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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1157822" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>I have an aunt in her 90's who still has cattle. I had this discussion with her years ago. I wanted to know what difference it makes to the buyer. I think she just said the old boys like to have a feel.</p><p></p><p>I accept that some buyers like to have steers castrated with a knife. </p><p></p><p>What I would like to know from someone who has done a lot of buying and selling is why????</p><p></p><p>I worked a short time on a feedlot 10+ years ago and I have a memory that the cut steers would have more of a fatty sac that the banded ones would not. I am quite prepared to be wrong on this. I remember seeing steers so fat their udders were fat too.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I can think of at the moment is that when a steer is fattened for slaughter you can sort of tell how much fat is on him or not by the amount of fat around or in the scrotum, which they still have when cut, but not banded. Is this so or just faulty memory on my part?</p><p></p><p>So why would a buyer want to pay more for a steer that has a scrotum than one that does not?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1157822, member: 18575"] I have an aunt in her 90's who still has cattle. I had this discussion with her years ago. I wanted to know what difference it makes to the buyer. I think she just said the old boys like to have a feel. I accept that some buyers like to have steers castrated with a knife. What I would like to know from someone who has done a lot of buying and selling is why???? I worked a short time on a feedlot 10+ years ago and I have a memory that the cut steers would have more of a fatty sac that the banded ones would not. I am quite prepared to be wrong on this. I remember seeing steers so fat their udders were fat too. The only thing I can think of at the moment is that when a steer is fattened for slaughter you can sort of tell how much fat is on him or not by the amount of fat around or in the scrotum, which they still have when cut, but not banded. Is this so or just faulty memory on my part? So why would a buyer want to pay more for a steer that has a scrotum than one that does not? [/QUOTE]
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