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<blockquote data-quote="Farminlund" data-source="post: 206144" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>Dun - I was curious about the term Oxen as I thought it meant something different than what you stated, so I hit on a site that seems to hold the worlds largest Oxen Festival - <a href="http://www.fryeburgfair.com/Livestock/Oxen/Oxen.html" target="_blank">http://www.fryeburgfair.com/Livestock/Oxen/Oxen.html</a></p><p></p><p>From that site I copied the following: "Most non-farm people ask, sooner or later, "What is the difference between a steer and an ox?" Pat Norton patiently explained:"The best way I can tell you is that a steer is a young ox which hasn't been castrated. Usually they are castrated at six months to two years. An ox is just an old steer that has been castrated."</p><p></p><p> Roy Andrews added, "They are actually called steers here up to three years old. Anything over three years old is an ox. Steers can be castrated at any age, but they are usually castrated as calves. If they're not castrated, they are bulls." If bulls are castrated later in life, they are called stags, according to Phil Andrews. "Some of these animals are big steers," said Roy Andrews."</p><p></p><p>Doesn't make much sense to me (seems that there is a different definition for steer & stag than what we think of the cattle business) – Dun can you explain? Is this info correct?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farminlund, post: 206144, member: 1132"] Dun - I was curious about the term Oxen as I thought it meant something different than what you stated, so I hit on a site that seems to hold the worlds largest Oxen Festival - [url=http://www.fryeburgfair.com/Livestock/Oxen/Oxen.html]http://www.fryeburgfair.com/Livestock/Oxen/Oxen.html[/url] From that site I copied the following: “Most non-farm people ask, sooner or later, "What is the difference between a steer and an ox?" Pat Norton patiently explained:"The best way I can tell you is that a steer is a young ox which hasn't been castrated. Usually they are castrated at six months to two years. An ox is just an old steer that has been castrated." Roy Andrews added, "They are actually called steers here up to three years old. Anything over three years old is an ox. Steers can be castrated at any age, but they are usually castrated as calves. If they're not castrated, they are bulls." If bulls are castrated later in life, they are called stags, according to Phil Andrews. "Some of these animals are big steers," said Roy Andrews.” Doesn’t make much sense to me (seems that there is a different definition for steer & stag than what we think of the cattle business) – Dun can you explain? Is this info correct? [/QUOTE]
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