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Does more pounds per acre make up for being docked at the sale barn for small frame size?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hpacres440p" data-source="post: 1824241" data-attributes="member: 39347"><p>From folks I know who ran their lowlines through sale barn one time (only once-it cost them that much)-when calves were at 1.12, his sold for .45. "Pounds per acre" works for direct marketing or beef sales, IF you also have a processor without a minimum requirement. The ribeyes from Lowline/Aberdeen crosses are still nice sized, maybe even more friendly for those watching portion size. Kill fee is the same no matter the animal size though-so to get same lbs of beef, there may be an higher cost from more in kill fees (more animals needed). There is a little more effort required for marketing. Sale barns are out unless there is a dedicated sale.</p><p>I like my 50% or lower % Aberdeen, for their moderate size, but I'll never get @Jeanne - Simme Valley's 700 lb carcass at 12 months, no matter how much corn they get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hpacres440p, post: 1824241, member: 39347"] From folks I know who ran their lowlines through sale barn one time (only once-it cost them that much)-when calves were at 1.12, his sold for .45. “Pounds per acre” works for direct marketing or beef sales, IF you also have a processor without a minimum requirement. The ribeyes from Lowline/Aberdeen crosses are still nice sized, maybe even more friendly for those watching portion size. Kill fee is the same no matter the animal size though-so to get same lbs of beef, there may be an higher cost from more in kill fees (more animals needed). There is a little more effort required for marketing. Sale barns are out unless there is a dedicated sale. I like my 50% or lower % Aberdeen, for their moderate size, but I’ll never get @Jeanne - Simme Valley’s 700 lb carcass at 12 months, no matter how much corn they get. [/QUOTE]
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