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<blockquote data-quote="True Grit Farms" data-source="post: 1303724" data-attributes="member: 24694"><p>My understanding is that they don't marble quite as good as angus or hereford. However I have one charolais bull and his calves weaning weights more than compensate for the difference in price. Depending on the market, the charolais cross calves usually bring close to the same $/pound here, which equals more per head. In a cheap market they tend to get docked more.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Well you bring up a valid point, but I have a question or two. The first one is, how much more money does a 600lb calf bring compared to a 500lb calf? In my experience there's very little dollar wise. The next is how many extra days will it take for an Angus or Hereford calf to make up the weight difference? At a gain of 2lbs at day it shouldn't take long. And my final question is, when you run 2 different breeds of bulls in the same herd how do you end up with a like size group of calves? Everyone always wants there calves to look like peas in a pod.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="True Grit Farms, post: 1303724, member: 24694"] My understanding is that they don't marble quite as good as angus or hereford. However I have one charolais bull and his calves weaning weights more than compensate for the difference in price. Depending on the market, the charolais cross calves usually bring close to the same $/pound here, which equals more per head. In a cheap market they tend to get docked more.[/quote] Well you bring up a valid point, but I have a question or two. The first one is, how much more money does a 600lb calf bring compared to a 500lb calf? In my experience there's very little dollar wise. The next is how many extra days will it take for an Angus or Hereford calf to make up the weight difference? At a gain of 2lbs at day it shouldn't take long. And my final question is, when you run 2 different breeds of bulls in the same herd how do you end up with a like size group of calves? Everyone always wants there calves to look like peas in a pod. [/QUOTE]
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