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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 1056065" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>I was always taught that you could use this formula: FS + 7 X 100 = Mature weight at a BCS of 5 for cows or for a fat steer: FS + 7 X 100 = slaughter weight at 1/2 inch fat over the 12th rib. Using that formula a frame 5 cow should weigh 1200 lbs in a BCS of 5. To move her to a BCS of 6 she would need to weigh 108% of her weight and she would then weigh 1296. Most of us like to see our cows in a BCS of 6 which means that frame size may be smaller than we anticipate. Therefore, if we consider just mature weight, we may be trying to make our cows too small considering the packers are now wanting to slaughter animals in the 1300+ lb range.</p><p></p><p>The study did not mention what BCS the cows were in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 1056065, member: 67"] I was always taught that you could use this formula: FS + 7 X 100 = Mature weight at a BCS of 5 for cows or for a fat steer: FS + 7 X 100 = slaughter weight at 1/2 inch fat over the 12th rib. Using that formula a frame 5 cow should weigh 1200 lbs in a BCS of 5. To move her to a BCS of 6 she would need to weigh 108% of her weight and she would then weigh 1296. Most of us like to see our cows in a BCS of 6 which means that frame size may be smaller than we anticipate. Therefore, if we consider just mature weight, we may be trying to make our cows too small considering the packers are now wanting to slaughter animals in the 1300+ lb range. The study did not mention what BCS the cows were in. [/QUOTE]
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