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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 257586" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Heavily muscled breeds tend to have calving problems. The rate of gain on a dead calf is very low. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Plus when a cow has trouble delivering a calf, she'll often be late cycling for the next calf. More and more cattle are being sold on some sort of grid marketing program. Many of those reward quality grade (marbling) and Angus do that well. Angus don't get docked at the sale barn as badly as some other breeds. An Angus bull will turn your calves black, so your calf crop is a uniform color, and take the horns off most of them. Certified Angus Beef (CAB) pays a premium for all animals that meet their specifications and the animal has to be mostly black or sired by an Angus bull. There's a lot of diversity in the Angus breed, but I don't know that Angus are necessarily smaller than other breeds. There are some big Angus cattle around and Limousin and Simmental have moderated frame on their cattle in the last few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 257586, member: 13"] Heavily muscled breeds tend to have calving problems. The rate of gain on a dead calf is very low. :P Plus when a cow has trouble delivering a calf, she'll often be late cycling for the next calf. More and more cattle are being sold on some sort of grid marketing program. Many of those reward quality grade (marbling) and Angus do that well. Angus don't get docked at the sale barn as badly as some other breeds. An Angus bull will turn your calves black, so your calf crop is a uniform color, and take the horns off most of them. Certified Angus Beef (CAB) pays a premium for all animals that meet their specifications and the animal has to be mostly black or sired by an Angus bull. There's a lot of diversity in the Angus breed, but I don't know that Angus are necessarily smaller than other breeds. There are some big Angus cattle around and Limousin and Simmental have moderated frame on their cattle in the last few years. [/QUOTE]
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