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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 643258" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Quite a loaded question...</p><p></p><p>I market all my commercial steers and about 60% of the heifers as weaners directly to a feedlot. 20% are retained for replacements and 20% marketed as replacements before they are 1 year old.</p><p></p><p>Any retained heifers that are culled later and all cull cows are marketed as finished cattle for slaughter. Mostly grass or hay only, but if I have access to cheap grain or grain screenings I use that.</p><p></p><p>The bulls that meet my selection criteria are raised on forage (usually oats or alfalfa hay or a mix of the two) as breeding bulls, any culls along the way are butchered for freezer beef or marketed directly to a local butcher. The bullcalves culled as weaners go to the same feedlot at the same time as the commercial calves.</p><p></p><p>For my environment 1100-1350lb cows and 2200lb bulls work best. The cow weight to bull weight ratio may seem off, but I breed a moderate, heavy for its frame size, reasonably heavy muscled type hereford and those are the typical weights in my herd</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 643258, member: 4353"] Quite a loaded question... I market all my commercial steers and about 60% of the heifers as weaners directly to a feedlot. 20% are retained for replacements and 20% marketed as replacements before they are 1 year old. Any retained heifers that are culled later and all cull cows are marketed as finished cattle for slaughter. Mostly grass or hay only, but if I have access to cheap grain or grain screenings I use that. The bulls that meet my selection criteria are raised on forage (usually oats or alfalfa hay or a mix of the two) as breeding bulls, any culls along the way are butchered for freezer beef or marketed directly to a local butcher. The bullcalves culled as weaners go to the same feedlot at the same time as the commercial calves. For my environment 1100-1350lb cows and 2200lb bulls work best. The cow weight to bull weight ratio may seem off, but I breed a moderate, heavy for its frame size, reasonably heavy muscled type hereford and those are the typical weights in my herd [/QUOTE]
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