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"Average" ADG and Feed Conversions?
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<blockquote data-quote="greenwillowhereford II" data-source="post: 549270" data-attributes="member: 7439"><p>If you have a feedlot, you are obviously the expert, not I. But are you really ready to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that it will NEVER happen, or has never happened? I would agree that it has not in large numbers, but when you take an average, some of the animals in that average are doing much worse, and some are doing much better. If we as breeders can identify those animals that are much more efficient, then we can improve the average. </p><p></p><p>Again, I am not the expert, but isn't 1400 a bit on the high side of fitting the box? I have been shooting for that 1250# finished steer in my genetic selection. Have you ever read the data provided by the Colorado State University's early 90's study of Hereford feeders versus the feedlot average? Somewhere I have two books containing this and several other studies of the same era. They were provided to me by the gentleman in charge of that research after I e-mailed him requesting it.</p><p></p><p>I have sometime a few years ago posted some of those results on this site under my original username of Greenwillowherefords. If I could dig them up it would save me from ransacking the closet trying to find it again.</p><p></p><p>I look forward to a respectful discussion on this subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenwillowhereford II, post: 549270, member: 7439"] If you have a feedlot, you are obviously the expert, not I. But are you really ready to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that it will NEVER happen, or has never happened? I would agree that it has not in large numbers, but when you take an average, some of the animals in that average are doing much worse, and some are doing much better. If we as breeders can identify those animals that are much more efficient, then we can improve the average. Again, I am not the expert, but isn't 1400 a bit on the high side of fitting the box? I have been shooting for that 1250# finished steer in my genetic selection. Have you ever read the data provided by the Colorado State University's early 90's study of Hereford feeders versus the feedlot average? Somewhere I have two books containing this and several other studies of the same era. They were provided to me by the gentleman in charge of that research after I e-mailed him requesting it. I have sometime a few years ago posted some of those results on this site under my original username of Greenwillowherefords. If I could dig them up it would save me from ransacking the closet trying to find it again. I look forward to a respectful discussion on this subject. [/QUOTE]
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