Muddy":2d2a4df3 said:
Most Charolais I encountered are usually bigger and big boned ones.
Muddy they used to be around here. My BIL fed cattle for many years. Him and other feeders have told me in the last ten years the Char cattle have lost some of the qualities that feeders liked and what made them desired to feed. They say the average Char around here don't feed as well as they did in the past. I know the breeder that is a neighbor's old bulls weighed 2,400-2,800. The main Char breeder I know in our area I've been told says their bulls should mature 2,000-2,250. Quite a drop. Still nice cattle but not what they were in the past and I'm told not as much growth. I know for certain the number of commercial breeders using Char bulls has decreased in this area.