Till-Hill
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The cow that had the 250# one long gone. Other cow I hope was just mated wrong but she don't wean bug calf this year she gone.
Nesi I mentioned brangus earlier. It is very common down here to have 1600 lb. brangus cattle give birth to 70 lb. calves that wean at 600+ lbs. and weigh 1000 or more as yearlings. Another variable will always be the quality of the milk and the length of the growing season. Not all is equal.Nesikep":38w4a2nh said:While a graph of Randi's numbers clearly show increased weaning weights with increased birthweights, is it a reasonable assumption that the bigger cows typically had the bigger calves, and that they also had more milk?
TexasBred":1vp7yyvx said:Nesi I mentioned brangus earlier. It is very common down here to have 1600 lb. brangus cattle give birth to 70 lb. calves that wean at 600+ lbs. and weigh 1000 or more as yearlings. Another variable will always be the quality of the milk and the length of the growing season. Not all is equal.Nesikep":1vp7yyvx said:While a graph of Randi's numbers clearly show increased weaning weights with increased birthweights, is it a reasonable assumption that the bigger cows typically had the bigger calves, and that they also had more milk?
Could have been 800....I simply said 600+.cross_7":3kfers0q said:TexasBred":3kfers0q said:Nesi I mentioned brangus earlier. It is very common down here to have 1600 lb. brangus cattle give birth to 70 lb. calves that wean at 600+ lbs. and weigh 1000 or more as yearlings. Another variable will always be the quality of the milk and the length of the growing season. Not all is equal.Nesikep":3kfers0q said:While a graph of Randi's numbers clearly show increased weaning weights with increased birthweights, is it a reasonable assumption that the bigger cows typically had the bigger calves, and that they also had more milk?
You google that ?
If she weighs 1600 and only weaning 600 calf she needs to go !
Think so? I simply said 600+..could have been closer to 800 :shock: Regardless the calf is as big as her mom now and due to calf next month.cross_7":x7n87k2t said:TexasBred":x7n87k2t said:Nesi I mentioned brangus earlier. It is very common down here to have 1600 lb. brangus cattle give birth to 70 lb. calves that wean at 600+ lbs. and weigh 1000 or more as yearlings. Another variable will always be the quality of the milk and the length of the growing season. Not all is equal.Nesikep":x7n87k2t said:While a graph of Randi's numbers clearly show increased weaning weights with increased birthweights, is it a reasonable assumption that the bigger cows typically had the bigger calves, and that they also had more milk?
You google that ?
If she weighs 1600 and only weaning 600 calf she needs to go !
Mine were registered and sold for #3K plus. :nod: Regardless even if both sold on same market we're both putting the same $$ in our pocket and I get to graze 9 months out of the year so any feed cost is minimal. Different locations,different climate, different cattle, different market, different cost....too many variables to put all emphasis on any one thing like WW and say "I win".Nesikep":2bfkk5b5 said:My cows are all 800lb+ and wean off 500lb+ calves :O
Nesikep":3rhaoo9z said:I found that calves that are born heavier sometimes have a harder time standing up, but they start to eat hay MUCH earlier than lighter calves... I found that typically they'll start eating around 120-140 lbs, and I found that the really big guys (130 lb BW's) start eating hay within a week, and be chewing cud by 3 weeks. The lighter calves will be a couple weeks behind them. Also, a heavier BW calf will need a better milking mother to give him a good start, while a small calf can do better on less until the cow "gets going" with milk production, which is especially true in first calfers.
While a graph of Randi's numbers clearly show increased weaning weights with increased birthweights, is it a reasonable assumption that the bigger cows typically had the bigger calves, and that they also had more milk?
Exactly! :clap: :clap: :clap:TexasBred":34pk3sj3 said:Mine were registered and sold for #3K plus. :nod: Regardless even if both sold on same market we're both putting the same $$ in our pocket and I get to graze 9 months out of the year so any feed cost is minimal. Different locations,different climate, different cattle, different market, different cost....too many variables to put all emphasis on any one thing like WW and say "I win".Nesikep":34pk3sj3 said:My cows are all 800lb+ and wean off 500lb+ calves :O
Nesikep":tejdfmps said:I think that perhaps I didn't exaggerate enough and some of the humour in my post wasn't conveyed when I said "My cows are all 800lb+ and wean off 500lb+ calves" which was in response to TB saying that his big cows weaned "over 600, but it might have been closer to 800 lbs"
Perhaps if I said my cows are 400+ lbs and wean 500+ lb calves the humour would be better seen?