Thanks for the information. I'm sure it will be helpful.
> The pattern will continue to show
> up but maybe with some variation.
> It's a darn shame too that they're
> docked so bad. If you can find
> someone that is raising freezer
> beef and sell them private treaty
> that would be the way to go.
> Depending on where you are, there
> may be a marketing alliance that
> has a group of people that
> cow-migle calves, sorts them and
> feeds them out and sells in a
> group to a feedlot. I can't
> explain it all that well, but the
> attached site is the alliance we
> are in. We get some of the
> darndest looking calves, but as
> long as they meet the criteria
> they sell well as a group. We had
> a bunch of Maine crosses that were
> marked like Holsteins, large
> frame, #1 muscle, gained like
> crazy while getting ready for the
> feedlot. In a normal auction they
> probably would have gotten docked,
> sold right along with all the
> others, no problems.
>
> <A HREF="http://outreach.missouri.edu/howell/premierbeef/SOPBM_Home_Page.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://outreach.missouri.edu/howell/premierbeef/SOPBM_Home_Page.htm</A>
> dun
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