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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 863226" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>Valerie...</p><p>bear in mind that since I downsized and am now only a hobbyist....</p><p>I only have two mature cows left and a few heifers.</p><p>I have not measured my cows but they are big girls easy six frame maybe a seven. Selecting for growth and performance for twenty years got me growth and performance but the herd size was creeping up. Milk and feed consumption was creeping up as well. Now we still had a herd that was living in a commercial environment on fescue and bermuda grass. But they took a lot of hay in the wintertime.</p><p></p><p>But it is what my customers wanted. anytime a customer looked at bulls heifers or cows they invariably selected the bigger ones. My bull market was good because the bulls we sent to the test station competed very well. most of my bull market was repeat customers and word of mouth. I quit promoting because I could not produce to the demand and was sending buyers to other breeders.</p><p>calving ease and growth were the two hot buttons becasue all the herds around here are sideline herds with owners having a job in town. Heck I am at my day job as I type this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 863226, member: 6543"] Valerie... bear in mind that since I downsized and am now only a hobbyist.... I only have two mature cows left and a few heifers. I have not measured my cows but they are big girls easy six frame maybe a seven. Selecting for growth and performance for twenty years got me growth and performance but the herd size was creeping up. Milk and feed consumption was creeping up as well. Now we still had a herd that was living in a commercial environment on fescue and bermuda grass. But they took a lot of hay in the wintertime. But it is what my customers wanted. anytime a customer looked at bulls heifers or cows they invariably selected the bigger ones. My bull market was good because the bulls we sent to the test station competed very well. most of my bull market was repeat customers and word of mouth. I quit promoting because I could not produce to the demand and was sending buyers to other breeders. calving ease and growth were the two hot buttons becasue all the herds around here are sideline herds with owners having a job in town. Heck I am at my day job as I type this. [/QUOTE]
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