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<blockquote data-quote="jersey lilly" data-source="post: 252156" data-attributes="member: 2258"><p>It's tough to cull durin a drought for a calf that was a few months late. She's not the only one that was born in May. Our grass situation is better now than it's been in a good while, got 2 1/4 inches of rain at the end of last week. Not enuff to end this drought but it helped. Breedin season last year there wasn't a whole lot of grass. This has thrown our calving all outta shape. In the past we have left the bulls in year round, for the simple fact that we didnt have a place to put them if pulled off. Now that's remedied. We have a place for them. Why would I cull a cow that weans a calf ever year on grass alone the weighs 650 - 700 lbs at 6 mo old? </p><p>When I said Cullin because of color,most heifer calves go to the sale barn that aren't black, unless I just really like the way they are put together. Yes eventually the dam will be culled. When we get a few more black replacements to fill the spots the colored one's will leave when they get culled. But not yet. </p><p>I don't really understand your comment txag about "if your calves are going through the salebarn one at a time then color isn't that big of a deal anyway." because calves here sell thru the ring one at a time allllll the time. If you were meanin loadin one calf up and haulin it all by itself to the sale barn, that doesn't happen around here unless somethin is wrong with it. Same goes for a cow. Only been a handfull of times in the last 15 or so years that we've hauled a Cow or Calf off by it'self. Everything usually goes on the trailer when we work the whole herd and sell calves. Since we are now workin with a large number of cows, and keeping replacements, the last couple years spring and fall workings, we've hauled some of the older "color" cows to the sale. With intentions to eventually go all black. </p><p>CowpokeJ - I don't buy at the sale barn unless it's a replacement sale. And then still not very often. They are still most likely someones culls. Why buy somethin when what I'm raisin and keepin looks just as good if not better than those at replacement sales? If they are heavy bred at the salebarn they are there for a reason. Why buy someone elses "problem" Maybe that "heavy springer" was culled because of small pelvic area,??? who knows. So no...I know what's in my pasture, and what kinda heifers my black cows throw as replacements. </p><p>Most of what's goin thru the salebarn around here (cow wise) is one's that aren't doin well with what little grass they've got. Lotssss of skinny cows goin thru. People are keepin their best and gittin rid of the rest because of the grass situation. It's real interestin to watch how the sales go dependin on rain. LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jersey lilly, post: 252156, member: 2258"] It's tough to cull durin a drought for a calf that was a few months late. She's not the only one that was born in May. Our grass situation is better now than it's been in a good while, got 2 1/4 inches of rain at the end of last week. Not enuff to end this drought but it helped. Breedin season last year there wasn't a whole lot of grass. This has thrown our calving all outta shape. In the past we have left the bulls in year round, for the simple fact that we didnt have a place to put them if pulled off. Now that's remedied. We have a place for them. Why would I cull a cow that weans a calf ever year on grass alone the weighs 650 - 700 lbs at 6 mo old? When I said Cullin because of color,most heifer calves go to the sale barn that aren't black, unless I just really like the way they are put together. Yes eventually the dam will be culled. When we get a few more black replacements to fill the spots the colored one's will leave when they get culled. But not yet. I don't really understand your comment txag about "if your calves are going through the salebarn one at a time then color isn't that big of a deal anyway." because calves here sell thru the ring one at a time allllll the time. If you were meanin loadin one calf up and haulin it all by itself to the sale barn, that doesn't happen around here unless somethin is wrong with it. Same goes for a cow. Only been a handfull of times in the last 15 or so years that we've hauled a Cow or Calf off by it'self. Everything usually goes on the trailer when we work the whole herd and sell calves. Since we are now workin with a large number of cows, and keeping replacements, the last couple years spring and fall workings, we've hauled some of the older "color" cows to the sale. With intentions to eventually go all black. CowpokeJ - I don't buy at the sale barn unless it's a replacement sale. And then still not very often. They are still most likely someones culls. Why buy somethin when what I'm raisin and keepin looks just as good if not better than those at replacement sales? If they are heavy bred at the salebarn they are there for a reason. Why buy someone elses "problem" Maybe that "heavy springer" was culled because of small pelvic area,??? who knows. So no...I know what's in my pasture, and what kinda heifers my black cows throw as replacements. Most of what's goin thru the salebarn around here (cow wise) is one's that aren't doin well with what little grass they've got. Lotssss of skinny cows goin thru. People are keepin their best and gittin rid of the rest because of the grass situation. It's real interestin to watch how the sales go dependin on rain. LOL [/QUOTE]
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