Gmc cattle
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Limiman12 said:
New definition for Clubby bred
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hamburgman
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Gmc cattle said:
The rail doesn't take into account all the cripples and couldn't finish at a decent weight, all the extra hair that hurt feed efficiency, the smaller frame score that hurts growth etc.
Talked to a guy the other day about this. Really a 1500 calf doesn't cut it now, you need at least 2,000 I figure to cover your extra cost and time/labor. Also figuring in the "dinks" that a lot of people get that have no growth and take the beating at the sale barn. I love backgrounding calves and sometimes you can get the clubbies bought right, but you have to be careful. I try to stay away from any of the yak haired ones especially.
Dyer Show cattle
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Most of my cows are sim angus cows with not to many clubby bred cows in the heard. In the past I have gotten hit mainly on the really harry ones. This year the only calf I took a hit on was a super thick angus calf out a first calf sim heifer that had quite a bit of hair but lost his tail switch.....Same deal there not many cuts of meat come from the tail but they still dock them. But on the harry ones I understand they do not take the heat as well and they get a lot of pounds of mud caked on there in the feedlots so I can't say I blame them there.
tcf
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When cattle sell with Frozen ears or short tales buyers are wary that their feet have been frozen a bit too. Bad for down the road. I am from Saskatchewan and in our area this idea is taken to heart when the bitter cold sets in. We have a good bed pack and keep calves warm so no feet are affected but every now and then we lose some tips of ears/ tails and just cant stop it.
