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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1822856" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>It's always puzzled me how a "rat-tailed" Charolais is cut out and sold separately, bringing less and destined for the feedlot just like all the rest, and gets less money... and once it's on the rail it's the same value as everything else. The same thing with frozen ears and tails. There is no functional difference in the way they will finish and sell as retail meat, but they all take a hit in the sale barn.</p><p></p><p>Here again, if I was buying for a feedlot they are the kind of calves I would be buying simply because the differential between the price I pay and the value of the calves are greater and I'd be making more money. The quality of the final product being indistinguishable from calves with perfect ears and tails.</p><p></p><p>And it pretty much goes without saying that an automatic dock due to Hereford or speckled hides without looking at the quality of the animal inside the hide is the same thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1822856, member: 42463"] It's always puzzled me how a "rat-tailed" Charolais is cut out and sold separately, bringing less and destined for the feedlot just like all the rest, and gets less money... and once it's on the rail it's the same value as everything else. The same thing with frozen ears and tails. There is no functional difference in the way they will finish and sell as retail meat, but they all take a hit in the sale barn. Here again, if I was buying for a feedlot they are the kind of calves I would be buying simply because the differential between the price I pay and the value of the calves are greater and I'd be making more money. The quality of the final product being indistinguishable from calves with perfect ears and tails. And it pretty much goes without saying that an automatic dock due to Hereford or speckled hides without looking at the quality of the animal inside the hide is the same thing. [/QUOTE]
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