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<blockquote data-quote="ANAZAZI" data-source="post: 716512" data-attributes="member: 7541"><p>A cow should have an optimum size. The smallest cow that is usually able to produce offspring that is big enough to finish at an accetable weight.</p><p> To be on the safe side it is possible to use terminal sires of higher frame scores than the cows. This use is the only justification to breed really big breeds.</p><p></p><p> In another time in another place where an acceptable carcass needs to weigh twice as much, it would be well adiviced to promote the breeding of really big cows.</p><p>Note therefore tha there is no general "truth" what cow size is the best, merely that small cows tend to be more efficient.</p><p>And note that the most important reason to not making cows too small is that the end product can be too small for the market.</p><p></p><p>My preference is cow weights of 1100 to1300 lbs; because this cow size makes both bulls and heifers big enough for the market here, even when bred to bulls of the same frame score.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANAZAZI, post: 716512, member: 7541"] A cow should have an optimum size. The smallest cow that is usually able to produce offspring that is big enough to finish at an accetable weight. To be on the safe side it is possible to use terminal sires of higher frame scores than the cows. This use is the only justification to breed really big breeds. In another time in another place where an acceptable carcass needs to weigh twice as much, it would be well adiviced to promote the breeding of really big cows. Note therefore tha there is no general "truth" what cow size is the best, merely that small cows tend to be more efficient. And note that the most important reason to not making cows too small is that the end product can be too small for the market. My preference is cow weights of 1100 to1300 lbs; because this cow size makes both bulls and heifers big enough for the market here, even when bred to bulls of the same frame score. [/QUOTE]
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