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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 785096" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>The 1930 lb cow is one I purchased as a heifer calf from a neighbor. She was always on grass and probably not over nor under fed at any time. Never had much grain beyond a gentling treat. Her sire was a rent-a-bull so there is no telling what her background genetics are on the sire side.</p><p></p><p>Brandon, one of the positive things about this 1930 lb cow is that if you were raising grass-fed beef and had plenty of grass, that ability to convert grass to fat might be useful. If you had enough grass!</p><p></p><p>We spend much time and energy and internet postings talking about bulls. But the fact that these two cows, 1360 and 1930 lb, under the same conditions and same sire, produce two such very different results points out to me the importance of COW genetics in addition to bull genetics.</p><p></p><p>edit: last November (2009) at weaning in Nov the 1360 lb cow weighed 1275 lb. Nov 2008 she weighed 1200. She is about 6 years old. So I agree that with less forage and in a Texas like environment she would come back down to the 1200 lb range. </p><p></p><p>By comparison, the currently 1930 lb cow weighed 1745 at Nov weaning in 2009 and 1375 after weaning her first calf in 2008. So she is not nearly as stable in weight as the lighter cow.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 785096, member: 7509"] The 1930 lb cow is one I purchased as a heifer calf from a neighbor. She was always on grass and probably not over nor under fed at any time. Never had much grain beyond a gentling treat. Her sire was a rent-a-bull so there is no telling what her background genetics are on the sire side. Brandon, one of the positive things about this 1930 lb cow is that if you were raising grass-fed beef and had plenty of grass, that ability to convert grass to fat might be useful. If you had enough grass! We spend much time and energy and internet postings talking about bulls. But the fact that these two cows, 1360 and 1930 lb, under the same conditions and same sire, produce two such very different results points out to me the importance of COW genetics in addition to bull genetics. edit: last November (2009) at weaning in Nov the 1360 lb cow weighed 1275 lb. Nov 2008 she weighed 1200. She is about 6 years old. So I agree that with less forage and in a Texas like environment she would come back down to the 1200 lb range. By comparison, the currently 1930 lb cow weighed 1745 at Nov weaning in 2009 and 1375 after weaning her first calf in 2008. So she is not nearly as stable in weight as the lighter cow. Jim [/QUOTE]
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