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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 437598" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Yes you are basically correct with your statement that I highlited. </p><p></p><p>However there is a big difference between finishing an animal and growing one out in a feedlot. The typical easy doing grass genetics will finish very quickly in a feedlot on grain, too quickly for the packers who wants a heavier carcass. The taller leaner types will grow more and put less finish on in the same time period, but luckily we have many breeds to choose from, no one breed needs to do it all.</p><p></p><p>Charolais, like MIkeC raises have been for many years and will probably continue for many years to be the king of the feedlot and one of the better if not best choices for theproduction of terminal calves for the feedlot. Use Charolais as such. They will typically be less efficient if forage conditions are poor.</p><p></p><p>Most british breeds (whos maternal and easy doing qualities made them popular in the first place) chased that same growth and frame of the charolais, resulting in single trait selection which resulted in the loss of many of the qualities that made them popular in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 437598, member: 4353"] Yes you are basically correct with your statement that I highlited. However there is a big difference between finishing an animal and growing one out in a feedlot. The typical easy doing grass genetics will finish very quickly in a feedlot on grain, too quickly for the packers who wants a heavier carcass. The taller leaner types will grow more and put less finish on in the same time period, but luckily we have many breeds to choose from, no one breed needs to do it all. Charolais, like MIkeC raises have been for many years and will probably continue for many years to be the king of the feedlot and one of the better if not best choices for theproduction of terminal calves for the feedlot. Use Charolais as such. They will typically be less efficient if forage conditions are poor. Most british breeds (whos maternal and easy doing qualities made them popular in the first place) chased that same growth and frame of the charolais, resulting in single trait selection which resulted in the loss of many of the qualities that made them popular in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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