MissouriExile
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I sold a registered bull yearling recently that I had bought as part of a cow calf pair.
I received the papers in the mail and (I'm new to the business) only read them briefly.
The buyer, however, read the papers carefully. He saw that the bull calf had a listed birth weight of 53 lbs.
He was impressed. I found it hard to believe. Is that low of a birth weight common?
Couldn't that low of a birth weight be a negative indicator?
I suppose the breed is significant here, it is Angus.
Do breeders of registered cattle carefully weigh calves just after they are born?
How much can the weights be trusted?
Jon
I received the papers in the mail and (I'm new to the business) only read them briefly.
The buyer, however, read the papers carefully. He saw that the bull calf had a listed birth weight of 53 lbs.
He was impressed. I found it hard to believe. Is that low of a birth weight common?
Couldn't that low of a birth weight be a negative indicator?
I suppose the breed is significant here, it is Angus.
Do breeders of registered cattle carefully weigh calves just after they are born?
How much can the weights be trusted?
Jon