aj
Well-known member
I was going through the Wedel Red Angus 16th annual bull and Replacement sale......here close to me. But he tests bulls on the GrowSafe intake data equipment. Anyway the index on the bulls include DMI ratios(dry matter intake) and F:G ratios. The less the bull eats is a better ratio in the DMI category and the F:G ratio is strictly a pounds per gain vs pounds eaten(feed efficiency). What is the the DMI ratio for? Is it a indicator of fleshing ability cause say a cow or steer eats less? The F;G ratio is fairly self explainitory but the DMI ratio kinda stumps me. All this stuff is new and maybe its all up in the air as far as economical traits are concerned. And all this data really muddies the water as far as simply valuing fast gaining cattle being the ones to value as premium. Any gurus out there. I know I have always questioned the value of feed efficiency of cattle in a feedlot test when it comes to selecting cows that can survive on a sawdust and sand diet. Thanks in advance.