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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 667392" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>The cows in the center are about 1200 lb natural, mature, BCS 6 or 7, post calving weight. These are my target and I think very doable. They've had some very good calves, are good mamas and have some beef on them. I would be concerned about trying to get Herefords much lower. jmho.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_3377_1.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The cows on either side weigh between 1350 and 1500 lb. These are typical of the ones I'm thinking of culling.</p><p></p><p>I think I can select for cows this 1200 lb size, especially with my bull, and still be working "with" nature, not against nature.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p><p></p><p>edit: by the way this picture was taken last fall, 2 weeks after weaning. They were in the corral for a gentling grain treat only. They are not fed much grain other than the grazed corn stalks in the background. I still give them a bucket of sweet feed once a week or so to keep them coming to me and feeling comfortable in the corral, tub and chute. They exit the corral through the chute most of the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 667392, member: 7509"] The cows in the center are about 1200 lb natural, mature, BCS 6 or 7, post calving weight. These are my target and I think very doable. They've had some very good calves, are good mamas and have some beef on them. I would be concerned about trying to get Herefords much lower. jmho. [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_3377_1.JPG[/img] The cows on either side weigh between 1350 and 1500 lb. These are typical of the ones I'm thinking of culling. I think I can select for cows this 1200 lb size, especially with my bull, and still be working "with" nature, not against nature. Jim edit: by the way this picture was taken last fall, 2 weeks after weaning. They were in the corral for a gentling grain treat only. They are not fed much grain other than the grazed corn stalks in the background. I still give them a bucket of sweet feed once a week or so to keep them coming to me and feeling comfortable in the corral, tub and chute. They exit the corral through the chute most of the time. [/QUOTE]
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