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<blockquote data-quote="Brookman" data-source="post: 156680" data-attributes="member: 1263"><p>Hope you all have a Happy New Year! Question: Our 7 mo olds have been off mama & eating calf grower for 30 days, so before we sell them I would liketo know their approx. wieght.Hence the weight tape . One side says "for estimating Beef cattle" with the scale for <u>Thin, Meduim, Fat, Ex. Fat</u>.</p><p>Other side says "this side for Fed cattle"<u> Meduim, Good, Choise, Fancy.</u> Hmmmm. There can be quite a bit of difference depending on how one reads. Which side do my calves fit into? ( They certainly aren't thin- Ha! This much I can see) For instance one steer with a heart girth of 60" might weigh 642 lb using the Fed Cattle Medium scale, or 587 lb using the Beef Cattle Fat scale. That's 55 lb @either, say, $1.25 or maybe $1.03,depending on condition.I have questions about what's choice, fancy, etc.but I'll save that for later, and Ladies and Gentlemen, we really appreciate your replies!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brookman, post: 156680, member: 1263"] Hope you all have a Happy New Year! Question: Our 7 mo olds have been off mama & eating calf grower for 30 days, so before we sell them I would liketo know their approx. wieght.Hence the weight tape . One side says "for estimating Beef cattle" with the scale for [u]Thin, Meduim, Fat, Ex. Fat[/u]. Other side says "this side for Fed cattle"[u] Meduim, Good, Choise, Fancy.[/u] Hmmmm. There can be quite a bit of difference depending on how one reads. Which side do my calves fit into? ( They certainly aren't thin- Ha! This much I can see) For instance one steer with a heart girth of 60" might weigh 642 lb using the Fed Cattle Medium scale, or 587 lb using the Beef Cattle Fat scale. That's 55 lb @either, say, $1.25 or maybe $1.03,depending on condition.I have questions about what's choice, fancy, etc.but I'll save that for later, and Ladies and Gentlemen, we really appreciate your replies!!! [/QUOTE]
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