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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 137629" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Ditto here too. You cannot afford to lose 1 year waiting to breed them at 2 years old. If properly fed, and time spent on sire selection, there should not be ANY dystocia calfing out 2 year old heifers.</p><p></p><p>The Nebraska article you referred to was REVISED NOVEMBER <strong>1985</strong> - a bit outdated info for my liking. But, if you looked at it, even back 20 years ago, they agree that you cannot afford to wait to calve at 3 years old.</p><p></p><p>My rule of thumb of 100#/mo of age is thru weaning, they slow down after that. </p><p>If you are referring to 55#/month prior to weaning, they would weigh 385 + birth weight - so maybe 455# at 7 months old. I don't care what breed (well except the midgets - Highland, Miniature Hfd, etc) that is too small in todays industry. I may have Simmental, but Hereford & Angus breeders all around have weights very comparable to mine - some even more!</p><p>If you are referring to 55# AFTER weaning, I agree it could be pretty close to that</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 137629, member: 968"] Ditto here too. You cannot afford to lose 1 year waiting to breed them at 2 years old. If properly fed, and time spent on sire selection, there should not be ANY dystocia calfing out 2 year old heifers. The Nebraska article you referred to was REVISED NOVEMBER [b]1985[/b] - a bit outdated info for my liking. But, if you looked at it, even back 20 years ago, they agree that you cannot afford to wait to calve at 3 years old. My rule of thumb of 100#/mo of age is thru weaning, they slow down after that. If you are referring to 55#/month prior to weaning, they would weigh 385 + birth weight - so maybe 455# at 7 months old. I don't care what breed (well except the midgets - Highland, Miniature Hfd, etc) that is too small in todays industry. I may have Simmental, but Hereford & Angus breeders all around have weights very comparable to mine - some even more! If you are referring to 55# AFTER weaning, I agree it could be pretty close to that [/QUOTE]
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