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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1328264" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Alright, a great question! :clap: Some missed the clue: grassfed. If you are keeping records and measurements you can track grassfed bulls and understand that their growth curve and pattern is nothing like feed test or grain based bulls. What we see is WW FSs are usually at least one FS bigger than yearling heights indicate. And these bull will not top out on weight until 4 or 5 YO.</p><p></p><p>On grass and minerals, a 30 month old bull can weigh 1400 to 1500 pounds and be the breedingest bull you ever had because he is a lean, mean breeding machine and has not had additional fat and the yo-yo of high intake and crash in the pasture. An Angus bull, here on a fescue based program, will generally max out around 1800 and still go to customers' and raise high 5's and 6 weight calves. The icing on the cake: bull development and health that translates to longevity. We have a lot of folks who buy on my word and name the bull Little ___ but in time realize that I told the truth; Repeat buyers. I don't want a bull to brag on his weight. I want a bull that tells of his goodness with his calves.</p><p></p><p>If I wanted commercial type carcass data I would feed steers like most bull test stations feed the bulls. Ever wonder why fat boys have health problems as men? Ever wonder why fat men have leg and foot problems? I think that the average bull test, the ones that are left, have run their course. What bulls ever won the tests and then went on to be great? Very, very few. Feed out sibs as steers and let 'em go. And test station results sure doesn't help to pick fertile female producers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1328264, member: 24565"] Alright, a great question! :clap: Some missed the clue: grassfed. If you are keeping records and measurements you can track grassfed bulls and understand that their growth curve and pattern is nothing like feed test or grain based bulls. What we see is WW FSs are usually at least one FS bigger than yearling heights indicate. And these bull will not top out on weight until 4 or 5 YO. On grass and minerals, a 30 month old bull can weigh 1400 to 1500 pounds and be the breedingest bull you ever had because he is a lean, mean breeding machine and has not had additional fat and the yo-yo of high intake and crash in the pasture. An Angus bull, here on a fescue based program, will generally max out around 1800 and still go to customers' and raise high 5's and 6 weight calves. The icing on the cake: bull development and health that translates to longevity. We have a lot of folks who buy on my word and name the bull Little ___ but in time realize that I told the truth; Repeat buyers. I don't want a bull to brag on his weight. I want a bull that tells of his goodness with his calves. If I wanted commercial type carcass data I would feed steers like most bull test stations feed the bulls. Ever wonder why fat boys have health problems as men? Ever wonder why fat men have leg and foot problems? I think that the average bull test, the ones that are left, have run their course. What bulls ever won the tests and then went on to be great? Very, very few. Feed out sibs as steers and let 'em go. And test station results sure doesn't help to pick fertile female producers. [/QUOTE]
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