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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 798657" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>Some of the outfits up here plan on keeping 15-20% of their herd yearly as replacements...Often depends on the year- with some dry years where cows have to travel farther for water and grass where I've seen as much as 10-12% or more being culled for being open or late bred (good year average probably around 5-8%)....Then when you take into effect that this shortgrass country is tough on cows teeth-and the winters tough on poor conditioned cows- add in cripples, bad bags, lump jaws, drys that lost their calf, poor performance cows, and bad dispositions- I think the norm would be 15-20% of the herd being replacements every year....</p><p>300 head herd keeping about 45-60 heifers as replacements...</p><p></p><p>I run in some of the better grazing for the area- have smaller pastures which counts for better breed up- BUT still figure <u>at least</u> 10% herd replacement a year...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 798657, member: 97"] Some of the outfits up here plan on keeping 15-20% of their herd yearly as replacements...Often depends on the year- with some dry years where cows have to travel farther for water and grass where I've seen as much as 10-12% or more being culled for being open or late bred (good year average probably around 5-8%)....Then when you take into effect that this shortgrass country is tough on cows teeth-and the winters tough on poor conditioned cows- add in cripples, bad bags, lump jaws, drys that lost their calf, poor performance cows, and bad dispositions- I think the norm would be 15-20% of the herd being replacements every year.... 300 head herd keeping about 45-60 heifers as replacements... I run in some of the better grazing for the area- have smaller pastures which counts for better breed up- BUT still figure [u]at least[/u] 10% herd replacement a year... [/QUOTE]
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