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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 239338" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Frankie, you're right. If you start them at a younger age (and the article refers to this) they will grade better. When packers pick out cattle that are "ready" - they aren't just looking at the WEIGHT of the animal, they are looking at the finish - FAT - that is visibly seen. </p><p>Implants give the calf the ability to grow an extra 100# to reach their "finished" weight. Therefore, it takes longer to reach the FINAL finished weight.</p><p>Since our calves are growthy, we quit implanting years ago, even tho I do believe in them.</p><p>We sell most of our feeders to a local feeder. We went to his place last week & picked out one of our "05 steers to put 1/2 in our freezer (we're sort of trading a fall steer for the 1/2). He had a couple really nice blacks of ours & a solid red. We picked the red, so that he might get the premium for the blacks when he shipped them. Yum, can't wait!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 239338, member: 968"] Frankie, you're right. If you start them at a younger age (and the article refers to this) they will grade better. When packers pick out cattle that are "ready" - they aren't just looking at the WEIGHT of the animal, they are looking at the finish - FAT - that is visibly seen. Implants give the calf the ability to grow an extra 100# to reach their "finished" weight. Therefore, it takes longer to reach the FINAL finished weight. Since our calves are growthy, we quit implanting years ago, even tho I do believe in them. We sell most of our feeders to a local feeder. We went to his place last week & picked out one of our "05 steers to put 1/2 in our freezer (we're sort of trading a fall steer for the 1/2). He had a couple really nice blacks of ours & a solid red. We picked the red, so that he might get the premium for the blacks when he shipped them. Yum, can't wait!!! :P [/QUOTE]
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