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<blockquote data-quote="OK Jeanne" data-source="post: 216303" data-attributes="member: 3333"><p>Well, in addition to tenderness propensity,we insist on fertility, docile nature, big hindquarter, balanced, good feet, low birthweight, and so on. We want steers that will finish at about 1200 lbs on forage, at 22-23 months of age or less(depending on quality/quantity of forage). Those things are really not hard to find.</p><p></p><p>Re EPDs, we are not so much interested in whether a steer</p><p>can gain 2 vs. 2.4 lbs per day...tenderness/flavor is what</p><p>brings the customers back w/o any more effort on our</p><p>part after that first sale of beef. Rate of gain is very </p><p>important to those folks that produce for the feedlots,</p><p>but it's not as important to us as the tenderness factor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Jeanne, post: 216303, member: 3333"] Well, in addition to tenderness propensity,we insist on fertility, docile nature, big hindquarter, balanced, good feet, low birthweight, and so on. We want steers that will finish at about 1200 lbs on forage, at 22-23 months of age or less(depending on quality/quantity of forage). Those things are really not hard to find. Re EPDs, we are not so much interested in whether a steer can gain 2 vs. 2.4 lbs per day...tenderness/flavor is what brings the customers back w/o any more effort on our part after that first sale of beef. Rate of gain is very important to those folks that produce for the feedlots, but it's not as important to us as the tenderness factor. [/QUOTE]
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