Good, Bad or Ugly

[inyati13]

How are these results? I have been at this four years. I should learn more about performance. I am not a market watcher. I am not a performance guru. In fact, I am JUST a CLOWN. At one time, I wanted to be a LION TAMER. But now, I just want to be a CLOWN. Clowns have low expectations. They can't fall far because they are already CLOWNS. When they do fall; they just jump right back up and everyone thinks it was a stunt so they get a laugh.

CALF #50 Mongrel calf out of mixed cow and Reg Angus Bull
Born March 1, 2014
Weaned: Sept 1 at 184 days old
Fed on pasture and low grade mixed feed (pellets) during weaning period
Sell Date: Sept 22 @ 206 days old
Weight 660 pounds

CALF #49 Simangus Cow Good Pedigree and Reg Angus Bull
Born March 16, 2014
Weaned: Sept 1, 2014 at 168 days old
Fed on pasture and low grade mixed feed (pellets) during weaning period
Sell Date: Sept 22 @ 190 days old
Weight 590 pounds

Now, this brings me to Linus. My bull calf
Linus: Dam PB Simmental. Sire Top Hand, a Select Sire Angus Bull
Born March 20, 2014
Began weaning yesterday at 187 days old
Weight: Estimated by side by side comparison with the two calves about
Estimated weight: 825 pounds at 187 days of age
Pictures taken yesterday

 

[skyhightree1]

I want my heifer brother azz - They look good to me.

 

[inyati13]

I want my heifer brother azz - They look good to me.

I love you Brother Azz but I got to keep that pretty girl. Afterall, your brother get lonely!!!

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Linus doesn't appear that heavy in the pic. Must be a big boned young un.

 

[inyati13]

Linus doesn't appear that heavy in the pic. Must be a big boned young un.

TT: # 50 went across the scales at 660. I have seen #50 and Linus side by side hours before Mike hauled #50 off. I will eat my socks without salt and pepper if Linus is not 25 % heavier than # 50. Here is the math: 660 x 1.25 = 825. That is how I arrived at that estimate. Linus is much thicker top to bottom and side to side than #50.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Can we get him weighed?

 

[Nesikep]

It would surprise me if he's much over 800, especially at 187 days old... I'm not going to say it's unheard of, but it is rare.I'm really happy if I get over 700 at 205 days.

 

[inyati13]

It would surprise me if he's much over 800, especially at 187 days old... I'm not going to say it's unheard of, but it is rare.I'm really happy if I get over 700 at 205 days.

I am smiling. I just exchanged a dozen text messages with Fire Sweep Ranch telling me that calf is not 800 pounds. I told her, "Ok, hurt my feelings if that is what you must do."

She goes on and on. All the time, I am thinking how sweet she is to be that concerned. I finally say, I don't know what he weighs but it has to be more that 660 because he is a much bigger calf.

It really is not going to change anyway no matter what any of us think. #50 is tall and lanky. Linus is thick and deep. He is a chucky monkey.

 

[machslammer]

I'd say 7-725

 

[inyati13]

Can we get him weighed?

I don't have a scales. The weights for Calves ear marked #50 and # 49 were based on the weight they sold at Monday. These three calves are all March calves. I was basing the weight of Linus on an eyeball comparison. Calf ear tag #50 has more leg but is not as deep bodied or as wide as Linus. The obsevation I have made in the short time I have been doing this is as follows:

More weight is in the circumference of the body than in the height.

At some point, TT, I need to get a scales!!!!

I could haul him to a scales. Being ultra conservative based on the comments I got from Kris, I would put him in the range of 740 to 780 at 187 days. Still not bad.

BTW: This is a guess. I have been wrong a few times but that comes with being a CLOWN.

 

[inyati13]

Pictures from 50 days ago. Linus's Dam did well raising Linus. She is a PB Simmental whose got Flying B Cut Above in her pedigree.

Here he is with mom. She is a small cow and he was her first calf. She is bred AI to Top Hand again and due 4/19/15. I slipped her a little because the first AI attempt failed.

Again this is 50 days ago. Here is the ear tag #50 calf with its Dam. She is a mixed skunk tail cow. I am very pleased with her. She never has an issue. Goes about her life without any interference. I do not AI her because she is non-pedigree. She is bred to my Simangus bull Spartacus and due to calve 3/24/15 based on seeing Spart breed her in the pasture and not seeing her come back into estrus:

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

He is a large calf to be sure.

 

[Toad]

Watch him actually be 900

 

[inyati13]

I gave Linus fall shots. I bought a weight tape so decided to use it. He was 63 1/2 in heart girth. Depending on whether he is Thin, Moderate, fleshy or very fleshy his weight reading ranges from 791 to 678. He is at 193 days old today.

 

[Nesikep]

Sounds pretty close, with the formula I use I come up with 760 lbs for 63.5" heart girth... certainly a nice weight... I should go measure my bull and Lazyboy.. he's got about a 80 inch belly girth I know for sure.. but probably about 58-60" chest.

 

[M.Magis]

Do you have a scrap yard or gravel pit nearby? Around here they'll give you a weigh slip for a few bucks.

 

[inyati13]

Do you have a scrap yard or gravel pit nearby? Around here they'll give you a weigh slip for a few bucks.

Yes. I don't have a trailer. I have managed to get to 64 years old and have rarely towed anything. The guy who hauls for me charges so small a fee, I cannot justify buying one. When I took possession of the heifer I bought from Fire Sweep Ranch in Missouri, I barrowed my neighbor's trailer. I worried whether I could back it up against the back of the transport hauler. I ask the driver to do it. He declined. It was not difficult. While he was talking a guy there to receive a heifer from Oklahoma, I got my trailer flush with his and Margo walked right in.

I need to get a scales for my facility.

 

[Nesikep]

I'd really like a set of scales too, even if they aren't legal for trade.

My bull just measured at 58"@174 days (works out to about 600 lb), so he's a little behind yours, Lazyboy was the same but has been weaned for 4 weeks already.

My heifer Tifa is 54", or about 500 lb @ 190 days, and Springy is 56", or about 540 lb at 207 days (weaned at about 185 days). The 3rd heifer isn't tame enough to put a tape around, I figure about 500-525 lb for her.

They all look heavier than that to me, especially the bull looks about 50 lbs heavier than the tape puts him at