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<blockquote data-quote="CreekAngus" data-source="post: 1571550" data-attributes="member: 38224"><p>I deal with the maternal on the side, we're supposed to deal with it, on the maternal, my cows. I don't have 2000lb cattle, mine sit right around 1600 and yeah, our environment isn't your environment. I live in an area where cows get fed 9 months out of the year, the only time we really have grass is the spring, but it's so abundant making feed is easy. I'm one of the few that manages pastures, I put in a fall pasture of oats and peas. If I was raising seed stock on the east side of this state for range land cowboys, my inputs would change some, but not a lot. I strongly believe in the seed stock world we need to be able to show the buyer the potential they are purchasing. If a guy don't want my 800lbs at weaning bull, that's fine, there's a bunch of low rent bulls that just went through a sale who scaled at 950lbs at 14 months old. Buy them. Since we feed in this environment, I want to show what my guys and gals do on feed. Like I stated, we don't free choice, even though most cattle in my area are fed that way. Most folks dump a round bale in the feeder and let them have at it. Only time I do free choice for cattle is if we are really cold or late summer (spring calve). I also live in an area where retaining ownership is rare, most heifers and steers (if they even make that effort) are weaned at the sale barn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CreekAngus, post: 1571550, member: 38224"] I deal with the maternal on the side, we're supposed to deal with it, on the maternal, my cows. I don't have 2000lb cattle, mine sit right around 1600 and yeah, our environment isn't your environment. I live in an area where cows get fed 9 months out of the year, the only time we really have grass is the spring, but it's so abundant making feed is easy. I'm one of the few that manages pastures, I put in a fall pasture of oats and peas. If I was raising seed stock on the east side of this state for range land cowboys, my inputs would change some, but not a lot. I strongly believe in the seed stock world we need to be able to show the buyer the potential they are purchasing. If a guy don't want my 800lbs at weaning bull, that's fine, there's a bunch of low rent bulls that just went through a sale who scaled at 950lbs at 14 months old. Buy them. Since we feed in this environment, I want to show what my guys and gals do on feed. Like I stated, we don't free choice, even though most cattle in my area are fed that way. Most folks dump a round bale in the feeder and let them have at it. Only time I do free choice for cattle is if we are really cold or late summer (spring calve). I also live in an area where retaining ownership is rare, most heifers and steers (if they even make that effort) are weaned at the sale barn. [/QUOTE]
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