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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisB" data-source="post: 44045" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>Leaving bull calves intact vs. early castration is supposedly supposed to make like a 25-35 lb. difference at weaning; which translates to 25-35/hd. Another alternative to maximize weaning weights would be to castrate and implant.</p><p></p><p>As far as cattle getting docked at the sale barn; horns are "docked .10, intact bulls are docked .05, herefords are docked .15, too fleshy are docked .10, no preconditioning gets you docked .20, etc., etc. If you add all the things that supposedly get you docked or get you a premium, some of these 500 lb. calves would be going for $2.00 and some would be selling for $0.25. I guess I never really see the premiums or docking that I always hear about. A nice group of horned hereford bull calves straight off the cow will bring more than a sorry group of black preconditioned calves. I'm not saying there is a difference in price on steers vs. bulls of the same quality, but it's not nearly as big as some would have you believe. Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisB, post: 44045, member: 122"] Leaving bull calves intact vs. early castration is supposedly supposed to make like a 25-35 lb. difference at weaning; which translates to 25-35/hd. Another alternative to maximize weaning weights would be to castrate and implant. As far as cattle getting docked at the sale barn; horns are "docked .10, intact bulls are docked .05, herefords are docked .15, too fleshy are docked .10, no preconditioning gets you docked .20, etc., etc. If you add all the things that supposedly get you docked or get you a premium, some of these 500 lb. calves would be going for $2.00 and some would be selling for $0.25. I guess I never really see the premiums or docking that I always hear about. A nice group of horned hereford bull calves straight off the cow will bring more than a sorry group of black preconditioned calves. I'm not saying there is a difference in price on steers vs. bulls of the same quality, but it's not nearly as big as some would have you believe. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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