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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1668408" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I've found the "right" size cow for me is about a 1400 lb mature weight as well.. Smaller gets you into calving troubles more easily, but all my good 1400 lb cows certainly compete well with the 1800 lb cows i've had. I've found virtually no difference in weaning weight from them, but a BIG difference in how much they eat. If you are renting land on a per-animal basis, that's definitely an excuse to have larger cows, but I'm feeding them on my own place all the time so it's important. You can get more or less efficient cows regardless of size, I just find them to be harder to come by in the big ones.</p><p></p><p>On calf weights and price, i'm finding the years where they pay for the extra weight seem to be few and far between</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1668408, member: 9096"] I've found the "right" size cow for me is about a 1400 lb mature weight as well.. Smaller gets you into calving troubles more easily, but all my good 1400 lb cows certainly compete well with the 1800 lb cows i've had. I've found virtually no difference in weaning weight from them, but a BIG difference in how much they eat. If you are renting land on a per-animal basis, that's definitely an excuse to have larger cows, but I'm feeding them on my own place all the time so it's important. You can get more or less efficient cows regardless of size, I just find them to be harder to come by in the big ones. On calf weights and price, i'm finding the years where they pay for the extra weight seem to be few and far between [/QUOTE]
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