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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 1569344" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>Why is it so important to play in the big leagues, I have no desire to play at raising cattle. I love raising them, seeing the genetic improvements made with each calf crop. I am in competition, but it isn't against other breeders, it's against my last calf crop. We measure for performance traits, it doesn't matter if a calf is AI sired or An ET calf out of my best donor and the hottest bull on the market, if it doesn't perform it doesn't make the cut. I don't want 2000 pound cows my environment doesn't support them. I am very happy with a heifer weighing 800 to 900 pounds as a yearling and calving out at 1100 to 1200 pounds. Our cow herd average weight is 1350 and they wean off calves at 650 to 750 pounds at close to 205 days of age. We have some bigger cows they stay because they do their job and do it well, but if the smaller cow is weighing the same percentage calf as the big cow have I truly gained anything? I have always said my goal is to breed the perfect cow, I love the quest, and really don't think anyone can build the perfect cow, come close but perfection is always just out of reach. For me it's the quest for perfection that keeps me going. I have no desire whatsoever to buy my way to the top, we have purchased some excellent cows but by golly we have bred a bunch as well. I want someday for my son to look at our herd and say wow mom sure was a fine CattleWomen, she had it figured out.</p><p></p><p>Gizmom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 1569344, member: 13402"] Why is it so important to play in the big leagues, I have no desire to play at raising cattle. I love raising them, seeing the genetic improvements made with each calf crop. I am in competition, but it isn’t against other breeders, it’s against my last calf crop. We measure for performance traits, it doesn’t matter if a calf is AI sired or An ET calf out of my best donor and the hottest bull on the market, if it doesn’t perform it doesn’t make the cut. I don’t want 2000 pound cows my environment doesn’t support them. I am very happy with a heifer weighing 800 to 900 pounds as a yearling and calving out at 1100 to 1200 pounds. Our cow herd average weight is 1350 and they wean off calves at 650 to 750 pounds at close to 205 days of age. We have some bigger cows they stay because they do their job and do it well, but if the smaller cow is weighing the same percentage calf as the big cow have I truly gained anything? I have always said my goal is to breed the perfect cow, I love the quest, and really don’t think anyone can build the perfect cow, come close but perfection is always just out of reach. For me it’s the quest for perfection that keeps me going. I have no desire whatsoever to buy my way to the top, we have purchased some excellent cows but by golly we have bred a bunch as well. I want someday for my son to look at our herd and say wow mom sure was a fine CattleWomen, she had it figured out. Gizmom [/QUOTE]
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