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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1102381" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I'd have to go back through records to see which heifers were bred to Liberty. It's entirely possible that they were bottom-feeders, out of low-performance Angus sire lines; couple of years back we had a bunch of Mandate calves - which should have had some growth to 'em, but coming out of NBPT D806 daughters, they were mostly no-grow puds. </p><p>By and large, the high-percentage Angus critters here have stacked up pretty poorly against Simmental-influenced and Angus-Shorthorn crosses - and first-calf heifers' calves rarely stack up favorably against those from mature cows, so they're less likely, from the outset, to make the cut to be selected as potential replacements. </p><p>I've almost adopted the idea that that first calf is a 'coupon' - if she delivers it, mothers it up, and raises it, she gets to stay another year, and I don't really critique her until she proves or incriminates herself with the second one. </p><p>Steers... unless they're barnburners or real duds, don't stay in my memory for very long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1102381, member: 12607"] I'd have to go back through records to see which heifers were bred to Liberty. It's entirely possible that they were bottom-feeders, out of low-performance Angus sire lines; couple of years back we had a bunch of Mandate calves - which should have had some growth to 'em, but coming out of NBPT D806 daughters, they were mostly no-grow puds. By and large, the high-percentage Angus critters here have stacked up pretty poorly against Simmental-influenced and Angus-Shorthorn crosses - and first-calf heifers' calves rarely stack up favorably against those from mature cows, so they're less likely, from the outset, to make the cut to be selected as potential replacements. I've almost adopted the idea that that first calf is a 'coupon' - if she delivers it, mothers it up, and raises it, she gets to stay another year, and I don't really critique her until she proves or incriminates herself with the second one. Steers... unless they're barnburners or real duds, don't stay in my memory for very long. [/QUOTE]
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