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<blockquote data-quote="El_Putzo" data-source="post: 283563" data-attributes="member: 1017"><p>I like your advice, it's near what I was thinking. But to answer your questions, on the top half: Actuall WW span from 622 lbs (237 days old) to 480 lbs (174 days old). WDA's span from 2.45 to 2.8.</p><p></p><p>I went back and did some sorting on my spreadsheet and the first thing I did was sorted of everything with an ADG less than the average of the contemporary group, which was 2.09 lbs/day. That should have weeded out the poor growers. The next thing I would do is weed out any heifers from cows with structural/udder problems. After that, I think I'd eliminate the heifers with excessive BW (Over 95 or so) One thing I would do differently if I was selling the heifers as opposed to retaining them, is I would not cull the ones that were too big frame wise. Mostly because I wouldn't know what frame size my customers were looking for.</p><p></p><p>As I said before, this is all theoretical, and I've been using numbers from the last set of calves we weaned, even though they've all gone to the sale barn already. This is mainly for future reference. We will be weaning the spring calves next week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El_Putzo, post: 283563, member: 1017"] I like your advice, it's near what I was thinking. But to answer your questions, on the top half: Actuall WW span from 622 lbs (237 days old) to 480 lbs (174 days old). WDA's span from 2.45 to 2.8. I went back and did some sorting on my spreadsheet and the first thing I did was sorted of everything with an ADG less than the average of the contemporary group, which was 2.09 lbs/day. That should have weeded out the poor growers. The next thing I would do is weed out any heifers from cows with structural/udder problems. After that, I think I'd eliminate the heifers with excessive BW (Over 95 or so) One thing I would do differently if I was selling the heifers as opposed to retaining them, is I would not cull the ones that were too big frame wise. Mostly because I wouldn't know what frame size my customers were looking for. As I said before, this is all theoretical, and I've been using numbers from the last set of calves we weaned, even though they've all gone to the sale barn already. This is mainly for future reference. We will be weaning the spring calves next week. [/QUOTE]
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