BRG":21oxwuc2 said:Frankie,
You misunderstood me. What I meant is that a Char/Angus steer will ussually kill bigger than a straight Angus. He said that steers now days should kill at 1300lbs under 14 months of age. I agree except, if a moderate sized straight Angus cow only weighs 1100 to 1200lbs, her steer can't get that big, unless it is crossed with another breed like charlais. A typical straight breed fat steer will kill at his dams mature weight, unless it has been background fed for a while, but then it is most likely older than 14 months old.
I confess to not having a LOT of experience with "straightbred" steers; but I don't like that rule of thumb at all. MOST commercial cows HISTORICALLY are developed on grass not grain like somebody's fairs heifers. A cow that tops out at 1100 pounds or less probably is not as heavy as she could have been if fed out of a sack. Her grain fattened steers should top out at 1200+