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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1660159" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>[USER=40418]@simme[/USER] excellent points on getting a FS - but, the measurement is taken across the hip bones. Here's a quick reference I found from AAA.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.angus.org/Performance/AHIR/PerfFrameScore.aspx[/URL]</p><p>I have a bar going down the opposite side of the chute with inches marked. We turn in hip measurements to ASA on all our cattle. It is not nearly as accurate as using a regular FS measuring tape - with the telescoping arm and bubble balance (I think I have two) but is much faster. Back in the days, you had to measure everything for sale. Heck, kids at a sale would take an animal out of it's stall and be measuring them if we left for any length of time. LOL</p><p>I agree with everyone's comments about needing some size to their bulls - but - I used to run mostly 7.5+ cows with an average weight of 1550# - I now run an average of maybe 6 FS with an average weight of 1550#. I cut their legs off and added depth of body. I LOVE the phenotype of my herd now. Big soggy easy keeping milking machines. Point being (was not trying to brag) - FS is just one measurement to be looking at. If you have small FS cows, yes, I can see needing more height on your bulls - but his body TYPE is more important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1660159, member: 968"] [USER=40418]@simme[/USER] excellent points on getting a FS - but, the measurement is taken across the hip bones. Here's a quick reference I found from AAA. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.angus.org/Performance/AHIR/PerfFrameScore.aspx[/URL] I have a bar going down the opposite side of the chute with inches marked. We turn in hip measurements to ASA on all our cattle. It is not nearly as accurate as using a regular FS measuring tape - with the telescoping arm and bubble balance (I think I have two) but is much faster. Back in the days, you had to measure everything for sale. Heck, kids at a sale would take an animal out of it's stall and be measuring them if we left for any length of time. LOL I agree with everyone's comments about needing some size to their bulls - but - I used to run mostly 7.5+ cows with an average weight of 1550# - I now run an average of maybe 6 FS with an average weight of 1550#. I cut their legs off and added depth of body. I LOVE the phenotype of my herd now. Big soggy easy keeping milking machines. Point being (was not trying to brag) - FS is just one measurement to be looking at. If you have small FS cows, yes, I can see needing more height on your bulls - but his body TYPE is more important. [/QUOTE]
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