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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1812084" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>[USER=4063]@J+ Cattle[/USER] , when we sell our calves will generally be 14-17 months old. We calve from Feb 7th for about 90 days. We wean according to conditions but usually first of November. I figure a February born calf should weigh 850 in July. 75# pound birth weight and 1.5 # day gain. The deal I see is the gain isn't steady. They'll grow like a weed for awhile then slack off and go back and forth according to the weather all winter. They do continue to grow frame through the winter which is what we're after. When spring hits they grow pretty good for awhile but in the heat of late June and July they stall out. We never supplement after winter. A friend of mine got in a deal a few years back and had to keep his until mid August, he said there was zero gain from mid July to mid August. It just gets so hot. At bigger sales like OKC they sell in groups so you really don't know the weights of each calf. I think North and NorthEast Texas is a great place to raise cattle but the weather conditions vary so much it makes it tough.</p><p></p><p>We are at 4/5 Acres per cow and probably 1.5 acres per yearling. Be interested to know y'alls stocking rates?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1812084, member: 32659"] [USER=4063]@J+ Cattle[/USER] , when we sell our calves will generally be 14-17 months old. We calve from Feb 7th for about 90 days. We wean according to conditions but usually first of November. I figure a February born calf should weigh 850 in July. 75# pound birth weight and 1.5 # day gain. The deal I see is the gain isn't steady. They'll grow like a weed for awhile then slack off and go back and forth according to the weather all winter. They do continue to grow frame through the winter which is what we're after. When spring hits they grow pretty good for awhile but in the heat of late June and July they stall out. We never supplement after winter. A friend of mine got in a deal a few years back and had to keep his until mid August, he said there was zero gain from mid July to mid August. It just gets so hot. At bigger sales like OKC they sell in groups so you really don't know the weights of each calf. I think North and NorthEast Texas is a great place to raise cattle but the weather conditions vary so much it makes it tough. We are at 4/5 Acres per cow and probably 1.5 acres per yearling. Be interested to know y'alls stocking rates? [/QUOTE]
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