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<blockquote data-quote="SirLoin" data-source="post: 723568" data-attributes="member: 13578"><p>Thanks for all of the honest replies everyone. I posted this to get some honest feedback. I agree that these ribeyes are way too fatty, but it sure seems like my repeat customers and the people on my waiting list don't mind. The beef I sold last spring were from the same herd and were leaner and several people commented(negatively) on that, so this time I bumped their feed up. I've had no complaints from my October sales, only six return buyers placing orders for next fall, with two new buyers who tried beef I sold to one of the 6.</p><p></p><p>I glean from more than one poster that I am throwing too much grain on them in the last 3 months. I'm using a 14% protein feed with Lasalocid. It's about all they sell in this area. How much should I be giving them? Am I giving them too much during the first 9 months also? What can I do to make my product better? I dry age my beef so I need a sufficient amount of carcass fat. My neighbor give his beef (from the same herd I get mine from) very little grain, and his beef grow way slower. My beef slaughter weights are usually 1000 - 1200 lbs, this one somewhere in the middle. The medium sized ribeye was about 9.5" x 6" at it's longest and widest points. I've tried some Herford crosses, and while their steaks were meatier, they just were not the same quality as the angus crosses IMO, and my customers agreed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SirLoin, post: 723568, member: 13578"] Thanks for all of the honest replies everyone. I posted this to get some honest feedback. I agree that these ribeyes are way too fatty, but it sure seems like my repeat customers and the people on my waiting list don't mind. The beef I sold last spring were from the same herd and were leaner and several people commented(negatively) on that, so this time I bumped their feed up. I've had no complaints from my October sales, only six return buyers placing orders for next fall, with two new buyers who tried beef I sold to one of the 6. I glean from more than one poster that I am throwing too much grain on them in the last 3 months. I'm using a 14% protein feed with Lasalocid. It's about all they sell in this area. How much should I be giving them? Am I giving them too much during the first 9 months also? What can I do to make my product better? I dry age my beef so I need a sufficient amount of carcass fat. My neighbor give his beef (from the same herd I get mine from) very little grain, and his beef grow way slower. My beef slaughter weights are usually 1000 - 1200 lbs, this one somewhere in the middle. The medium sized ribeye was about 9.5" x 6" at it's longest and widest points. I've tried some Herford crosses, and while their steaks were meatier, they just were not the same quality as the angus crosses IMO, and my customers agreed. [/QUOTE]
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