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Having too much calving ease?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1506455" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I agree with your assessment, having had Charolais in the past anything under 100lbs. was low BW for them. That cow herd ranged from 1400-1800 lbs. I weighed almost all of those calves and the largest of them was 2 or 3 at 135lbs, while most were from 105-120 out of cows. Sometimes the heifers would have calves about the same size too, but there was sometimes a pull required. The cows that I have now I would definitely not want calves anywhere near that size. The Charolais weaning weights were much heavier with the heaviest being a bull that weighed 900 at 8 months, most others would be 700+to 800+.</p><p>Now with smaller Angus and Hereford cows the comparable spring born calves will wean around 550-600+.</p><p>It is kind of a trade off, the calves don't weigh as much but the cows are a bit more self sufficient at calving time barring the occasional abnormal presentation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1506455, member: 24816"] I agree with your assessment, having had Charolais in the past anything under 100lbs. was low BW for them. That cow herd ranged from 1400-1800 lbs. I weighed almost all of those calves and the largest of them was 2 or 3 at 135lbs, while most were from 105-120 out of cows. Sometimes the heifers would have calves about the same size too, but there was sometimes a pull required. The cows that I have now I would definitely not want calves anywhere near that size. The Charolais weaning weights were much heavier with the heaviest being a bull that weighed 900 at 8 months, most others would be 700+to 800+. Now with smaller Angus and Hereford cows the comparable spring born calves will wean around 550-600+. It is kind of a trade off, the calves don't weigh as much but the cows are a bit more self sufficient at calving time barring the occasional abnormal presentation. [/QUOTE]
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