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need y'alls opinion on bull calf weight
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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 860123" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>I don't like a bull to gain less than 2.5 lbs a day while on the cow. If he gained 2.5 lbs/day and had an 80 lbs birth weight, at 205 days of age he only weighs 592 lbs. unless he is pretty good on other aspects, he probably shouldn't be a bull in my opinion. I try to only sell bulls that have a 205 day weight of at least 600 lbs. That is one of our criteria's we have for culling.</p><p></p><p>Now as far as this bull goes, he lost alot of weight on that trailer over night. A few years ago, we did a check weight on some calves. We weighed them as they came off the cow. Then we weighed them the next morning, about 14 hours later. They lost from 38 lbs to 72 lbs each.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 860123, member: 2397"] I don't like a bull to gain less than 2.5 lbs a day while on the cow. If he gained 2.5 lbs/day and had an 80 lbs birth weight, at 205 days of age he only weighs 592 lbs. unless he is pretty good on other aspects, he probably shouldn't be a bull in my opinion. I try to only sell bulls that have a 205 day weight of at least 600 lbs. That is one of our criteria's we have for culling. Now as far as this bull goes, he lost alot of weight on that trailer over night. A few years ago, we did a check weight on some calves. We weighed them as they came off the cow. Then we weighed them the next morning, about 14 hours later. They lost from 38 lbs to 72 lbs each. [/QUOTE]
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