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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14463"><p>I just sold a Jersey bull calf a few weeks ago. I had taped him at 400 lbs the night before, he scaled at 390 lbs when he sold. Personally, I figured that I was off a bit on the tape, but either way, I still don't think that 10 lbs was too much for him to lose. Ann Bledsoe</p><p></p><p>> 13-15% seems like alot.. a 500 lb</p><p>> calf then will possibly only weigh</p><p>> 425 .. i just sold 2 calves that</p><p>> weighed 255 and 515, by my</p><p>> scales.. they sold at 10%less..</p><p>> they were without food from 7 am</p><p>> to approx. 5pm.. i thought this</p><p>> was excessive loss, but maybe it</p><p>> is not... that is why i was</p><p>> asking.. next time i will wait</p><p>> longer before taking them in to</p><p>> the sale barn lol.. in</p><p>> anticipation... my scales could</p><p>> have been off a little, who</p><p>> knows.. but they weighed me in</p><p>> correctly at 200.. thanks for the</p><p>> comments gene</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14463"] I just sold a Jersey bull calf a few weeks ago. I had taped him at 400 lbs the night before, he scaled at 390 lbs when he sold. Personally, I figured that I was off a bit on the tape, but either way, I still don't think that 10 lbs was too much for him to lose. Ann Bledsoe > 13-15% seems like alot.. a 500 lb > calf then will possibly only weigh > 425 .. i just sold 2 calves that > weighed 255 and 515, by my > scales.. they sold at 10%less.. > they were without food from 7 am > to approx. 5pm.. i thought this > was excessive loss, but maybe it > is not... that is why i was > asking.. next time i will wait > longer before taking them in to > the sale barn lol.. in > anticipation... my scales could > have been off a little, who > knows.. but they weighed me in > correctly at 200.. thanks for the > comments gene [/QUOTE]
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