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<blockquote data-quote="Willow Springs" data-source="post: 1085256" data-attributes="member: 9002"><p>A few on here seem to want to pick out the poorest calves and comment on them. I don't know about anyone else but always get a few that get sick, injured, mothers don't milk or just seem to be poor dooers each year. </p><p></p><p>Most of the weights actually didn't look that bad to me considering the cow weights and age of the calves. Just for fun I went through the first page of weights and did some calcs. Avg calf age when the weaning weight was taken was 179 days; avg 205 day adjusted weight would be 496 lbs (don't know what were heifers/steers/bulls) without giving any adjustments for cow age. Avg cow weight was 1248 for 40% of cow weight weaned (adjusted calf weight).</p><p></p><p>Now I don't know exactly how the cows are fed/pastured/managed, but depending on those things the cows could actually be very profitable with these numbers. Also don't know much about grazing in the Miles City area, but in my few travels through the area it wasn't what I considered prime grazing land. I would think cows would have to do some travelling to get a belly full. Also don't know the frame of the calves; were they small and fat, or framier with some ability to grow if the groceries were there? Depending on the management system again, maybe it is better to have lighter calves, and get the cows bred? The calves can always be fed later and will experience compensatory gain to recover some of the weight they didn't gain on pasture.</p><p></p><p>Maybe someone else can elaborate on these questions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willow Springs, post: 1085256, member: 9002"] A few on here seem to want to pick out the poorest calves and comment on them. I don't know about anyone else but always get a few that get sick, injured, mothers don't milk or just seem to be poor dooers each year. Most of the weights actually didn't look that bad to me considering the cow weights and age of the calves. Just for fun I went through the first page of weights and did some calcs. Avg calf age when the weaning weight was taken was 179 days; avg 205 day adjusted weight would be 496 lbs (don't know what were heifers/steers/bulls) without giving any adjustments for cow age. Avg cow weight was 1248 for 40% of cow weight weaned (adjusted calf weight). Now I don't know exactly how the cows are fed/pastured/managed, but depending on those things the cows could actually be very profitable with these numbers. Also don't know much about grazing in the Miles City area, but in my few travels through the area it wasn't what I considered prime grazing land. I would think cows would have to do some travelling to get a belly full. Also don't know the frame of the calves; were they small and fat, or framier with some ability to grow if the groceries were there? Depending on the management system again, maybe it is better to have lighter calves, and get the cows bred? The calves can always be fed later and will experience compensatory gain to recover some of the weight they didn't gain on pasture. Maybe someone else can elaborate on these questions? [/QUOTE]
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