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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 538300" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Steers and bulls develope differently, bulls tend to develope a bigger forequarter and steers a bigger hindquarter COMPARATIVELY when fed. Also the young bulls will ned up chasing the young heifers around all day by the time they get to about 5-6 months old. In that time some of them won't gain an ounce, especially in the heat as they run after the girls when they are supposed to eat and as you've seen cattle graze in herds. If the boss cow gets up to graze the rest will follow, when she decides to retire to the shade for a nap, they will follow again,get my drift. That is why most breeders seperate the cows with heifer calves from the cows with bullcalves at around this age. All this just makes for more hassle and the need for more pasture.</p><p></p><p>Another thing to consider is that in my area the feedlots will pay more for steers than feeder bulls. They have to castrate the feeder bulls anyway for the same reasons I stated above, this will cause health risk in a feedlot environment and cause a temporary setback where they won't gain as well as the steers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 538300, member: 4353"] Steers and bulls develope differently, bulls tend to develope a bigger forequarter and steers a bigger hindquarter COMPARATIVELY when fed. Also the young bulls will ned up chasing the young heifers around all day by the time they get to about 5-6 months old. In that time some of them won't gain an ounce, especially in the heat as they run after the girls when they are supposed to eat and as you've seen cattle graze in herds. If the boss cow gets up to graze the rest will follow, when she decides to retire to the shade for a nap, they will follow again,get my drift. That is why most breeders seperate the cows with heifer calves from the cows with bullcalves at around this age. All this just makes for more hassle and the need for more pasture. Another thing to consider is that in my area the feedlots will pay more for steers than feeder bulls. They have to castrate the feeder bulls anyway for the same reasons I stated above, this will cause health risk in a feedlot environment and cause a temporary setback where they won't gain as well as the steers. [/QUOTE]
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