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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1455701" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>The last calf the biggest cow in that group I sold, wean weight at the sale barn was 717 lbs, he was a fall calf and I only weaned him 3 weeks. Not very impressive considering her size. That said, all my bulls are calving ease, low BW heifer bulls so my average calf weighs 75-80 lbs at birth, first calf heifers average 70. As a general rule the bigger cows spit out & wean bigger calves but that's not always the case (aforementioned 2090 lb cow). I would estimate the average weight of my herd at 1500 lbs. I really don't have an overall accurate average wean weight because I wean the spring calves in Oct but the last 2 years have held the calves until end of Jan/first of Feb (because of the market) and let them graze the brome, whereas I generally wean them 30-45 days. Last year's average weight at the sale barn was 790 for steers & 720 for heifers at appx 9 months.</p><p></p><p>I'm finally starting to cull my old fatties and the ones that are so off schedule they don't fit into spring or fall calving. I'd rather not sell a bred cow as butcher but I'm running the ranch by myself now and picking my battles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1455701, member: 24027"] The last calf the biggest cow in that group I sold, wean weight at the sale barn was 717 lbs, he was a fall calf and I only weaned him 3 weeks. Not very impressive considering her size. That said, all my bulls are calving ease, low BW heifer bulls so my average calf weighs 75-80 lbs at birth, first calf heifers average 70. As a general rule the bigger cows spit out & wean bigger calves but that's not always the case (aforementioned 2090 lb cow). I would estimate the average weight of my herd at 1500 lbs. I really don't have an overall accurate average wean weight because I wean the spring calves in Oct but the last 2 years have held the calves until end of Jan/first of Feb (because of the market) and let them graze the brome, whereas I generally wean them 30-45 days. Last year's average weight at the sale barn was 790 for steers & 720 for heifers at appx 9 months. I'm finally starting to cull my old fatties and the ones that are so off schedule they don't fit into spring or fall calving. I'd rather not sell a bred cow as butcher but I'm running the ranch by myself now and picking my battles. [/QUOTE]
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