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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 714290" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>The experience we have is in raising the cattle with a decent frame to them and then also buying feeder calves from our customers for feeders. The feeders we buy for consistantly ask if they are big enough, have enough muscle, and bone. They flat out don't want calves that do not have enough frame. This is coming from several feedlots that range in size of 250 head up to 40,000 head. So it pretty much covers the feeding industry. Now, if they are yearlings that are coming off of grass, it is a different story, they can handle them if they are a little smaller framed since they have already grew out. </p><p></p><p>All I am saying is, the cattle can get to small for the buyers and we need to pay attention to them as they are our customers, just like we don't need them to get to big, as the packers are docked for heavy carcasses and the ranchers can't afford to feed them. I don't think anyone here thinks we want to big of cows, at least I don't, but I have seen cows that are to small and to frail made that the buyers just don't want them. It works both ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 714290, member: 2397"] The experience we have is in raising the cattle with a decent frame to them and then also buying feeder calves from our customers for feeders. The feeders we buy for consistantly ask if they are big enough, have enough muscle, and bone. They flat out don't want calves that do not have enough frame. This is coming from several feedlots that range in size of 250 head up to 40,000 head. So it pretty much covers the feeding industry. Now, if they are yearlings that are coming off of grass, it is a different story, they can handle them if they are a little smaller framed since they have already grew out. All I am saying is, the cattle can get to small for the buyers and we need to pay attention to them as they are our customers, just like we don't need them to get to big, as the packers are docked for heavy carcasses and the ranchers can't afford to feed them. I don't think anyone here thinks we want to big of cows, at least I don't, but I have seen cows that are to small and to frail made that the buyers just don't want them. It works both ways. [/QUOTE]
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