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<blockquote data-quote="Tim/South" data-source="post: 1093558" data-attributes="member: 17986"><p>I agree.</p><p>We usually cut at 400 - 450 lbs. The calves come out of the squeeze and go straight to a holding pen with feed and water. They eat and drink all they want, then are turned out. I am not sure, or unsure if they go off feed when cut at a stocker operation.</p><p>Weaning is the most stressful time in a calves life. If I take the calves off their momma to a different pasture like we did in the old days then we have a lot of shrink. Order buyers know this as well. That fat plump soft calf will look like death warmed over in two weeks if weaned on the way to the sale.</p><p>Even with fence weaning we still have some shrink though the calves are on free choice creep and hay. That shrink is not all bad. The calves are transitioning from soft calves the hard calves. Order buyers know this. Those hard calves will gain back in a hurry. Their only stress is being hauled and a new environment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim/South, post: 1093558, member: 17986"] I agree. We usually cut at 400 - 450 lbs. The calves come out of the squeeze and go straight to a holding pen with feed and water. They eat and drink all they want, then are turned out. I am not sure, or unsure if they go off feed when cut at a stocker operation. Weaning is the most stressful time in a calves life. If I take the calves off their momma to a different pasture like we did in the old days then we have a lot of shrink. Order buyers know this as well. That fat plump soft calf will look like death warmed over in two weeks if weaned on the way to the sale. Even with fence weaning we still have some shrink though the calves are on free choice creep and hay. That shrink is not all bad. The calves are transitioning from soft calves the hard calves. Order buyers know this. Those hard calves will gain back in a hurry. Their only stress is being hauled and a new environment. [/QUOTE]
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