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kidsandkows said:twistedhshowstock said:I think the bottom calf is balanced very well...and to say he is a fat slug, check your glasses man, that calf aint fat, that calf is thick. Like I said in an earlier post, he has something we are lacking in the US...growth and performance, that calf will probably easily wean at 700lbs,
I am sort of new to the club calf stuff. And I think I experienced the same thing. We have predominantly commercial angus cows and I had a really good angus bull on them for growth. Then last year I bought a clubby type bull that goes back to Irish Whiskey on top and and meyer/angus on bottom. I was pretty pleased with the style, width, hair, and bone he put in to his first calves. But the weaning weights were at least 100 lbs lighter than the year before and the years before that. At first i wanted to attribute it to the different years as far as rainfall , cold etc. But other than the extreme cold last winter. There was not very much difference in our circumstances. Is this something more people experience? Is there really that much disparity between clubby and commercial? I am sure they are going to grow just fine but I was shocked. We will see what next year brings.
Not to steer away from the thread at hand....BUT....I am not resource either on this subject. What we have found is some clubby genetics just don't perform as well as your commercially oriented genetics. But if you think about it many times steers for show are held and or pushed for gain. I am not sure when they breed for club type genetics the first focus is on ADG. I have never found my club sired calves to perform as well as my purebred shorties on daily gain.
Not saying ALL CLUBBY genetics either, I am sure there are some that just are as easy fleshing as some commercially oriented sires.( i haven't experienced that), sure I know it could be the cow base. Just an opinion on my part.