Grazing Broken Mouth Cows ?

[Stocker Steve]

I purchased a number of cows in February and March that were showing some age. The cows are on good pasture and most of them are now fat - - but about 10% of them are losing condition. They are broken mouth cows raising a respectable calf, and destined to become burger soon. Is penning the pairs for a month or two the best way to prep them for sale, or is a person just better off weaning early and just shipping the cows now?

 

[M.Magis]

This is just me, but I'd ship them now. There's no guarantee they'll gain anything, and if they do it'll just cost you money. Of course, I don't know how old/big the calves are, but anything north of 300 lbs I think I'd ship them now.

 

[Texas PaPaw]

This is just me, but I'd ship them now. There's no guarantee they'll gain anything, and if they do it'll just cost you money. Of course, I don't know how old/big the calves are, but anything north of 300 lbs I think I'd ship them now.

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[Dave]

I ran broken mouth cows for a number of years. I always shipped the cows late August/early September. It depended on pasture but I wanted them gone before the kill cow market started slipping in October. I weaned and preconditioned the calves and sold them in early October. Always worked for me.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Thanks. I have some sorghum sudan mix to graze next. I will let the old girls gum that before shipping them.

 

[skyhightree1]

This is just me, but I'd ship them now. There's no guarantee they'll gain anything, and if they do it'll just cost you money. Of course, I don't know how old/big the calves are, but anything north of 300 lbs I think I'd ship them now.

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[bigbull338]

x4 when grass gets short ship them before they start loosing weight.if you hold them to long your gain will be quickly wiped out.