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<blockquote data-quote="BAGTIC" data-source="post: 357890" data-attributes="member: 3757"><p>"BUT a good percentage of the time a small mama is going to produce a small calf and when that 2-3 frame grass fat little toad hits the scale at ~400 lbs, the order buyers who are going to have a career in this business are going to recognize that calf as a little fat, future YG 4 toad, that will only gain about 2.2 lbs a day in the feedlot and a 15-20 $cwt dock is going to be assessed against those USDA small feeder calves."</p><p></p><p>Which counts more? How many pounds a day the animal gains or how much it gains per hundred of feed. If the bigger cow gains 10-15% more per day but eats 20% more doing it where is the gain.</p><p></p><p>This is where the beef industry has lagged behind. Poultrymen, hogmen, dairymen have long been <strong>far </strong>ahead of the beef industry in being able to track <strong>actual</strong> food conversion ratios instead of average daily gain (at whatever food cost).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BAGTIC, post: 357890, member: 3757"] "BUT a good percentage of the time a small mama is going to produce a small calf and when that 2-3 frame grass fat little toad hits the scale at ~400 lbs, the order buyers who are going to have a career in this business are going to recognize that calf as a little fat, future YG 4 toad, that will only gain about 2.2 lbs a day in the feedlot and a 15-20 $cwt dock is going to be assessed against those USDA small feeder calves." Which counts more? How many pounds a day the animal gains or how much it gains per hundred of feed. If the bigger cow gains 10-15% more per day but eats 20% more doing it where is the gain. This is where the beef industry has lagged behind. Poultrymen, hogmen, dairymen have long been [b]far [/b]ahead of the beef industry in being able to track [b]actual[/b] food conversion ratios instead of average daily gain (at whatever food cost). [/QUOTE]
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