alacattleman
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got this off ranchers,from creativecattle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMPcMSOrWPk
that's why i bumped it, back up.ANAZAZI":8hu5mowq said:Now this is interesting stuff, because we hear a lot of peoples opinions on the subject, but no hard facts to back it. And this is at least a first try to take it seriously and try to test it instead of just guessing. And thanks for showing us, as at least I would never have found it otherwise.
northtexas":66w8xvnl said:>>Its appearing to me that picking these super high gaining bulls out of the bull tests may actually be picking just a bunch of big pigs that eat a lot.It sure looks like with proper selection reducing feed costs by 25% with no change in performance is possible.<<
In a perfect world this is great. But feeders get paid to FEED cattle. They want high gainers and they are actually making money on the feed so actually efficiency hurts the feeder.
When you retain ownership you pay the feeder yardage, feed (at a markup) and vet (meds and chute fees). You have to trust the feedyard will truthfully bill your pen for feed and not use some sort of yard average or alley average.
northtexas":31e5klsx said:>>Its appearing to me that picking these super high gaining bulls out of the bull tests may actually be picking just a bunch of big pigs that eat a lot.It sure looks like with proper selection reducing feed costs by 25% with no change in performance is possible.<<
In a perfect world this is great. But feeders get paid to FEED cattle. They want high gainers and they are actually making money on the feed so actually efficiency hurts the feeder.
When you retain ownership you pay the feeder yardage, feed (at a markup) and vet (meds and chute fees). You have to trust the feedyard will truthfully bill your pen for feed and not use some sort of yard average or alley average.