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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 100624" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Your preception of Angus is not accurate for the US. (I think you might also be surprised at the looks of Simmentals, Maines, and Limousin raised here.) We raise registered Angus and performance test our bulls. Most of them have adjusted 365 day weights of over 1200 lbs and marbling scores of 3+. Had they been steers, they would be ready for slaughter at a year of age or younger. The Continental breeds tend to be later "finishing" and may get too big for the packing plant's equipment. The US meat grading system also rewards marbling. Though some Continental cattle will have better yield grades than the British cattle, they can be discounted because of the lack of marbling. The packers often don't even bother to grade the double muscled cattle. They just discount them and sell to speciality markets or smaller processors.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd encourage you to look for US feedlots online and send an email asking what they're looking for in their feedlots. They'll feed anything, of course, but I think you'll find a lot of them looking for Angus cattle. The calves sold at our local sale barn are destined for the feedlots and the black ones generally outsell similar quality calves of other colors. I think that's true at sale barns all across the US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 100624, member: 13"] Your preception of Angus is not accurate for the US. (I think you might also be surprised at the looks of Simmentals, Maines, and Limousin raised here.) We raise registered Angus and performance test our bulls. Most of them have adjusted 365 day weights of over 1200 lbs and marbling scores of 3+. Had they been steers, they would be ready for slaughter at a year of age or younger. The Continental breeds tend to be later "finishing" and may get too big for the packing plant's equipment. The US meat grading system also rewards marbling. Though some Continental cattle will have better yield grades than the British cattle, they can be discounted because of the lack of marbling. The packers often don't even bother to grade the double muscled cattle. They just discount them and sell to speciality markets or smaller processors. I'd encourage you to look for US feedlots online and send an email asking what they're looking for in their feedlots. They'll feed anything, of course, but I think you'll find a lot of them looking for Angus cattle. The calves sold at our local sale barn are destined for the feedlots and the black ones generally outsell similar quality calves of other colors. I think that's true at sale barns all across the US. [/QUOTE]
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