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<blockquote data-quote="MoGal" data-source="post: 358767" data-attributes="member: 1346"><p>Thank you for the PM.... here's the response I got and wanted to share with the rest of you.... as some of you may be interested in it just like I was..........</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes I sold those calves back in Jan. Can't say I was over excited with that bunch of calves. They came through a bad drought last year. Our county was declared a 70% loss. They and the cows were pulled through with low quality hay and corn gluten/soy hull pellets. So it wasn't a good year to compair them to others.</p><p></p><p>The weights were all over the place. From 720-355. The smaller ones were from first calf heifers. These were all spring calves too. Looked like all the calves born before April 15th did very good. The ones born later didn't grow as well. The other part was I kept them as long as I could and when I sold the market had already started to fall in Jan. Back in Jan. here heifers were going for 85-88 cent. So that was a big let down too. The steers did a little better 5 weights were going for 102 then. So I got hit with drought and lower prices on that bunch. </p><p></p><p>Now I have 5 MG sired calves from the fall calving bunch. The rest are Charolais sired. They were born in Sept and Oct. It had started to rain in Sept. and we had a great crop of stockpile fescue. Those 5 calves have grown great. In fact I'm going to keep several of the heifers. My spring bunch started on March 6th and have 15 so far, They are all MG sired. Have 10 more to calve. So I'm giving the cross another chance and hope the weather is better this year for a better test. </p><p></p><p>I guess I haven't given you a clear answer and did a lot of explaining on what went wrong. So I'll end with this. The MG crosses were good enough for me to give it another chance. There were some great calves in that bunch, there were some good calves in that bunch and there was a few that I call dinks and just wouldn't grow period. So I hope for lots of good green grass this year and get a better picture of what these crosses will do. And I'm going to use the MG bull in May again. </p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long post. But didn't want to give the idea they are fantastic or put the cross down. Just need a better year to see what they'll do. And I hope the good Lord sees fit to have it rain a lot more than last year. One more year like last year will finish many of us off here with cattle. So far we're in much better shape than last year now. Got some subsoil moisture at this time. Had none last year. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for asking. </p><p>RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoGal, post: 358767, member: 1346"] Thank you for the PM.... here's the response I got and wanted to share with the rest of you.... as some of you may be interested in it just like I was.......... Yes I sold those calves back in Jan. Can't say I was over excited with that bunch of calves. They came through a bad drought last year. Our county was declared a 70% loss. They and the cows were pulled through with low quality hay and corn gluten/soy hull pellets. So it wasn't a good year to compair them to others. The weights were all over the place. From 720-355. The smaller ones were from first calf heifers. These were all spring calves too. Looked like all the calves born before April 15th did very good. The ones born later didn't grow as well. The other part was I kept them as long as I could and when I sold the market had already started to fall in Jan. Back in Jan. here heifers were going for 85-88 cent. So that was a big let down too. The steers did a little better 5 weights were going for 102 then. So I got hit with drought and lower prices on that bunch. Now I have 5 MG sired calves from the fall calving bunch. The rest are Charolais sired. They were born in Sept and Oct. It had started to rain in Sept. and we had a great crop of stockpile fescue. Those 5 calves have grown great. In fact I'm going to keep several of the heifers. My spring bunch started on March 6th and have 15 so far, They are all MG sired. Have 10 more to calve. So I'm giving the cross another chance and hope the weather is better this year for a better test. I guess I haven't given you a clear answer and did a lot of explaining on what went wrong. So I'll end with this. The MG crosses were good enough for me to give it another chance. There were some great calves in that bunch, there were some good calves in that bunch and there was a few that I call dinks and just wouldn't grow period. So I hope for lots of good green grass this year and get a better picture of what these crosses will do. And I'm going to use the MG bull in May again. Sorry for the long post. But didn't want to give the idea they are fantastic or put the cross down. Just need a better year to see what they'll do. And I hope the good Lord sees fit to have it rain a lot more than last year. One more year like last year will finish many of us off here with cattle. So far we're in much better shape than last year now. Got some subsoil moisture at this time. Had none last year. Thanks for asking. RM [/QUOTE]
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