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<blockquote data-quote="Jovid" data-source="post: 571592" data-attributes="member: 2979"><p>Well I asked the OSU extension agent about this and here is what he said. They want the steers to weigh between 750 and 950 at this time. Then they will grow them to 1400 t0 1500 or even more and then they will start cutting them back and shrink them to around 1200. At that time they will start feeding them again to put some cover on them and hope to have their show rate around 1275 t0 1350. He said that is the only way they they can get the club calves to have the appearance that they are thick.</p><p></p><p>So I then asked him what that does to the carcass. He said that a few of them will still grade choice but the yield grade won't be very good. He then went on to say that they are not raising these cattle for the meat they are raising them to SHOW. He admitted that if they were raising them for the carcass we would be showing steers that are 14 to 16 months old instead of ones that are 18 to 20 months old and we wouldn't be shrinking them and then feeding them again.</p><p></p><p>Well I will continue to raise my steers for carcass and not for show. all of our steers have either graded high choice or prime and yes my 600 lb calf will be 1200 to 1250 by March. Will he win? No. Will his carcass grade high? Yes </p><p></p><p>On a side note we had our show yesterday and I have to applaud the judge as he picked the 2nd lightest steer for grand and the 4th lightest one for reserve. He said that those steers were where they needed to be at this time and several of the others were probably a little too big for this stage of the process. :tiphat:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jovid, post: 571592, member: 2979"] Well I asked the OSU extension agent about this and here is what he said. They want the steers to weigh between 750 and 950 at this time. Then they will grow them to 1400 t0 1500 or even more and then they will start cutting them back and shrink them to around 1200. At that time they will start feeding them again to put some cover on them and hope to have their show rate around 1275 t0 1350. He said that is the only way they they can get the club calves to have the appearance that they are thick. So I then asked him what that does to the carcass. He said that a few of them will still grade choice but the yield grade won't be very good. He then went on to say that they are not raising these cattle for the meat they are raising them to SHOW. He admitted that if they were raising them for the carcass we would be showing steers that are 14 to 16 months old instead of ones that are 18 to 20 months old and we wouldn't be shrinking them and then feeding them again. Well I will continue to raise my steers for carcass and not for show. all of our steers have either graded high choice or prime and yes my 600 lb calf will be 1200 to 1250 by March. Will he win? No. Will his carcass grade high? Yes On a side note we had our show yesterday and I have to applaud the judge as he picked the 2nd lightest steer for grand and the 4th lightest one for reserve. He said that those steers were where they needed to be at this time and several of the others were probably a little too big for this stage of the process. :tiphat: [/QUOTE]
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