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<blockquote data-quote="1848" data-source="post: 302375" data-attributes="member: 1303"><p>Here is a perspective for you SRR.</p><p></p><p>"Top gaining yearling bulls" sell at registered and select sales to commercial cattleman at almost every sale,..and trust me... these young bulls are not fed for another 6 months to a year to get them to "size" before they are put to work either! They will buy 1/2 a dozen and throw them to the wolves hoping to get a couple hundred head serviced. After 2 seasons they are usually rotated out...although some are even kept for a third year for good coverage of service or to keep a certain phenotype in the mix (color, breed) Unfortunately, they are worked so hard that their weight gain from yearling to 2 years old is minimal. An 800 to 1300 lb yearling bull may only gain 200 lbs in the next year. As a result they are no bigger then the cows they originally were exposed too. That is the nature of the business. Genetically those yearlings have what it takes to make 1800 or 2000 lbs if the circumstances allowed, but in the environment I used as an example this isn't going to happen. I don't care what breed it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1848, post: 302375, member: 1303"] Here is a perspective for you SRR. "Top gaining yearling bulls" sell at registered and select sales to commercial cattleman at almost every sale,..and trust me... these young bulls are not fed for another 6 months to a year to get them to "size" before they are put to work either! They will buy 1/2 a dozen and throw them to the wolves hoping to get a couple hundred head serviced. After 2 seasons they are usually rotated out...although some are even kept for a third year for good coverage of service or to keep a certain phenotype in the mix (color, breed) Unfortunately, they are worked so hard that their weight gain from yearling to 2 years old is minimal. An 800 to 1300 lb yearling bull may only gain 200 lbs in the next year. As a result they are no bigger then the cows they originally were exposed too. That is the nature of the business. Genetically those yearlings have what it takes to make 1800 or 2000 lbs if the circumstances allowed, but in the environment I used as an example this isn't going to happen. I don't care what breed it is. [/QUOTE]
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