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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1176814" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>cbcr, the adjusted weaning weight formula is MUCH more complex than that, since calves gain MUCH more weight in their first month than their 7th... Even not so good cows will have calves that grow 3-4 lbs/day for the first month.</p><p></p><p>I take weaning weight as the weight when the calf is weaned, not a week or two after. Since I don't have a scale, I look at the animals I keep and compare them to equivalent animals going to the sale, and from there I can get a decent estimate of how much the ones I've kept weight. The steer I kept this year had NO weaning stress... or whatever he did have, well, he "ate his troubles away".. He was weaned 2 weeks ago and has still been gaining well.</p><p></p><p>As for how much weight an animal loses on the trip, mine pretty much get weaned the night before shipping, have a 4-5 hour trip to the sale barn, then spend the night with food and water, and usually go through the ring around 1-2 PM. I could see losing about 5% weight, but I think if someone was going to try to give me a 10% pencil shrink I'd tell them to go stuff it, or add 10% to the price.</p><p></p><p>I weaned Sept 7th this year, usually I wean Oct 20th, so my calves were a lot younger.. How did my weaning weights look? about 120 lbs light from most years (~500 vs 600-650)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1176814, member: 9096"] cbcr, the adjusted weaning weight formula is MUCH more complex than that, since calves gain MUCH more weight in their first month than their 7th... Even not so good cows will have calves that grow 3-4 lbs/day for the first month. I take weaning weight as the weight when the calf is weaned, not a week or two after. Since I don't have a scale, I look at the animals I keep and compare them to equivalent animals going to the sale, and from there I can get a decent estimate of how much the ones I've kept weight. The steer I kept this year had NO weaning stress... or whatever he did have, well, he "ate his troubles away".. He was weaned 2 weeks ago and has still been gaining well. As for how much weight an animal loses on the trip, mine pretty much get weaned the night before shipping, have a 4-5 hour trip to the sale barn, then spend the night with food and water, and usually go through the ring around 1-2 PM. I could see losing about 5% weight, but I think if someone was going to try to give me a 10% pencil shrink I'd tell them to go stuff it, or add 10% to the price. I weaned Sept 7th this year, usually I wean Oct 20th, so my calves were a lot younger.. How did my weaning weights look? about 120 lbs light from most years (~500 vs 600-650) [/QUOTE]
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