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<blockquote data-quote="Idaman" data-source="post: 782360" data-attributes="member: 14119"><p>Critique me here but we have been recently appalled that our delivery weight on our steers calves has exceeded 500 lb. There has always been a premium on calves under 500 and we were able to hold them to 495 for many years and so when we broke the barrier and lost the premium is was concerning.</p><p></p><p>Our reasoning has always been that our ranch with minimal inputs will produce a certain overall number of pounds of calf weight per year and that we should get the highest market price per pound for those pounds that we can. Because of the market we need to deliver after Thanksgiving and calve early enough to have all the cows rebred by May 1. This almost forces us to a larger number of smaller framed cows that could pull our weights back under 500 lbs., fulfill the time restraints, and still produce the maximum total pounds of calf that the ranch is capable of producing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaman, post: 782360, member: 14119"] Critique me here but we have been recently appalled that our delivery weight on our steers calves has exceeded 500 lb. There has always been a premium on calves under 500 and we were able to hold them to 495 for many years and so when we broke the barrier and lost the premium is was concerning. Our reasoning has always been that our ranch with minimal inputs will produce a certain overall number of pounds of calf weight per year and that we should get the highest market price per pound for those pounds that we can. Because of the market we need to deliver after Thanksgiving and calve early enough to have all the cows rebred by May 1. This almost forces us to a larger number of smaller framed cows that could pull our weights back under 500 lbs., fulfill the time restraints, and still produce the maximum total pounds of calf that the ranch is capable of producing. [/QUOTE]
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