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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="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1824364" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Dead on. Folks cherry pick data to prove themselves to be right. If pounds of gain are based on a conversion rate of feed then the data has no affect on the calves being fed. That is where feed efficiency and mature weight kick in. I also agree from broader research that the feed consumption per CWT of cow weight is not linear. Folks can always say that they are selling grassfed beef, direct marketing... but they have to sell EVERY animal, finished calf, cull cow, pound bull and whatever else in that limited market to not lose money. </p><p></p><p>Like a fellow told me one time, it is hard to find a decent cow that is not around 1200 pounds. This was from a perspective of trying to top the market with feeder calves, sell replacement heifers and market the top end bull calves as breeding stock. I have some less and some a little more but that is the target to be moderate and have wide marketing opportunities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1824364, member: 24565"] Dead on. Folks cherry pick data to prove themselves to be right. If pounds of gain are based on a conversion rate of feed then the data has no affect on the calves being fed. That is where feed efficiency and mature weight kick in. I also agree from broader research that the feed consumption per CWT of cow weight is not linear. Folks can always say that they are selling grassfed beef, direct marketing... but they have to sell EVERY animal, finished calf, cull cow, pound bull and whatever else in that limited market to not lose money. Like a fellow told me one time, it is hard to find a decent cow that is not around 1200 pounds. This was from a perspective of trying to top the market with feeder calves, sell replacement heifers and market the top end bull calves as breeding stock. I have some less and some a little more but that is the target to be moderate and have wide marketing opportunities. [/QUOTE]
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