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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 700494" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>MN, I agree with you - I would like to go from the corn to processor too. But I feel strongly about calving in late March to early April in my area of WI. This would mean that they would come off of the corn in Feb at the latest or only about 11 months old. I was going to try a couple of the quick maturing/earliest born steers like that this coming year. People want good beef in the freezer in spring for the late spring and summer grilling season. But we'll see how that compares to the 14-16 mo beef.</p><p></p><p>I really wonder if spring calves are wintered on standing corn then go back to good clover pasture before harvest say in July at maybe 15 mo, does the time on corn have a lingering positive effect on marbling, taste etc even though they are off of it for awhile before harvest?</p><p></p><p>Granny I know many folks harvest at a certain weight but I see a big difference in wt between calves.</p><p></p><p>My 1200 lb cows seem to have calves that mature faster and maybe at a lower weight than my 1600 lb cows.</p><p></p><p>Here's a picture I posted earlier when I had two different extremes of my cows side by side in the corral for their occasional treat. These two cows (1200 and 1600lb) have calves that grow and mature at very different rates. The steer I posted about above matured at about 1175 came from one of the (2) 1200 lb cows pictured while the steer from the bigger cow on the left still looks like he's growing into a basketball player.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_3377_1.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 700494, member: 7509"] MN, I agree with you - I would like to go from the corn to processor too. But I feel strongly about calving in late March to early April in my area of WI. This would mean that they would come off of the corn in Feb at the latest or only about 11 months old. I was going to try a couple of the quick maturing/earliest born steers like that this coming year. People want good beef in the freezer in spring for the late spring and summer grilling season. But we'll see how that compares to the 14-16 mo beef. I really wonder if spring calves are wintered on standing corn then go back to good clover pasture before harvest say in July at maybe 15 mo, does the time on corn have a lingering positive effect on marbling, taste etc even though they are off of it for awhile before harvest? Granny I know many folks harvest at a certain weight but I see a big difference in wt between calves. My 1200 lb cows seem to have calves that mature faster and maybe at a lower weight than my 1600 lb cows. Here's a picture I posted earlier when I had two different extremes of my cows side by side in the corral for their occasional treat. These two cows (1200 and 1600lb) have calves that grow and mature at very different rates. The steer I posted about above matured at about 1175 came from one of the (2) 1200 lb cows pictured while the steer from the bigger cow on the left still looks like he's growing into a basketball player. [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_3377_1.JPG[/img] [/QUOTE]
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