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<blockquote data-quote="Rahe Family Belties" data-source="post: 1056034" data-attributes="member: 18193"><p>In theory this information may be right. I can think of many factors come into play that are not covered in the info provided here.</p><p></p><p>1.Sire of calves produced- Looks to me like the big calves shown above are all frame score 7 or more for their age.</p><p>2.Additional calving problems from smaller cows bred to these big 'terminal' or 'growth' bulls needed to produce these heavy calves?. </p><p>3.Are these cows actually milked to determine their daily production, or are they just visually appraised?</p><p>4.You'll need more bulls to cover all of the extra cows you can put on your pasture to make the extra $ shown. </p><p>5.Is this on grass pasture or are cows supplemented on the pasture?</p><p>6.Is actual feed intake measured or just estimated?</p><p>7.How are the calves expected to grow for the guy who feeds them? They like to buy them thin and expect them to grow. Won't take long for word to get out if your calves won't grow.</p><p>8.Is consideration given to more frequently replacing the heavier milking females culled due to increased udder issues? </p><p></p><p>Using the assumptions shown above and to take it a step further, a herd of 750 or 800 pound Jersey cross cows bred to a low BW Angus would then outproduce the 1200 cows in the above scenario. You could likely produce a lot of calves on a given acreage, but quality and value would be low. These would be awful hard to sell.</p><p></p><p>Maybe all of the data is not shown here, but I have a hard time believing I can make more money running smaller cows using just the 'facts' shown in the above chart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rahe Family Belties, post: 1056034, member: 18193"] In theory this information may be right. I can think of many factors come into play that are not covered in the info provided here. 1.Sire of calves produced- Looks to me like the big calves shown above are all frame score 7 or more for their age. 2.Additional calving problems from smaller cows bred to these big 'terminal' or 'growth' bulls needed to produce these heavy calves?. 3.Are these cows actually milked to determine their daily production, or are they just visually appraised? 4.You'll need more bulls to cover all of the extra cows you can put on your pasture to make the extra $ shown. 5.Is this on grass pasture or are cows supplemented on the pasture? 6.Is actual feed intake measured or just estimated? 7.How are the calves expected to grow for the guy who feeds them? They like to buy them thin and expect them to grow. Won't take long for word to get out if your calves won't grow. 8.Is consideration given to more frequently replacing the heavier milking females culled due to increased udder issues? Using the assumptions shown above and to take it a step further, a herd of 750 or 800 pound Jersey cross cows bred to a low BW Angus would then outproduce the 1200 cows in the above scenario. You could likely produce a lot of calves on a given acreage, but quality and value would be low. These would be awful hard to sell. Maybe all of the data is not shown here, but I have a hard time believing I can make more money running smaller cows using just the 'facts' shown in the above chart. [/QUOTE]
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