Hogfarmer10
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I'm sure it's been brought up before but I'm curious. First I'll try to describe my operation. About 80 Charolais cows, as well as about 15-20 Angus. Currently all being bred to either an Angus bull or a Gelbvieh bull. Cows are split up into 4 "herds". All calves are weaned at least 60 days, wormed, and vaccinated. Each herd has basically 2 calving seasons, with the larger percentage of calves born late summer/early fall, remaining roughly 30% are born in spring. Now the question. At what weight does most everyone sell their calves? Years ago, most of the calves around me were sold around 500lbs. Now it seems that most people hold until around 650-700lbs. Especially the steers. Heifers usually are closer to the 600 lb mark. And have you found there is a better time of year to sell? (Other than the obvious spring "green up"). I'm in East TN and I am talking about just selling at the local stockyard.