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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 258836" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>- cattleman537 - Welcome to the Forum! You are in a position of learning some very valuable pointers from the good breeders on this Forum. </p><p></p><p>Your Angus cows average 1700 lbs? :roll: Opinion: you are feeding a cow that is 500 pounds TOO large - give or take 50+/- pounds! Regardless of what bull you use as a sire, you are unnecessarily maintaining and encouraging excessive weight and size in your brood cows. A 5 - 6 Frame score breeding cow herd weighing 1100 - 1350 lbs will bring your $Profit figure up, and your Mineral and Feed bill down. Naturally, in the span of a year, they will fluctuate several pounds - but a cow weighing 1200 - 1300 dry prior to breeding will cause you less problems and should wean a 600 pound calf - and earn you a bottom-line-profit of about $75.00, more or less, per mamma cow. A 1700 pound brood cow eats like a horse! </p><p></p><p>Just something to think about.</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 258836, member: 1683"] - cattleman537 - Welcome to the Forum! You are in a position of learning some very valuable pointers from the good breeders on this Forum. Your Angus cows average 1700 lbs? :roll: Opinion: you are feeding a cow that is 500 pounds TOO large - give or take 50+/- pounds! Regardless of what bull you use as a sire, you are unnecessarily maintaining and encouraging excessive weight and size in your brood cows. A 5 - 6 Frame score breeding cow herd weighing 1100 - 1350 lbs will bring your $Profit figure up, and your Mineral and Feed bill down. Naturally, in the span of a year, they will fluctuate several pounds - but a cow weighing 1200 - 1300 dry prior to breeding will cause you less problems and should wean a 600 pound calf - and earn you a bottom-line-profit of about $75.00, more or less, per mamma cow. A 1700 pound brood cow eats like a horse! Just something to think about. DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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