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<blockquote data-quote="Banjo" data-source="post: 1006738" data-attributes="member: 17304"><p><u><em><strong>If a bull won't gain on feed, what do you think his sons are going to do</strong></em></u>? Since the majority of calves end up in a feedlot someday. If you're worried about if they're too fat, don't buy them the day before you need them, and then you can get them to the weight you want. </p><p></p><p>and probably wouldn't hurt to be able judge cattle either.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Then I guess you would just be screwed. But if you have cattle that will do well on grass, if you have grass, then they more than likely will do well in a feedlot IMO.</p><p>Now I'm not talkin about cattle out here on heavy grazed, overgrazed pastures that IMO represents a majority of farms/ranches out there. Last year, my first year of IRG I sold the biggest, heaviest calves thus far. Even more than the days of creep feeding and weaning and feeding we used to do, without the feed costs. That's what its all about, but you have to have the grass and be able to manage it.</p><p>I'm sure its frustrating to most bull producers to watch somebody like PCC sell bulls for $4k to $5k with virtually no feed, fertilize input costs.......while doing well to get half of that with all the feed, fertilize costs added in.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Banjo, post: 1006738, member: 17304"] [u][i][b]If a bull won't gain on feed, what do you think his sons are going to do[/b][/i][/u]? Since the majority of calves end up in a feedlot someday. If you're worried about if they're too fat, don't buy them the day before you need them, and then you can get them to the weight you want. and probably wouldn't hurt to be able judge cattle either.[/quote] Then I guess you would just be screwed. But if you have cattle that will do well on grass, if you have grass, then they more than likely will do well in a feedlot IMO. Now I'm not talkin about cattle out here on heavy grazed, overgrazed pastures that IMO represents a majority of farms/ranches out there. Last year, my first year of IRG I sold the biggest, heaviest calves thus far. Even more than the days of creep feeding and weaning and feeding we used to do, without the feed costs. That's what its all about, but you have to have the grass and be able to manage it. I'm sure its frustrating to most bull producers to watch somebody like PCC sell bulls for $4k to $5k with virtually no feed, fertilize input costs.......while doing well to get half of that with all the feed, fertilize costs added in. [/QUOTE]
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