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Where are Hereford sires for 1,200 lb. cows?
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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1279583" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Completely agree with you on this statement Danny. We run all our cows across the scale at weaning (granted we only breed about 20-25 head so it's not a too time consuming thing to do) and I think many would be amazed at what their cows are actually weighing compared to what they think they are. Did a quick average calculation going over our weaning worksheet last year and the females that weaned calves averaged 1364 which included a few first calf heifers weighing on the lighter side. Just like the guys that eyeball birth weights, I'm sure some have a good idea what a 80lb calf and 90lb calf look like but I'd rather know for sure and use a scale. What someone might think is a 1200 lb cow may actually be a 1300 or 1400 lb. It gets really interesting too when you start factoring in a dry summer or in our case this year a really wet year I'm sure our cows are carrying a little more weight than usual with the grass still growing well when usually its been grazed down a lot more by now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1279583, member: 20580"] Completely agree with you on this statement Danny. We run all our cows across the scale at weaning (granted we only breed about 20-25 head so it's not a too time consuming thing to do) and I think many would be amazed at what their cows are actually weighing compared to what they think they are. Did a quick average calculation going over our weaning worksheet last year and the females that weaned calves averaged 1364 which included a few first calf heifers weighing on the lighter side. Just like the guys that eyeball birth weights, I'm sure some have a good idea what a 80lb calf and 90lb calf look like but I'd rather know for sure and use a scale. What someone might think is a 1200 lb cow may actually be a 1300 or 1400 lb. It gets really interesting too when you start factoring in a dry summer or in our case this year a really wet year I'm sure our cows are carrying a little more weight than usual with the grass still growing well when usually its been grazed down a lot more by now. [/QUOTE]
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