ROB":1aokvxza said:a very good link from Midland Bull Test Station. two pretty large groups of bulls of various breeds which came off test in January and March of this year. and some very interesting reading which discusses a lot of the topics on this thread.
ROB
http://www.midlandbulltest.com/efficiencyresults.php
That is interesting I wonder how much their condition going into test had to do with the results?
I had a steer that I gave my now sister inlaw for ffa. He was tiny because his mother had little milk,he gained just looking at feed and won the rate of gain contest by a wide margin.Other steers were feed way harder than him.I know this an extreme case,but I wonder how much of this if any contributes to the feed efficieny test and how much is genetic.THe horny bulls also don't seem to gain as much as the lazy bulls.I would like to see feed efficeny tests for steers in sire groups.