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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1279572" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>What is your end market and what is your preferred management style? Get animals that will allow you to make good money, over a long period of time, paying attention to both questions.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I'm a grass-only guy and find that any cow over 1400lbs in my management style (at a frame of 5.5 or so) will melt. I need shorter animals more than I need lighter animals; short (height), wide and deep will work quite well for what I'm trying to do.</p><p></p><p>This cow was about 1400-1450lbs but was a frame 5.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Violet_-_8yrs_old.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>For me, frame 4.5 - 5.5 is a good range of height for me. Weights on mature cows should (for me) be in the range of 1200 - 1400, with possibly a little more variation on the lighter side than the heavier side (i.e., I'm more likely to have a 1000lb cow than a 1600lb cow).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1279572, member: 21715"] What is your end market and what is your preferred management style? Get animals that will allow you to make good money, over a long period of time, paying attention to both questions. Personally, I'm a grass-only guy and find that any cow over 1400lbs in my management style (at a frame of 5.5 or so) will melt. I need shorter animals more than I need lighter animals; short (height), wide and deep will work quite well for what I'm trying to do. This cow was about 1400-1450lbs but was a frame 5. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Violet_-_8yrs_old.jpg[/img] For me, frame 4.5 - 5.5 is a good range of height for me. Weights on mature cows should (for me) be in the range of 1200 - 1400, with possibly a little more variation on the lighter side than the heavier side (i.e., I'm more likely to have a 1000lb cow than a 1600lb cow). [/QUOTE]
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