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<blockquote data-quote="Northern Rancher" data-source="post: 717863" data-attributes="member: 5898"><p>We just sold our drys-they averaged 1185-small for some-but I'll put it to you this way that size of cow will do well in almost any enviroment-she'll do a little better or you can run more of them when conditions are good. What they won't do is break you when times are tough like it's been here since '03-long hard winters and droughty summers. Those cows calves finish around 100 pounds heavier than they are. I don't know about you but when we ran the big engines-30 years of that-we had trouble getting cattle to grade before they got too big. Our fat cattle actually made some money getting fed $5 barley. They feedlot said their cost of gain was $.40/lb under some of the other cattle. You'll have a hard time convincing me that a moderate cow isn't the best solution. If you want a bigger calf breed her to a bigger bull and be disciplined enough to cut the heads off the big shiny looking heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northern Rancher, post: 717863, member: 5898"] We just sold our drys-they averaged 1185-small for some-but I'll put it to you this way that size of cow will do well in almost any enviroment-she'll do a little better or you can run more of them when conditions are good. What they won't do is break you when times are tough like it's been here since '03-long hard winters and droughty summers. Those cows calves finish around 100 pounds heavier than they are. I don't know about you but when we ran the big engines-30 years of that-we had trouble getting cattle to grade before they got too big. Our fat cattle actually made some money getting fed $5 barley. They feedlot said their cost of gain was $.40/lb under some of the other cattle. You'll have a hard time convincing me that a moderate cow isn't the best solution. If you want a bigger calf breed her to a bigger bull and be disciplined enough to cut the heads off the big shiny looking heifers. [/QUOTE]
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