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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1139941" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Seems that a bull usually hits his full maturation around 2-3 years old. Nothing wrong with a bull that has good natural muscling and isn't fat, that's how they should look. Seen a lot of show and sale bulls lately carrying way too much condition that just is not practical for having a sound breeding bull that will have longevity.</p><p></p><p>This is our herd bull last fall probably around the time we weaned calves. He's not quite 3 1/2 years in this photo and probably weighing somewhere around 1900. He just got hay and 1 feeding a day of some corn and oats feed ration over the winter so we didn't push him on feed by any means and when we took him in for his BSE this spring he was around 2170 which is the heaviest he's ever been since we've owned him and he's not fat by any means. He was probably weighing around 1600-1700 as a 2 year old I believe and he's had to go through 2 summers of drought these past 2 summers in his 2nd and 3rd breeding seasons so he hasn't been pampered by any means.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://simpsonpolledherefords.com/images/trey.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Another example, this is a 2 year old bull we raised and used as a yearling last year. He was probably around 1600 as a yearling in the first picture last fall after he worked cleanup with about 7 females and was getting 2 feedings a day trying to get some volume back on him after he thinned out over the summer. We sold him late last year and the 2nd picture is from the other week as a 2 year old after his new owner put him on an aggressive feed ration with their other bulls and he's still pretty trim but has obviously filled out nicely and has a lot of natural muscling and would guess he's maybe around 1900 now. Had he gone on a sale we were possibly going to consign him to we had concerns that he'd look "thin" compared to a lot of the bulls consignors bring where some of the 2 year olds are topping 2000 because they are carrying too much fat. Some guys will say "fat sells" but in a practical sense too fat for bulls and cows is not a way to create ideal fertility conditions.</p><p></p><p>Fall (probably somewhere around 18-20 months old?)</p><p><img src="http://simpsonpolledherefords.com/images/73Z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Spring (he's not quite 27 months old in this one)</p><p><img src="http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r767/travman999/IMG_2023_zps666e31dc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1139941, member: 20580"] Seems that a bull usually hits his full maturation around 2-3 years old. Nothing wrong with a bull that has good natural muscling and isn't fat, that's how they should look. Seen a lot of show and sale bulls lately carrying way too much condition that just is not practical for having a sound breeding bull that will have longevity. This is our herd bull last fall probably around the time we weaned calves. He's not quite 3 1/2 years in this photo and probably weighing somewhere around 1900. He just got hay and 1 feeding a day of some corn and oats feed ration over the winter so we didn't push him on feed by any means and when we took him in for his BSE this spring he was around 2170 which is the heaviest he's ever been since we've owned him and he's not fat by any means. He was probably weighing around 1600-1700 as a 2 year old I believe and he's had to go through 2 summers of drought these past 2 summers in his 2nd and 3rd breeding seasons so he hasn't been pampered by any means. [img]http://simpsonpolledherefords.com/images/trey.jpg[/img] Another example, this is a 2 year old bull we raised and used as a yearling last year. He was probably around 1600 as a yearling in the first picture last fall after he worked cleanup with about 7 females and was getting 2 feedings a day trying to get some volume back on him after he thinned out over the summer. We sold him late last year and the 2nd picture is from the other week as a 2 year old after his new owner put him on an aggressive feed ration with their other bulls and he's still pretty trim but has obviously filled out nicely and has a lot of natural muscling and would guess he's maybe around 1900 now. Had he gone on a sale we were possibly going to consign him to we had concerns that he'd look "thin" compared to a lot of the bulls consignors bring where some of the 2 year olds are topping 2000 because they are carrying too much fat. Some guys will say "fat sells" but in a practical sense too fat for bulls and cows is not a way to create ideal fertility conditions. Fall (probably somewhere around 18-20 months old?) [img]http://simpsonpolledherefords.com/images/73Z.jpg[/img] Spring (he's not quite 27 months old in this one) [img]http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r767/travman999/IMG_2023_zps666e31dc.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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