Does she look finished?

[Rhune]

She has been on cob with peas for about four weeks. ~ 15 lbs a day. This is the first heifer I have tried to finish. Input appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[wbvs58]

I think it is impossible to say from that photo with that amount of fluffy hair but from what I can make out I don't think she is.
Ken

 

[Son of Butch]

Good start, but needs more fat on pins and finished heifer udder area will be very fatty.
Keep going and should be there by by March 1st.

 

[BC]

I agree with Butch, you are off to a good start. From the picture, it appears your heifer weighs 750 to 800 lbs. 15 lbs. of feed is about 2% of body weight and not on full feed. Slowly up her ration to 20 to 24 lbs. per day and feed her to mid March or April 1 would be better.

 

[Rhune]

Thanks for the input guys! I'll keep putting it to her.

 

[Rhune]

Here she is about a five weeks later. I am trying to give her 25 pounds a day. She will only eat 15-20. What do you guys think?

 

[bball]

That's more like it! Fat around tailhead. Spongy cover on ribs? You're in business.

 

[Nesikep]

That sure did it!.. now she has to pay for all them goodies she ate!

 

[Rhune]

Thanks for the input guys. I was really trying to look at her udder to see if it was getting fat. It is probably just my untrained eyes, but I cant appreciate any fat there.

 

[Nesikep]

There's plenty on the butt to go around

 

[boondocks]

Wow, what a difference a few weeks made! thanks for the pics, very helpful to this newbie.

We have so far only finished our angus on grass. With just grass, would a heifer ever really look this? (We had a mama that did, but sold her thru the sale barn). The grass-fed heifer we butchered last year gave good meat but extremely lean. We will be doing a 2 yo steer this summer, for customers.

 

[Son of Butch]

Thanks for the input guys. I was really trying to look at her udder to see if it was getting fat. It is probably just my untrained eyes, but I cant appreciate any fat there.

Black on black can trick the eye. There is fat depositing in that udder, it's always easier to see it around the tail head and pins.
She's looking much more delicious, good job.

Fun fact: So many white vehicles on the road, not because of white's popularity among consumers, but because of white's
popularity among manufacturers. White tricks the eye into overlooking minor defects on vehicles when new, such as loose
or crooked fits around hoods, trunks and door seams ect.

 

[Rhune]

Thanks for the input guys. I was really trying to look at her udder to see if it was getting fat. It is probably just my untrained eyes, but I cant appreciate any fat there.

Black on black can trick the eye. There is fat depositing in that udder, it's always easier to see it around the tail head and pins.
She's looking much more delicious, good job.

Fun fact: So many white vehicles on the road, not because of white's popularity among consumers, but because of white's
popularity among manufacturers. White tricks the eye into overlooking minor defects on vehicles when new, such as loose
or crooked fits around hoods, trunks and door seams ect.

Thanks!, I guess I will have a closer look at her udder when we butcher her.

 

[Rhune]

Butchered her today. Took some shots of her udder if anyone wanted the info. It was very hard for me to appreciate udder fat. However she had several inches of thick udder fat as you can see.

 

[bball]

If you're really grain feeding a young heifer, it's almost a guarantee that she will have significant fat deposits in her udders...it's a reason why show heifers sometimes don't make the most profitable cattle.(for a cow/calf production operation).