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<blockquote data-quote="Northern Rancher" data-source="post: 716651" data-attributes="member: 5898"><p>How many of you pontificating on cow size/feedlot performance have actually finished some cattle. Our cows would probably average frame five-I'm just looking at a kill sheet and their steers averaged 1393 at slaughter-these are cattle that buyers tell me are 'too small'. Weight comes from thickness not from how goddamn tall their mother was-over the last probably 15 years our cull cows weigh about 1225 at slaughter-fat off the grass. Those finished cattle by the way made a $40 dollar/head premium from a herd of too small cows. As far as feedlots go they could give a rats ass about how big the cow is the calf came from. The first time we fed there they missed the projected harvest date by a month and a 100 pounds-there is more to performance than big frame. When people stop listening to purebred breeders who've never fed anything to finish without a halter on it the world would be a better place. You'd see a big shakeup in the business if every commercial breeder received carcass data back on the calves he sold-I was hoping our national ID program would lead to that. One thing I know-is that if you've retained ownership on a few sets of calves you have some power when the salebarn pimp comes around. Those steers were straight blacks and baldies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northern Rancher, post: 716651, member: 5898"] How many of you pontificating on cow size/feedlot performance have actually finished some cattle. Our cows would probably average frame five-I'm just looking at a kill sheet and their steers averaged 1393 at slaughter-these are cattle that buyers tell me are 'too small'. Weight comes from thickness not from how goddamn tall their mother was-over the last probably 15 years our cull cows weigh about 1225 at slaughter-fat off the grass. Those finished cattle by the way made a $40 dollar/head premium from a herd of too small cows. As far as feedlots go they could give a rats ass about how big the cow is the calf came from. The first time we fed there they missed the projected harvest date by a month and a 100 pounds-there is more to performance than big frame. When people stop listening to purebred breeders who've never fed anything to finish without a halter on it the world would be a better place. You'd see a big shakeup in the business if every commercial breeder received carcass data back on the calves he sold-I was hoping our national ID program would lead to that. One thing I know-is that if you've retained ownership on a few sets of calves you have some power when the salebarn pimp comes around. Those steers were straight blacks and baldies. [/QUOTE]
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