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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 369667" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>cowboyup216</p><p>Rancher</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Joined: 08 Jan 2007</p><p>Posts: 789</p><p>Location: East Tennessee</p><p> Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:11 pm </p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>I like him. Only thing I can fault him on is 586 weaning weight. I wont own a bull with under a 600 pound weaning weight. If you are selling pounds per calf weaned 586 just aint gonna cut it. Other than that little thing he is a heck of a bull. </p><p></p><p>_________________</p><p>Member Tennessee Cattleman's Association, Tennessee Master Beef Producer, BQA certified. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BRG</p><p>Rancher</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Joined: 12 Sep 2005</p><p>Posts: 533</p><p>Location: NW SD</p><p> Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:31 am </p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>That weaning weight don't mean anything since he is an embryo calf. Evidentally the cow that raised him did not milk very well. If he had been raised on his true dam, he would have most likely weighed well over 600lbs </p><p> </p><p>I understand the merits of both of the above posts. There could be MANY reasons that a bull would have a weaning weight of 586 lbs, and certainly the dam he was nursing could be the primary reason, particularly if he was an ET calf. Fourteen pounds certainly would not disuade me from investigating a little further into the reasons for the WW. - such as - what were the weights of his dam's progeny prior to the pregnancy which produced him? The weather, the drought, the environment during the pregnancy - all these things or any one of them could have had a negative influence.</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 369667, member: 1683"] cowboyup216 Rancher Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 789 Location: East Tennessee Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:11 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I like him. Only thing I can fault him on is 586 weaning weight. I wont own a bull with under a 600 pound weaning weight. If you are selling pounds per calf weaned 586 just aint gonna cut it. Other than that little thing he is a heck of a bull. _________________ Member Tennessee Cattleman's Association, Tennessee Master Beef Producer, BQA certified. BRG Rancher Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 533 Location: NW SD Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:31 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That weaning weight don't mean anything since he is an embryo calf. Evidentally the cow that raised him did not milk very well. If he had been raised on his true dam, he would have most likely weighed well over 600lbs I understand the merits of both of the above posts. There could be MANY reasons that a bull would have a weaning weight of 586 lbs, and certainly the dam he was nursing could be the primary reason, particularly if he was an ET calf. Fourteen pounds certainly would not disuade me from investigating a little further into the reasons for the WW. - such as - what were the weights of his dam's progeny prior to the pregnancy which produced him? The weather, the drought, the environment during the pregnancy - all these things or any one of them could have had a negative influence. DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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