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<blockquote data-quote="GoWyo" data-source="post: 1710363" data-attributes="member: 38220"><p>The main reason we background calves after weaning is to get the bull calves shaped up to go to the neighbor's feedlot to develop them, make final selections on replacement heifers before selling the ones we don't keep and to frame up the handful of steers we feed out before they go to the neighbor's feedlot. We only wind up auctioning about 1/3 of the calf crop. If we were straight commercial, I would be tempted to precondition 2-3 weeks before weaning and sell bawlers.</p><p></p><p>On the steers last year, I prefer to sell 1350-1450 pounders, and we had them on feed too long partly because we couldn't get a harvest date. August and early September are booked with county fair processing, so to hit mid-September we are going to just rough the steers on grass hay til February and then put them on feed. I think they will be framed up a little better, be more efficient on their gain and save a month and a half on the feed bill. Otherwise they need to go on feed in October and try to harvest in June or July, which makes for 1250-1300 pounders and virtually the same feed bill. Maybe it doesn't matter with total costs in the end, but going to try it anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoWyo, post: 1710363, member: 38220"] The main reason we background calves after weaning is to get the bull calves shaped up to go to the neighbor's feedlot to develop them, make final selections on replacement heifers before selling the ones we don't keep and to frame up the handful of steers we feed out before they go to the neighbor's feedlot. We only wind up auctioning about 1/3 of the calf crop. If we were straight commercial, I would be tempted to precondition 2-3 weeks before weaning and sell bawlers. On the steers last year, I prefer to sell 1350-1450 pounders, and we had them on feed too long partly because we couldn't get a harvest date. August and early September are booked with county fair processing, so to hit mid-September we are going to just rough the steers on grass hay til February and then put them on feed. I think they will be framed up a little better, be more efficient on their gain and save a month and a half on the feed bill. Otherwise they need to go on feed in October and try to harvest in June or July, which makes for 1250-1300 pounders and virtually the same feed bill. Maybe it doesn't matter with total costs in the end, but going to try it anyway. [/QUOTE]
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