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hybrid vigor - how much is too much.
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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 143746" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>Yes we all sell by the pound and the more weight you have the better, but. That isn't the whole game, just part of it. You need to have uniformity to be able to get a good price when you sell. We are getting to a period where the industry is demanding certain criterias. I see it all the time, if you have a big group of same weight cattle and they are 1 color(doesn't matter which color) you will get a big premium over a smaller group or a group or of several different colors, in fact most barns sort for color any more. Then we get to the cow. If we have a bunch of cows with a whole bunch of exotic breeds in the mix your cows will get very big. The bigger the cow the more they eat. I have neighbors that have Limi, Char, and Gelb, in their cows along with Red and Black Angus and the cows are 1600lbs+. They eat way to much to afford to keep around. I guess these girls wean off bigger calves from the high bred vigor but I know their is a point where it will cost you. I think a 2 cross is about as good as it gets, and I would never use a composite bull to do this because you loose most of the heterosis from the first cross.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 143746, member: 2397"] Yes we all sell by the pound and the more weight you have the better, but. That isn't the whole game, just part of it. You need to have uniformity to be able to get a good price when you sell. We are getting to a period where the industry is demanding certain criterias. I see it all the time, if you have a big group of same weight cattle and they are 1 color(doesn't matter which color) you will get a big premium over a smaller group or a group or of several different colors, in fact most barns sort for color any more. Then we get to the cow. If we have a bunch of cows with a whole bunch of exotic breeds in the mix your cows will get very big. The bigger the cow the more they eat. I have neighbors that have Limi, Char, and Gelb, in their cows along with Red and Black Angus and the cows are 1600lbs+. They eat way to much to afford to keep around. I guess these girls wean off bigger calves from the high bred vigor but I know their is a point where it will cost you. I think a 2 cross is about as good as it gets, and I would never use a composite bull to do this because you loose most of the heterosis from the first cross. [/QUOTE]
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