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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 377106" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Agree...a nice article.</p><p></p><p>We started breeding Longhorns in 2001. Started with 2 bred cows with calves at side. Now our herd is approaching 50 longhorns. We've sold over 60 to date. </p><p></p><p>Anyway,</p><p></p><p>Comparing our latest Longhorn 1 yr old bull that we put in the freezer this spring, with "The Beef Checkoff" page called "Angus Beef Chart", our Longhorn Bull did this:</p><p></p><p>Live Weight: 680 #</p><p>Hanging Weight: 360 # (53% of live weight)</p><p>Packaged Weight: 241 # (35 % of live weight)</p><p></p><p>(Note: we did not save any organ meats at all in our packaged weight).</p><p></p><p>Our bull was fed corn and sweet feed the last 2 months before slaughter as well as #1 bermuda hay and bermuda pasture. His BCS was a definite "5".</p><p></p><p>Our animal was enough to feed both of us beef for a year.</p><p></p><p>On a sidebar: "Longhorn Breeders Pull Trailers Not Calves" All of our females spit out their calf easily with calves alive, well, and healthy. We have not lost a calf in the years we have been raising longhorns (except one rare breech birth).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 377106, member: 9"] Agree...a nice article. We started breeding Longhorns in 2001. Started with 2 bred cows with calves at side. Now our herd is approaching 50 longhorns. We've sold over 60 to date. Anyway, Comparing our latest Longhorn 1 yr old bull that we put in the freezer this spring, with "The Beef Checkoff" page called "Angus Beef Chart", our Longhorn Bull did this: Live Weight: 680 # Hanging Weight: 360 # (53% of live weight) Packaged Weight: 241 # (35 % of live weight) (Note: we did not save any organ meats at all in our packaged weight). Our bull was fed corn and sweet feed the last 2 months before slaughter as well as #1 bermuda hay and bermuda pasture. His BCS was a definite "5". Our animal was enough to feed both of us beef for a year. On a sidebar: "Longhorn Breeders Pull Trailers Not Calves" All of our females spit out their calf easily with calves alive, well, and healthy. We have not lost a calf in the years we have been raising longhorns (except one rare breech birth). [/QUOTE]
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