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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 734761" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>I have stated before that you don't need eared cattle this far north in Alabama (I am NE of Bham). I have gotten docked 10 cents++ a lb on Gert sired calves that were only 18.75% eared before. That said, if you ARE in a more southerly climate or you ARE making money and achieving high levels of production (~95%++ conception per cow exposed and 600 lb 205 day wts) with the cow herd that you have, whether that is 0% Brahman, 12.5%, 18.75%, 25%, 37.5%, 50%, 62.5%, 75%, or 100% (and there are some big grey full bloods running with a Hereford bull 32 miles N of me now) I would not ditch what I was doing and a cow herd that was making money just because some goofy feedlot owner 1500 miles away was whining about his weather or his quality grade. I think we in the cow calf sector worry too much about pleasing the other sectors. With a rapidly declining national cow herd and more of what is killed going to the grass fed segment (predicted to be 15% of the total by 2016) the feedlots are going to have to feed whatever we produce or they are inevitably going out of business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 734761, member: 7645"] I have stated before that you don't need eared cattle this far north in Alabama (I am NE of Bham). I have gotten docked 10 cents++ a lb on Gert sired calves that were only 18.75% eared before. That said, if you ARE in a more southerly climate or you ARE making money and achieving high levels of production (~95%++ conception per cow exposed and 600 lb 205 day wts) with the cow herd that you have, whether that is 0% Brahman, 12.5%, 18.75%, 25%, 37.5%, 50%, 62.5%, 75%, or 100% (and there are some big grey full bloods running with a Hereford bull 32 miles N of me now) I would not ditch what I was doing and a cow herd that was making money just because some goofy feedlot owner 1500 miles away was whining about his weather or his quality grade. I think we in the cow calf sector worry too much about pleasing the other sectors. With a rapidly declining national cow herd and more of what is killed going to the grass fed segment (predicted to be 15% of the total by 2016) the feedlots are going to have to feed whatever we produce or they are inevitably going out of business. [/QUOTE]
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