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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 348098" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>I'll have to be a bit more careful with my labelling: the two cow-calf pairs above are cross-breds, the others (including all these below) are/will be registered Angus.</p><p></p><p>Here's a 4.5month calf by Future Direction, weight 470#. He looks really nice in the paddock, but again, I suspect he lacks in the back end.</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/45a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/45b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A three month old heifer by my EXT son, current weight 368#. I very much like this heifer, she has real presence, looks nice and even and reasonably deep in the body for such a young calf. Her mother has horrible feet and her sire has very nice legs and feet. </p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/56-2Mar07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>4.5 month heifer calf, sire Ardrossan Connection X15, current weight 480#. Obviously I'd have preferred her to stand properly, but these are all just pictures in the paddock. This is the daughter of the last cow in my post above.</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/46-2Mar07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I wean the occasional 660# bull at just over six months (if the grass runs out) and the heifers are generally around 575# at the same age. This year's calves to date average 2.65# per day with nothing other than grass and milk. How does that compare to growth and weights in that part of the world?</p><p></p><p>I believe I can spot a good animal, but I'm still very inexpert at describing what is right or wrong in what I see. Any detailed comments on these would be very welcomed, good and bad. None of the calves yet has EBVs available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 348098, member: 5956"] I'll have to be a bit more careful with my labelling: the two cow-calf pairs above are cross-breds, the others (including all these below) are/will be registered Angus. Here's a 4.5month calf by Future Direction, weight 470#. He looks really nice in the paddock, but again, I suspect he lacks in the back end. [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/45a.jpg[/img][img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/45b.jpg[/img] A three month old heifer by my EXT son, current weight 368#. I very much like this heifer, she has real presence, looks nice and even and reasonably deep in the body for such a young calf. Her mother has horrible feet and her sire has very nice legs and feet. [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/56-2Mar07.jpg[/img] 4.5 month heifer calf, sire Ardrossan Connection X15, current weight 480#. Obviously I'd have preferred her to stand properly, but these are all just pictures in the paddock. This is the daughter of the last cow in my post above. [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/46-2Mar07.jpg[/img] I wean the occasional 660# bull at just over six months (if the grass runs out) and the heifers are generally around 575# at the same age. This year's calves to date average 2.65# per day with nothing other than grass and milk. How does that compare to growth and weights in that part of the world? I believe I can spot a good animal, but I'm still very inexpert at describing what is right or wrong in what I see. Any detailed comments on these would be very welcomed, good and bad. None of the calves yet has EBVs available. [/QUOTE]
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