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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 291232" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>The cattle herd is a lot different than it was in 1975. There were more British cattle back then and they were smaller stature cows in the commercial herd back then. Obviously (ON AVERAGE) a short, butter ball fat calf who weans off his short little mama at 400 lbs before going to a six month crop stubble and rye grass stocker program before the feedlot (where he is not implanted) is going to qulaity grade higher than a modern 620 lb implanted steer who goes straight to the feedlot EVEN if they are both straight Angus. I just don't see how you make money with those toadie little calves today given the dock for USDA small feeders due to their poor average daily gains and feed efficiency in the feedlot. NOW if I was a restauranteer looking for a Prime program feeding out old fashioned dinks a straight corn ration might be the way too go though even there I don't think the numbers pencil out given the amount of fat you are going to have to leave on the kill room floor. Marbling tends to suffer as cattle performance and frame both increases. IMF EPDs are just a numerical tool we use to try to identify the cattle that marble better than their peers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 291232, member: 2095"] The cattle herd is a lot different than it was in 1975. There were more British cattle back then and they were smaller stature cows in the commercial herd back then. Obviously (ON AVERAGE) a short, butter ball fat calf who weans off his short little mama at 400 lbs before going to a six month crop stubble and rye grass stocker program before the feedlot (where he is not implanted) is going to qulaity grade higher than a modern 620 lb implanted steer who goes straight to the feedlot EVEN if they are both straight Angus. I just don't see how you make money with those toadie little calves today given the dock for USDA small feeders due to their poor average daily gains and feed efficiency in the feedlot. NOW if I was a restauranteer looking for a Prime program feeding out old fashioned dinks a straight corn ration might be the way too go though even there I don't think the numbers pencil out given the amount of fat you are going to have to leave on the kill room floor. Marbling tends to suffer as cattle performance and frame both increases. IMF EPDs are just a numerical tool we use to try to identify the cattle that marble better than their peers. [/QUOTE]
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