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What is a 5 weight? What is a 6 weight?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1824928" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Most 700# + calves go right on a feedlot - no backgrounding. They are screwed if they backgrounded mine. Just slow their growth (screws up marbling) and they just grow frame, which means then you are finishing out a 1600# steer. </p><p>That was why the original % Simmental steers got such a bad reputation. Back then, everybody backgrounded. They soon learned those spotted calves didn't finish until they were 1700#.</p><p>From what I've been told and read, you want the calf to stay on an increasing growth curve for the best early marbling. Works for me with the 13 months old steers I've raised. Butcher just raves about the marbling. Keeps showing his other customers. Tries to get them to guess how old they are.</p><p>Don't most backgrounders get low ADG on their calves? Cheap gain, but low?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1824928, member: 968"] Most 700# + calves go right on a feedlot - no backgrounding. They are screwed if they backgrounded mine. Just slow their growth (screws up marbling) and they just grow frame, which means then you are finishing out a 1600# steer. That was why the original % Simmental steers got such a bad reputation. Back then, everybody backgrounded. They soon learned those spotted calves didn't finish until they were 1700#. From what I've been told and read, you want the calf to stay on an increasing growth curve for the best early marbling. Works for me with the 13 months old steers I've raised. Butcher just raves about the marbling. Keeps showing his other customers. Tries to get them to guess how old they are. Don't most backgrounders get low ADG on their calves? Cheap gain, but low? [/QUOTE]
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