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Marbling (Quality) in Serious Decline
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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 267570" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I don't mean too throw a wrench in the works here; but has anybody considered that the problem with declining marbling PROBABLY has more to do with later maturing cattle than it does with BREED. I don't want to go back too 425 lb weaning wts; BUT when we all had those fat little dink calves nobody was whining about us not having enough Choice or Prime carcasses. Now in a lot of herds, a cow is close to being a cull if she weans off a calf weighing less than 550. Laying down fat (even marbling) is NOT very energy efficient. MAYBE (and I know I don't have a genetics degree) as we keep selecting cattle (ESPECIALLY the Anguses) for more and more preweaning growth we are ALSO selecting for less and less marbling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 267570, member: 2095"] I don't mean too throw a wrench in the works here; but has anybody considered that the problem with declining marbling PROBABLY has more to do with later maturing cattle than it does with BREED. I don't want to go back too 425 lb weaning wts; BUT when we all had those fat little dink calves nobody was whining about us not having enough Choice or Prime carcasses. Now in a lot of herds, a cow is close to being a cull if she weans off a calf weighing less than 550. Laying down fat (even marbling) is NOT very energy efficient. MAYBE (and I know I don't have a genetics degree) as we keep selecting cattle (ESPECIALLY the Anguses) for more and more preweaning growth we are ALSO selecting for less and less marbling. [/QUOTE]
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