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Purchasing heavy breds vs steers ?
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<blockquote data-quote="J+ Cattle" data-source="post: 1796587" data-attributes="member: 4063"><p>[USER=35932]@Richnm[/USER] I'm going to make some points that I know are obvious</p><p>1. Starting out with steer calves will get you to the end point goal of slaughter steers much faster.</p><p>2. Bred heifers can have trouble and you lose both the calf and the heifer, total loss.</p><p>3. The heifer could have a heifer calf instead of a steer calf, I guess you could ultrasound to determine the sex of the fetus.</p><p>4. Sometimes a heifer doesn't know what to do and doesn't take good care of her calf or maybe she doesn't have much milk.</p><p>5. If your goal is finished steers for slaughter, why feed the cow if you have a good source for the weaned calves?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J+ Cattle, post: 1796587, member: 4063"] [USER=35932]@Richnm[/USER] I'm going to make some points that I know are obvious 1. Starting out with steer calves will get you to the end point goal of slaughter steers much faster. 2. Bred heifers can have trouble and you lose both the calf and the heifer, total loss. 3. The heifer could have a heifer calf instead of a steer calf, I guess you could ultrasound to determine the sex of the fetus. 4. Sometimes a heifer doesn't know what to do and doesn't take good care of her calf or maybe she doesn't have much milk. 5. If your goal is finished steers for slaughter, why feed the cow if you have a good source for the weaned calves? [/QUOTE]
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