TheBullLady":1ausbv5r said:
Here in central Texas the calves are going on winter pastures of wheat and oats for backgrounding. They'll be sold either on gain or outright at 800+ lbs to the feedlots
Ok dun.. what does "cat hammed" mean?
Back before we started using the muscle classification of 1, 2, 3, we used th term cat hammed for those that had no muscling in the rear. If you look at a typical cat you'll notice the shape of the "ham" appears underdeveloped. So those calves that have very scrawny hindquarters we called cat hammed.
I refered to him that way and the vet about wet himslef laughing. Then we he really looked at the calf he saw exactly what I was talking about and had to agree that it did look like a cat.
If they were numbered it would be about a 5-6 even though the numering only goes to 3.
This cow is the one I had alluded to earlier. People take a look at her and just drool wanting her in their herd. She looks like a real powerhouse. We used three different bulls on her and every one of her calves was cat hammed. Her mother throughs great calves and so do her half sisters out of that old cow. She is/was just a real disappointment. But at $59 cwt I won't miss her.
dun