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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1364975" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Apparently you do not read much about trucking or cattle research.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Economics are critical at the farm level. Most folks posting here will not have two herds. Most will buy "improved bulls" from breeders and test stations. Those bulls that are sent to test stations by repeat consignees will have more growth potential than their average calf because they know that the final culling will take out any so-so calves from an expensive feed trial. So, going in, the bulls are going to add some growth potential to the average herd. To make the bulls more marketable, the sire will be AI and well known. And then the sale comes and which one is best: the most extreme in something - usually growth, weight, sire notability or some other terminal trait.</p><p></p><p>No wonder the average cow in the USA is too big because generations of "better genetics" shift the herds that direction. It has been the campaign plank of every university and extension program. When the inevitable becomes obvious a "corrector bull" bull is needed. We all know basic genetics: SmallSmallXBigBig = SB, SS, BB and BS. The heifers and steers run the range from "Hey, I like that one" to "Wonder if anybody will bid on that one". Yin and yang go yin-yang.</p><p></p><p>If anyone wants efficiency and economy combined: learn what size cow fits your environment, learn what size (WW) calf lets the % bred cows fit your plan, find out what FS the buyers really want and stick with the program. It is a lot easier and simpler.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1364975, member: 24565"] Apparently you do not read much about trucking or cattle research. Economics are critical at the farm level. Most folks posting here will not have two herds. Most will buy "improved bulls" from breeders and test stations. Those bulls that are sent to test stations by repeat consignees will have more growth potential than their average calf because they know that the final culling will take out any so-so calves from an expensive feed trial. So, going in, the bulls are going to add some growth potential to the average herd. To make the bulls more marketable, the sire will be AI and well known. And then the sale comes and which one is best: the most extreme in something - usually growth, weight, sire notability or some other terminal trait. No wonder the average cow in the USA is too big because generations of "better genetics" shift the herds that direction. It has been the campaign plank of every university and extension program. When the inevitable becomes obvious a "corrector bull" bull is needed. We all know basic genetics: SmallSmallXBigBig = SB, SS, BB and BS. The heifers and steers run the range from "Hey, I like that one" to "Wonder if anybody will bid on that one". Yin and yang go yin-yang. If anyone wants efficiency and economy combined: learn what size cow fits your environment, learn what size (WW) calf lets the % bred cows fit your plan, find out what FS the buyers really want and stick with the program. It is a lot easier and simpler. [/QUOTE]
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