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<blockquote data-quote="Ojp6" data-source="post: 1278628" data-attributes="member: 23608"><p>We sold them both ways. Consistently got more money for the cattle that had lost their water weight prior to selling. Kill plants want to buy shrunk cattle, there is just a lot less risk involved for them. Better not sell anymore cows to kill because you are selling them into cruelty. A lot of cows will leave the barn after the sale, go on a 10+ hour ride, and then not get any water before they go to the kill floor. By sending the animals to kill you are contributing to the "animal cruelty". If it hurt the cows why would it be such a common practice? Nobody can afford to be cruel to a 2500 dollar fat steer if it might die. </p><p></p><p>All I'm saying is that cattle are off water for whatever reason all the time and don't really need water for up to 48 hours of they had been drinking like normal before that. I'm sure you can find how long a cow can be off water without issues somewhere on the internet. I think it has something to do with water storage in their rumen or something but there is a reason why it bothers them less for the first while than it would a different animal.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And that story from Bigfoot is bad. If it doesn't make you cringe to catch one in the gate you have some problems. Does he still come to the yard?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ojp6, post: 1278628, member: 23608"] We sold them both ways. Consistently got more money for the cattle that had lost their water weight prior to selling. Kill plants want to buy shrunk cattle, there is just a lot less risk involved for them. Better not sell anymore cows to kill because you are selling them into cruelty. A lot of cows will leave the barn after the sale, go on a 10+ hour ride, and then not get any water before they go to the kill floor. By sending the animals to kill you are contributing to the "animal cruelty". If it hurt the cows why would it be such a common practice? Nobody can afford to be cruel to a 2500 dollar fat steer if it might die. All I'm saying is that cattle are off water for whatever reason all the time and don't really need water for up to 48 hours of they had been drinking like normal before that. I'm sure you can find how long a cow can be off water without issues somewhere on the internet. I think it has something to do with water storage in their rumen or something but there is a reason why it bothers them less for the first while than it would a different animal. And that story from Bigfoot is bad. If it doesn't make you cringe to catch one in the gate you have some problems. Does he still come to the yard? [/QUOTE]
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