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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 705059" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>NR's big 3 way cross calves MIGHT weigh 1100 lbs in less than a year; but were they "FINISHED"??,.....if finished means should hang a medium USDA choice carcass. By rule of thumb, Steers out of 1400 cows typically finish somewhere around 1400 lbs. IF they stay on the cow 205 days and are butchered at 365 days, that means a 160 days or less in the feedlot. That's pushing it with a weaned calf. It "might" be doable if you wean at 165 days and can ship calves weighing ~500 lbs to the feedlot for 200 days. Average daily gains would be a more modest 3.0 lbs per day, but you probably would have to creep feed to get them that heavy that young and to avoid a transition phase at the feedlot. To precondition the calves for 30 days AND get them in the feedlot for a minimum of 200 days would mean weaning at 135 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 705059, member: 7645"] NR's big 3 way cross calves MIGHT weigh 1100 lbs in less than a year; but were they "FINISHED"??,.....if finished means should hang a medium USDA choice carcass. By rule of thumb, Steers out of 1400 cows typically finish somewhere around 1400 lbs. IF they stay on the cow 205 days and are butchered at 365 days, that means a 160 days or less in the feedlot. That's pushing it with a weaned calf. It "might" be doable if you wean at 165 days and can ship calves weighing ~500 lbs to the feedlot for 200 days. Average daily gains would be a more modest 3.0 lbs per day, but you probably would have to creep feed to get them that heavy that young and to avoid a transition phase at the feedlot. To precondition the calves for 30 days AND get them in the feedlot for a minimum of 200 days would mean weaning at 135 days. [/QUOTE]
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