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<blockquote data-quote="greenwillowhereford II" data-source="post: 483066" data-attributes="member: 7439"><p>That's why it is important to understand that the Line-bred cattle may not have the most impressive numbers, but they are saving the genetic jump for the customer. It seems everyone gets so focused on weaning heavier and heavier calves to the exclusion of many other important traits. Let's face it, if we are going to keep the frame scores reasonable, there is at least something of a limit to weaning weights, and certainly to yearling weights. I am content with my heifers weaning in the five to low six hundred pound range, and bulls in the high fives to seven. I'm satisfied with a 750-900 pound yearling weight for heifers, and our bulls hit about 1,100 at a year with light to moderate pushing. I'm confident that we could achieve 1,200-1,300 by pouring the feed to them, but I don't think they'd be as good in the long run. It is more important to realize how much it cost you to get them there than how big you can get them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenwillowhereford II, post: 483066, member: 7439"] That's why it is important to understand that the Line-bred cattle may not have the most impressive numbers, but they are saving the genetic jump for the customer. It seems everyone gets so focused on weaning heavier and heavier calves to the exclusion of many other important traits. Let's face it, if we are going to keep the frame scores reasonable, there is at least something of a limit to weaning weights, and certainly to yearling weights. I am content with my heifers weaning in the five to low six hundred pound range, and bulls in the high fives to seven. I'm satisfied with a 750-900 pound yearling weight for heifers, and our bulls hit about 1,100 at a year with light to moderate pushing. I'm confident that we could achieve 1,200-1,300 by pouring the feed to them, but I don't think they'd be as good in the long run. It is more important to realize how much it cost you to get them there than how big you can get them. [/QUOTE]
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