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Weighed my cattle his afternoon - calf % cow weights
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<blockquote data-quote="purecountry" data-source="post: 785099" data-attributes="member: 2306"><p>Great data Jim, thanks for sharing. You've hit on a key management factor in beef production, cow efficiency. When you analyze data like this, you realize the results, but it's what you DO with them that's most important. For starters, you would never want to keep a heifer out of the 1900lb cow, as it will probably pass that inefficiency on. Second, you would not want to grass finish her steers either because they would most likely get to one helluva size before slaughter, and end up with huge cuts from the carcass. A finished animal from the 1360lb cow would finish at an ideal 1100-1300 on grass given time and proper nutrition, and my bet is he'd be more profitable than the steer from the big cow.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again, good info to spread around to more producers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="purecountry, post: 785099, member: 2306"] Great data Jim, thanks for sharing. You've hit on a key management factor in beef production, cow efficiency. When you analyze data like this, you realize the results, but it's what you DO with them that's most important. For starters, you would never want to keep a heifer out of the 1900lb cow, as it will probably pass that inefficiency on. Second, you would not want to grass finish her steers either because they would most likely get to one helluva size before slaughter, and end up with huge cuts from the carcass. A finished animal from the 1360lb cow would finish at an ideal 1100-1300 on grass given time and proper nutrition, and my bet is he'd be more profitable than the steer from the big cow. Thanks again, good info to spread around to more producers. [/QUOTE]
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