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<blockquote data-quote="Supa Dexta" data-source="post: 1290140" data-attributes="member: 23321"><p>Yes, For me its weight on scale day minus birth weight, divided by age in days. I don't avg the age, I use each calfs age since I know them all. </p><p>Example: (560lb - 94lb BW) / 161 days age at weaning = 2.89 lb day</p><p></p><p>The ones that hit 3+ lbs are weaning off at 800 lbs, the avg was 2.53 for an avg weight around 600 lbs. The ones at 2lb a day had trouble cracking 500 lbs but there were only a few, and some twins in there lowering it. I keep a spread sheet with this all in it. I don't bother avg everything to 205 days, since that would just be a made up number, some are 220 and other late ones at 160 days old. </p><p></p><p>If I didn't take birth weight into consideration, then many would hit the 3lbs, but thats not accurate, since they were starting with near 100 lbs to begin with. Kenny must have some powerful calves. </p><p></p><p>One first time heifer weaned off a set of twins with a combined weight of 1080, which works out to be around 100% of her weight raised.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Supa Dexta, post: 1290140, member: 23321"] Yes, For me its weight on scale day minus birth weight, divided by age in days. I don't avg the age, I use each calfs age since I know them all. Example: (560lb - 94lb BW) / 161 days age at weaning = 2.89 lb day The ones that hit 3+ lbs are weaning off at 800 lbs, the avg was 2.53 for an avg weight around 600 lbs. The ones at 2lb a day had trouble cracking 500 lbs but there were only a few, and some twins in there lowering it. I keep a spread sheet with this all in it. I don't bother avg everything to 205 days, since that would just be a made up number, some are 220 and other late ones at 160 days old. If I didn't take birth weight into consideration, then many would hit the 3lbs, but thats not accurate, since they were starting with near 100 lbs to begin with. Kenny must have some powerful calves. One first time heifer weaned off a set of twins with a combined weight of 1080, which works out to be around 100% of her weight raised. [/QUOTE]
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