breeds gave you more muscle and less backfat (Yield) and the English breeds gave you the marbling. If you can find those traditional Continental cattle, that still might be the way to go. But truthfully the Continentals aren't what they used to be. Neither are the English breeds.</p><p></p><p>With the tools we have to work with today( EPDs, ultrasound), you can raise quality straightbreed calves that will meet, probably exceed the packer's demands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 629346, member: 13"] I haven't read this entire thread, so excuse me if I'm repeating what others have said. According to the packers, a perfect carcass weighs 750-800 lbs, Quality Grade Choice and Yield Grade 2. There used to be a lot of experts who would tell you a Continental (Simmental, Limousin, Charolais) crossed with an English breed (Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn) is more likely to give you that combination. The Continental breeds gave you more muscle and less backfat (Yield) and the English breeds gave you the marbling. If you can find those traditional Continental cattle, that still might be the way to go. But truthfully the Continentals aren't what they used to be. Neither are the English breeds. With the tools we have to work with today( EPDs, ultrasound), you can raise quality straightbreed calves that will meet, probably exceed the packer's demands. [/QUOTE]
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