Nesikep
Well-known member
if you're spending much to get the extra weight if you're selling them at weaning, I don't see it working a lot of the time.. once you get above 600lb weaning weight the price per pound drops off drastically. I remember in 2015 I had a little ugly dink at 325 lbs, he got $1400 CAD, and then I had a BEAUTIFUL 650 lb steer (Ironically, they were pretty much brothers with their mommas being full siblings, and had the same sire).. the ugly dink was only worth $200 less than the one twice his sizeI agree. Weight is where the money is. I see all these (kids?) weaning early and using expensive feeding programs to get weight, and yet people do the same thing with genetics and a standard weaning age. I have a problem understanding why anyone would settle for 450# calves.
Here's the dink
and the big one