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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 666430" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>Feed and deworming will not improve his structure or bone. If his sire was better looking and produced your calf, you really need to cut your calf. Apparently his sire does not reproduce himself or better the offspring.</p><p></p><p>Even if you are producing terminal stock, you want a frame that can carry the muscle. A light boned animal will not bring top dollar and hoping that your bull will produce a throwback to the more desirable sire is risky. </p><p></p><p>There are factors that make a bull or cow more profitable as a producer of better beef. Learning to judge cattle will make you a better cattleman. </p><p></p><p>There is literature available online to help you learn how to judge cattle. Good conformation and muscling pay off in the long run. Our children participate in livestock and horse judging contests. Because of what they have learned, they can see a diamond in the rough. When judging cattle you look for Structural correctness, which includes balance from front to rear, smooth shoulders, levelness of topline and square feet and leg placement and movement.</p><p></p><p>Good capacity in the rib area and depth in the chest floor for feed intake.</p><p></p><p>For breeding animals, special attention is given to the best combination of size, conformation, structural correctness, volume, breed and sex character (example: females must exhibit correct udder development and attachment for their age).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/beef/beef-breeding-beef-cattle.pdf" target="_blank">http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pd ... cattle.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>The Angus Association has a page about judging which has a heifer and a bull class which explains how the animals are placed. When you look at the bull class, notice how long the muscling is from the pin bone to the hocks. Lots of round steaks there ;-) </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.angus.org/pub/judging.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.angus.org/pub/judging.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 666430, member: 5644"] Feed and deworming will not improve his structure or bone. If his sire was better looking and produced your calf, you really need to cut your calf. Apparently his sire does not reproduce himself or better the offspring. Even if you are producing terminal stock, you want a frame that can carry the muscle. A light boned animal will not bring top dollar and hoping that your bull will produce a throwback to the more desirable sire is risky. There are factors that make a bull or cow more profitable as a producer of better beef. Learning to judge cattle will make you a better cattleman. There is literature available online to help you learn how to judge cattle. Good conformation and muscling pay off in the long run. Our children participate in livestock and horse judging contests. Because of what they have learned, they can see a diamond in the rough. When judging cattle you look for Structural correctness, which includes balance from front to rear, smooth shoulders, levelness of topline and square feet and leg placement and movement. Good capacity in the rib area and depth in the chest floor for feed intake. For breeding animals, special attention is given to the best combination of size, conformation, structural correctness, volume, breed and sex character (example: females must exhibit correct udder development and attachment for their age). [url=http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/beef/beef-breeding-beef-cattle.pdf]http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pd ... cattle.pdf[/url] The Angus Association has a page about judging which has a heifer and a bull class which explains how the animals are placed. When you look at the bull class, notice how long the muscling is from the pin bone to the hocks. Lots of round steaks there ;-) [url=http://www.angus.org/pub/judging.pdf]http://www.angus.org/pub/judging.pdf[/url] Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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