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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1771343" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>SC - many people "background" their weaned calves like what you did. If you are getting 400-500# weaned calves, it might be beneficial to background them. </p><p>My winter calves will wean at around 550-650# (lighter than my spring born calves). They do not need to be backgrounded.</p><p>All my spring born steers get preconditioned and sent to a feedlot - no backgrounding.</p><p>It all depends on your system/facilities/feed. Grazing/backgrounding gives you low daily gain. You are backgrounding them to 14-16 months of age (so about 7-9 months). They should be ready to butcher at that age or close. Time is money. Why waste all that time? Again, maybe they are too small to go on feed. If so, you might look at better bulls for better weaning weights?? Angus cattle have just about as good a weaning weight as mine do.</p><p>Remember, what is good for me or "some" - may not be good for you. You will get lots of advice - some very good, some not so much. You have to shift thru the BS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1771343, member: 968"] SC - many people "background" their weaned calves like what you did. If you are getting 400-500# weaned calves, it might be beneficial to background them. My winter calves will wean at around 550-650# (lighter than my spring born calves). They do not need to be backgrounded. All my spring born steers get preconditioned and sent to a feedlot - no backgrounding. It all depends on your system/facilities/feed. Grazing/backgrounding gives you low daily gain. You are backgrounding them to 14-16 months of age (so about 7-9 months). They should be ready to butcher at that age or close. Time is money. Why waste all that time? Again, maybe they are too small to go on feed. If so, you might look at better bulls for better weaning weights?? Angus cattle have just about as good a weaning weight as mine do. Remember, what is good for me or "some" - may not be good for you. You will get lots of advice - some very good, some not so much. You have to shift thru the BS [/QUOTE]
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