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<blockquote data-quote="phillse" data-source="post: 479801" data-attributes="member: 5684"><p>I have butchered shorthorn calves at ages of 13months to 18 months. </p><p></p><p>The biggest difference was in how fast you push them and how long you have them on grain. </p><p></p><p>to get best finish they need to be on full grain 180-190 days.</p><p>However, for personal freezer beef. I found that if I let them grow a little longer on grass and hay with minimal grain and pushed them hard at the end for 90 days on full feed they did quite well. It just took a few more months to reach finish.</p><p></p><p>So the question is how long do you want to keep them around? How much grain do you wish to feed? Growing them slowly on grass, ands a little grain and then pushing at the end uses less grain and can be more economical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phillse, post: 479801, member: 5684"] I have butchered shorthorn calves at ages of 13months to 18 months. The biggest difference was in how fast you push them and how long you have them on grain. to get best finish they need to be on full grain 180-190 days. However, for personal freezer beef. I found that if I let them grow a little longer on grass and hay with minimal grain and pushed them hard at the end for 90 days on full feed they did quite well. It just took a few more months to reach finish. So the question is how long do you want to keep them around? How much grain do you wish to feed? Growing them slowly on grass, ands a little grain and then pushing at the end uses less grain and can be more economical. [/QUOTE]
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