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<blockquote data-quote="wayneintexas" data-source="post: 78370" data-attributes="member: 1481"><p>It makes me laugh when guys with a negative scrotal EPD sign on as a Guest. If you really belive that BS that you wrote about CAB, be a man and sign your name, or do grow broilers for Tyson. The drawback of free speech is when those who know little, say alot. The problem with the cattle industry isn't CAB. They are the largest branded beef organization in the world. They can sell more than we can produce, and sales have increased every year. The problem is, most people's cattle can't meet the minumum requirements. Of those cattle who qualify by having 51% black hide, most fail for one of two reasons. Either lack of marbling gets them on the Quality Grade or excess fat gets them on the Yield Grade, or, for those who really shouldn't be in the cattle business, both. When the people who do the breeding don't understand or don't care about the end product, the resulting end product won't meet the specified request. The people who feed cattle, who buy your calves and place them in a CAB liscensed feedlot, are asking for a few simple things. They want them to grow at a decent rate (YW EPDs), grade choice or better(ultrasound IMF), and Yield 1,2 or 3 (ultrasound BF and RP). The AAA has a vast data bank, with free access, that anyone can use to make breeding decisions to help you make progress towards improving your herd, so that your calves will pass these tests. And if you own these calves after they have met all the criteria, they give you money. It seems very simple to me. The American people have put in an order for tender juicy steaks. And if you will fill their order they will pay you cash. Capitalism and the American Dream all rolled into one. You don't even have to purchase new cattle. Just manage correctly those that you already own. No implants at weaning, no IM injections other than the neck, etc. At one of the Bull Tests (in Alabama I think) the top selling Angus bull ($3900) had a BF ratio of about 154, he wouldn't even make a good steer, and someone bought him to use as a herd bull. Another bull with a BF ratio of about 89, and a IMF ratio of about 120, and an ADG ratio of say 110 went for $1400. He is a better bull than most of the bulls that the semen companies are selling $30 a straw semen out of, to Registered Angus Breeders. As long as the wrong people are making the cattle breeding descisions in America, the product isn't going to match the order. Nothing is worse than going through the drive through of a fast food restaurant and then looking into the bag when you get your order and saying to yourself, "That's not what I ordered!!!" "How could they mess that up, it has only been 2 minutes and I am only 15 feet away." "Which part of large fries don't they understand?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wayneintexas, post: 78370, member: 1481"] It makes me laugh when guys with a negative scrotal EPD sign on as a Guest. If you really belive that BS that you wrote about CAB, be a man and sign your name, or do grow broilers for Tyson. The drawback of free speech is when those who know little, say alot. The problem with the cattle industry isn't CAB. They are the largest branded beef organization in the world. They can sell more than we can produce, and sales have increased every year. The problem is, most people's cattle can't meet the minumum requirements. Of those cattle who qualify by having 51% black hide, most fail for one of two reasons. Either lack of marbling gets them on the Quality Grade or excess fat gets them on the Yield Grade, or, for those who really shouldn't be in the cattle business, both. When the people who do the breeding don't understand or don't care about the end product, the resulting end product won't meet the specified request. The people who feed cattle, who buy your calves and place them in a CAB liscensed feedlot, are asking for a few simple things. They want them to grow at a decent rate (YW EPDs), grade choice or better(ultrasound IMF), and Yield 1,2 or 3 (ultrasound BF and RP). The AAA has a vast data bank, with free access, that anyone can use to make breeding decisions to help you make progress towards improving your herd, so that your calves will pass these tests. And if you own these calves after they have met all the criteria, they give you money. It seems very simple to me. The American people have put in an order for tender juicy steaks. And if you will fill their order they will pay you cash. Capitalism and the American Dream all rolled into one. You don't even have to purchase new cattle. Just manage correctly those that you already own. No implants at weaning, no IM injections other than the neck, etc. At one of the Bull Tests (in Alabama I think) the top selling Angus bull ($3900) had a BF ratio of about 154, he wouldn't even make a good steer, and someone bought him to use as a herd bull. Another bull with a BF ratio of about 89, and a IMF ratio of about 120, and an ADG ratio of say 110 went for $1400. He is a better bull than most of the bulls that the semen companies are selling $30 a straw semen out of, to Registered Angus Breeders. As long as the wrong people are making the cattle breeding descisions in America, the product isn't going to match the order. Nothing is worse than going through the drive through of a fast food restaurant and then looking into the bag when you get your order and saying to yourself, "That's not what I ordered!!!" "How could they mess that up, it has only been 2 minutes and I am only 15 feet away." "Which part of large fries don't they understand?" [/QUOTE]
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