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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1098234" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>I have been using lute and AI on a put together cow herd before turning in the bulls. I try to produce bwf, and I like to experiment, so I am using several breeds of bulls each year. The combination that worked best in the sale ring this year is a Herf bull over an average wt. (exactly 1,326# ;-) ), or close to average wt., black X cow. The Herf bull put on a lot of rib and some frame on the calves. They grew and sold well.</p><p>Kit replied back and said that less than frame 2 was too small at the packer. I am not sure what frame 2 looks like, but I know tall slab sided cows are usually hard keepers. I usually cull a couple taller heifers before I start breeding.</p><p>The hard thing for me to judge is a small easy keeping old timey cow who brings in a small calf. On % she is doing OK... I have retained some of these calves in the stocker herd, and it is more than milk - - they just don't have a lot of growth. I think this kind belong in the desert. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1098234, member: 1715"] I have been using lute and AI on a put together cow herd before turning in the bulls. I try to produce bwf, and I like to experiment, so I am using several breeds of bulls each year. The combination that worked best in the sale ring this year is a Herf bull over an average wt. (exactly 1,326# ;-) ), or close to average wt., black X cow. The Herf bull put on a lot of rib and some frame on the calves. They grew and sold well. Kit replied back and said that less than frame 2 was too small at the packer. I am not sure what frame 2 looks like, but I know tall slab sided cows are usually hard keepers. I usually cull a couple taller heifers before I start breeding. The hard thing for me to judge is a small easy keeping old timey cow who brings in a small calf. On % she is doing OK... I have retained some of these calves in the stocker herd, and it is more than milk - - they just don't have a lot of growth. I think this kind belong in the desert. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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