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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 397382" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>I understand Moocow11. I am not sure where he lives, but if he is a long way from the closest feedyard, and his cattle reach a heavier size, they will dock you for the size of the animal. They like the feeder calves. They also dock you for the heifers. They say that the fat content inside the body cavity is higher than the steers. I suppose he is talking about the fat that connects to the intestines and other body organs.</p><p></p><p>When we take our cows to the buyer, he gives a better price than the sale barn. We aren't docked for shrinkage, and the animals are weighed as soon as they come off the trailer, not after someone has run them around for hours to get the water and feed out of them. </p><p> </p><p>When the tornado hit two years ago, it destroyed the facilities, fences and knocked our trees down along the fence row, so the calves stayed out in the pasture several months longer. He told us that a few of them were too big and gave less for them. It has to do with the shipping of the animals. Bigger calves means less feeder calves that can be hauled because of the weight. I guess they had rather have 50 feeder calves than 40 older ones after paying to have them shipped in.</p><p></p><p>Is this how it goes where you are Moocow11? </p><p></p><p>He does give top prices for the 10 month old calves that have good body condition.</p><p>Chuckie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 397382, member: 637"] I understand Moocow11. I am not sure where he lives, but if he is a long way from the closest feedyard, and his cattle reach a heavier size, they will dock you for the size of the animal. They like the feeder calves. They also dock you for the heifers. They say that the fat content inside the body cavity is higher than the steers. I suppose he is talking about the fat that connects to the intestines and other body organs. When we take our cows to the buyer, he gives a better price than the sale barn. We aren't docked for shrinkage, and the animals are weighed as soon as they come off the trailer, not after someone has run them around for hours to get the water and feed out of them. When the tornado hit two years ago, it destroyed the facilities, fences and knocked our trees down along the fence row, so the calves stayed out in the pasture several months longer. He told us that a few of them were too big and gave less for them. It has to do with the shipping of the animals. Bigger calves means less feeder calves that can be hauled because of the weight. I guess they had rather have 50 feeder calves than 40 older ones after paying to have them shipped in. Is this how it goes where you are Moocow11? He does give top prices for the 10 month old calves that have good body condition. Chuckie [/QUOTE]
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