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<blockquote data-quote="SBMF 2015" data-source="post: 1721535" data-attributes="member: 39695"><p>Son nailed it. Dairy and even dairy cross calves need to go on a self feeder almost as soon as you wipe the milk off their faces. Holsteins will grade if you feed them right, but grass is not the path to choice. A friend of mine used to keep 200 Holstein strs on feed. They'd get them at 200lbs and they were on a self feeder by 300lbs. They would weigh 1,400 @ 14-15 mos. and grade choice or better. But they ate between 75-100 bu of corn.</p><p>People don't want 1,800 strs that grade select. Some processors won't even kill them.</p><p>If you want to feed out some cheaper calves but a set of straight bred Herefords or Charolais or short horns (the beef type) or red Angus. You can grow any of those breeds on grass for a summer then finish them. They may cost more, but it will take less feed to finish them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBMF 2015, post: 1721535, member: 39695"] Son nailed it. Dairy and even dairy cross calves need to go on a self feeder almost as soon as you wipe the milk off their faces. Holsteins will grade if you feed them right, but grass is not the path to choice. A friend of mine used to keep 200 Holstein strs on feed. They'd get them at 200lbs and they were on a self feeder by 300lbs. They would weigh 1,400 @ 14-15 mos. and grade choice or better. But they ate between 75-100 bu of corn. People don't want 1,800 strs that grade select. Some processors won't even kill them. If you want to feed out some cheaper calves but a set of straight bred Herefords or Charolais or short horns (the beef type) or red Angus. You can grow any of those breeds on grass for a summer then finish them. They may cost more, but it will take less feed to finish them. [/QUOTE]
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