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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 490358" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>Size does matter. But different than what everyone thinks. The smaller cows do ussually eat less, but they are ussually finer boned, shorter bodied, have less muscle and in the end get discounts on the carcass. I have been in many herds that are going smaller and smaller and they just are not as good as they were a few years ago due to the lack of muscle and bone. You can get the muscle and body style in a smaller pachage, but on average you can't. The question should not be, cow size, but cow quality instead. Just by going smaller, doesn't make them more efficient. Because to be truely efficient, you also need to get a top price for their offspring, and currently a small framed, light muscled calf gets docked harder than anything else. Lighter weight cattle will get a premium at the barn, but they have to be the right kind of lighter weight cattle. Not the kind that will turn into a little butterball turkey after a little feed. These are the kind that then become a yield grade 4 or higher on the grid. Why would you want to create an animal that will get docked and loose your buyer money. Do you think he will ever come back and buy your product again, if he gets beatup in the wallet? Most likely not. </p><p></p><p>We need to creat cattle that will make everyone money(rancher, feeder, & packer). The cattle need to have length and muscle because we all get paid for it(muscle and length = pounds = dollars) Whatever size you raise, you need to make top quality cattle that will do it both on grass(depth of body, and easy keeping) and on feed as cheap as possible. Feed is extremely expesive right now, but not as expensive as changing your whole plan and chasing one thing, small isn't always better. You need to raise the right kind, not just one kind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 490358, member: 2397"] Size does matter. But different than what everyone thinks. The smaller cows do ussually eat less, but they are ussually finer boned, shorter bodied, have less muscle and in the end get discounts on the carcass. I have been in many herds that are going smaller and smaller and they just are not as good as they were a few years ago due to the lack of muscle and bone. You can get the muscle and body style in a smaller pachage, but on average you can't. The question should not be, cow size, but cow quality instead. Just by going smaller, doesn't make them more efficient. Because to be truely efficient, you also need to get a top price for their offspring, and currently a small framed, light muscled calf gets docked harder than anything else. Lighter weight cattle will get a premium at the barn, but they have to be the right kind of lighter weight cattle. Not the kind that will turn into a little butterball turkey after a little feed. These are the kind that then become a yield grade 4 or higher on the grid. Why would you want to create an animal that will get docked and loose your buyer money. Do you think he will ever come back and buy your product again, if he gets beatup in the wallet? Most likely not. We need to creat cattle that will make everyone money(rancher, feeder, & packer). The cattle need to have length and muscle because we all get paid for it(muscle and length = pounds = dollars) Whatever size you raise, you need to make top quality cattle that will do it both on grass(depth of body, and easy keeping) and on feed as cheap as possible. Feed is extremely expesive right now, but not as expensive as changing your whole plan and chasing one thing, small isn't always better. You need to raise the right kind, not just one kind. [/QUOTE]
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