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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica06" data-source="post: 1176793" data-attributes="member: 5612"><p>I second this. I'll also add that I don't really give 205 day weights much thought in a commercial operation. You don't get paid for their 205 day weight. You get paid for their actual weight. Your best cows should be bringing in the heaviest calves, which typically means they are calving early AND milking good. Furthermore, if someone bases their cow culling decisions on weaning weights, any weight taken at any other time than right off the cow is, impo, unfair to the cow. </p><p></p><p>We sort calves off and then weigh them immediately and individually. Any weight gains or losses after that are attributed to management and the sires' genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica06, post: 1176793, member: 5612"] I second this. I'll also add that I don't really give 205 day weights much thought in a commercial operation. You don't get paid for their 205 day weight. You get paid for their actual weight. Your best cows should be bringing in the heaviest calves, which typically means they are calving early AND milking good. Furthermore, if someone bases their cow culling decisions on weaning weights, any weight taken at any other time than right off the cow is, impo, unfair to the cow. We sort calves off and then weigh them immediately and individually. Any weight gains or losses after that are attributed to management and the sires' genetics. [/QUOTE]
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