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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 623193" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>First: are you actually weighing with a scale or a foot tape....or with your eye?</p><p></p><p><strong>In my opinion</strong> if your heifers have problems delivering a 75 lb calf, you have a heifer problem, not a bull or breed problem.</p><p></p><p>From a purebred standpoint, I consider a 90 actual birthweight as too heavy. Not because my cows have problems with delivering that heavy a calf, but because potential commercial bull buyers tend to shy away from bulls with higher birthweights. </p><p></p><p>From a practical standpoint, a calf weighing 55 lbs at birth will need to gain 25 more pounds in six months to wean at the same weight as a calf that is born weighing 80 lbs. That's a lot of pounds to make up.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, what makes you think the next black Limousin bull will give you all 55 lb calves?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 623193, member: 13"] First: are you actually weighing with a scale or a foot tape....or with your eye? [b]In my opinion[/b] if your heifers have problems delivering a 75 lb calf, you have a heifer problem, not a bull or breed problem. From a purebred standpoint, I consider a 90 actual birthweight as too heavy. Not because my cows have problems with delivering that heavy a calf, but because potential commercial bull buyers tend to shy away from bulls with higher birthweights. From a practical standpoint, a calf weighing 55 lbs at birth will need to gain 25 more pounds in six months to wean at the same weight as a calf that is born weighing 80 lbs. That's a lot of pounds to make up. Lastly, what makes you think the next black Limousin bull will give you all 55 lb calves? [/QUOTE]
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