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<blockquote data-quote="wayneintexas" data-source="post: 78356" data-attributes="member: 1481"><p>My family came to Texas in the late 1800's. In the 60's and 70's we raised Charolais, but now we raise Angus. We have fed cattle at feedlots in the Texas panhandle for at least 35 years, so the term "heiferette" is nothing new to me. We use it as a term associated with heifers for feeding as versus heifers kept for breeding purposes. We don't sell our 205 day adjusted weaning weights either. But we do use them as a tool to judge our cattle against their herdmates. We do, however, place greater emphasis on 365 day adjusted yearling weights, which are more closely related to the stocker and finishing phases, where the money is made in the cattle business, assuming the cow-calf phase is break-even at best, due to the high capital costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wayneintexas, post: 78356, member: 1481"] My family came to Texas in the late 1800's. In the 60's and 70's we raised Charolais, but now we raise Angus. We have fed cattle at feedlots in the Texas panhandle for at least 35 years, so the term "heiferette" is nothing new to me. We use it as a term associated with heifers for feeding as versus heifers kept for breeding purposes. We don't sell our 205 day adjusted weaning weights either. But we do use them as a tool to judge our cattle against their herdmates. We do, however, place greater emphasis on 365 day adjusted yearling weights, which are more closely related to the stocker and finishing phases, where the money is made in the cattle business, assuming the cow-calf phase is break-even at best, due to the high capital costs. [/QUOTE]
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