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<blockquote data-quote="FlyingLSimmentals" data-source="post: 838471" data-attributes="member: 16752"><p>Doc Harris - your right weight weight and weight does cost you money money money but you gotta spend money if you want something good. You get what you pay for. Your also right on about cows size, a good smaller frame cow that milks good will make just as good and even better cow than the large frame one will and will cost you less money to take care of. I know I've got several of them, I've also been trying to tell my uncles that for years but they still prefer the bigger frame. The hard part is picking the right moderate heifers to save for cows to be those productive females because more moderate or small could mean problems. Such as calving, wearing down being nursed, etc... That's where the homework gets involved knowing your genetics.</p><p></p><p>My comment about weight, that's what we want I meant to be directed about their calves, which I felt the first bull with the depth would give his calves more weight by giving them more capacity and muscle. With luck his daughters wouldn't make to big of a cow depends on the dam and his genetics that I'm not fully aware of. The 2nd bull I thought will sire narrower calves with a taller lanky frame with not as much depth creating plainly a market calf and not very good replacement stock.</p><p></p><p>But neither bull looked bad, I just like one somewhat more and would pay more money for him because I would think he would give me heavier calfs and better stock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlyingLSimmentals, post: 838471, member: 16752"] Doc Harris - your right weight weight and weight does cost you money money money but you gotta spend money if you want something good. You get what you pay for. Your also right on about cows size, a good smaller frame cow that milks good will make just as good and even better cow than the large frame one will and will cost you less money to take care of. I know I've got several of them, I've also been trying to tell my uncles that for years but they still prefer the bigger frame. The hard part is picking the right moderate heifers to save for cows to be those productive females because more moderate or small could mean problems. Such as calving, wearing down being nursed, etc... That's where the homework gets involved knowing your genetics. My comment about weight, that's what we want I meant to be directed about their calves, which I felt the first bull with the depth would give his calves more weight by giving them more capacity and muscle. With luck his daughters wouldn't make to big of a cow depends on the dam and his genetics that I'm not fully aware of. The 2nd bull I thought will sire narrower calves with a taller lanky frame with not as much depth creating plainly a market calf and not very good replacement stock. But neither bull looked bad, I just like one somewhat more and would pay more money for him because I would think he would give me heavier calfs and better stock. [/QUOTE]
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