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Weight gain this time of year (grass in a cool wet spring)
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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 670030" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I don't understand the 117 WW ratio. I see the EPD's show +54 WW and +86 YW where does 117 come from?</p><p></p><p>I do see good growth from the calves but my number 1 criteria for a bull is calving ease. As far as I can tell from this spring, his calves about fell out of a wide range of larger and smaller cows and a couple first time heifers. That's what I asked Jerry for and that's what he sold me.</p><p></p><p>I also don't understand your comment about scurs. I thought that they were a negative? Someone else had a post on here recently talking about how his partners backed out of a bull purchase due to scurs...</p><p></p><p>They don't matter to me, as long as I don't have any full horned animals around. If I do I guess they will just have to be dehorned. Got to take the minuses with the pluses. I have one bull calf that looks fabulous even as young as he is but he seems to be scurred also. Why would scurs increase value??? I'll post this and look for a picture showing his scurs.</p><p></p><p>edit: here's a picture from early this spring. You can see his scurs if you look close.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/T21_Grazing_corn_stalks_side_032109_IMG_4207.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 670030, member: 7509"] I don't understand the 117 WW ratio. I see the EPD's show +54 WW and +86 YW where does 117 come from? I do see good growth from the calves but my number 1 criteria for a bull is calving ease. As far as I can tell from this spring, his calves about fell out of a wide range of larger and smaller cows and a couple first time heifers. That's what I asked Jerry for and that's what he sold me. I also don't understand your comment about scurs. I thought that they were a negative? Someone else had a post on here recently talking about how his partners backed out of a bull purchase due to scurs... They don't matter to me, as long as I don't have any full horned animals around. If I do I guess they will just have to be dehorned. Got to take the minuses with the pluses. I have one bull calf that looks fabulous even as young as he is but he seems to be scurred also. Why would scurs increase value??? I'll post this and look for a picture showing his scurs. edit: here's a picture from early this spring. You can see his scurs if you look close. [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/T21_Grazing_corn_stalks_side_032109_IMG_4207.JPG[/img] [/QUOTE]
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