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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 277556" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>I've got three bulls pre-sold this year (just starting in the purebred business, so thats 3/4s of my available offerings :lol: ), and the buyers specifically wanted decent birthweights. In the north, the days of jack rabbit calves are going away, and most guys aren't scared of 100 lb calves. To appeal to a greater range of buyers, I'm targetting 90 - 100lbs for my purebreds, but I'll continue to use 100lb+ BW bulls on my commercial herd. While trying to come up with a business plan for my purebreds, I talked to alot of buyers at purebred auctions, and almost to a man they expressed displeasure at low BW bulls. The low BW bulls also sold at the tail end of the dollar scale, despite having reasonably good growth.</p><p></p><p>As Dun said, different areas require different management schemes. There simply isn't as much grass calving up here, and most guys want those big strong calves when the grass does open up so they make better use of it. Small calves may be eating grass, but they're not getting as much out of it as a well developed calf is.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 277556, member: 2862"] I've got three bulls pre-sold this year (just starting in the purebred business, so thats 3/4s of my available offerings :lol: ), and the buyers specifically wanted decent birthweights. In the north, the days of jack rabbit calves are going away, and most guys aren't scared of 100 lb calves. To appeal to a greater range of buyers, I'm targetting 90 - 100lbs for my purebreds, but I'll continue to use 100lb+ BW bulls on my commercial herd. While trying to come up with a business plan for my purebreds, I talked to alot of buyers at purebred auctions, and almost to a man they expressed displeasure at low BW bulls. The low BW bulls also sold at the tail end of the dollar scale, despite having reasonably good growth. As Dun said, different areas require different management schemes. There simply isn't as much grass calving up here, and most guys want those big strong calves when the grass does open up so they make better use of it. Small calves may be eating grass, but they're not getting as much out of it as a well developed calf is. Rod [/QUOTE]
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