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Hey Topside, tasted that veal yet??? We are picking our guy up tomorrow. If you want any really good recipes, other than the bbq  pm me. Liz
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Thanks Liz, pick up is Wed the 19th....I'm hungry...Topside
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I look forward to a hanging weight on your Vealer. We will be butchering our (2) 6 month old Holsteins in the next month or so. I am eager to see how they finish out. Not to mention how they taste!!! mmmmmmmmmm
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Hi all, for those of you interested I picked up my freezer beef today. Dressed weight was 420 pounds, live weight was 890 so roughly 47% yield into the freezer...P.S. love the veal, there is no doubt I'll railse another veal calf...Take care,,,,,Topside
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Thank you very much for the update! I was just thinking about that this morning.
I just went back to your original post. You said Vealer was a bull calf 4 months old. So, I just want to clarify that you did not castrate him then? If not, what made you choose not to? We did band ours, but I can see if they are going to the freezer at 6 months old, it probably isn't necessary for the normal reasons, but I am wondering if your growth rate had anything to do with him being intact. My calves were also fed whole Jersey milk (but only a gallon a day each...thinking that has a fair bit to do with it as well) until I weaned them at 4 months and alfalfa. At 6 months, I don't think they are nearly the size yours was. I taped the larger of the 2 a few weeks ago and based on that he seems to be about 500 lbs. Of course the tape is a beef tape and I had to guess on his "beef" condition.
What are your thoughts? This is my first try with Holstein veal calves and I really have enjoyed having them around and it sure seems a very cost effective way to put some meat in the freezer.
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Trisha, I left Vealer intact simply to amplify his growth rate...The goats I butcher are also left intact, the size difference is very noticeable...Topside
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Nice looking animals.
Our slaughterhouse runs a mobile kill trailer. Costs $40 and .45/lb to process.
Up a bit from last year.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topside1
Trisha, I left Vealer intact simply to amplify his growth rate...The goats I butcher are also left intact, the size difference is very noticeable...Topside
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Thanks Topside. I will keep that in mind next year for sure!
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We just butchered our first holstein bull at a year old - we guessed him at 750, but he looked a lot like the bigger guy in Topside's first post. We butchered him ourselves so we don't have an actual weight. Hung for a week (it is a long story) and did the cutting up ourselves the next weekend which took a LONG time, compared to the actual kill/slaughter. The meat is fantastic even with the short hang time, and he was raised on goats milk, grass, and alfalfa.
Interestingly - we have three, two of whom we castrated and are three months older than Carl the bull was. Carl outgrew them gangbusters.
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sorry didn't see it but,
yearling live was: 890lbs - 420lbs back
vealer live was: 289lbs - ?????? back
thanks
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Alex, never asked for "Vealers" hang weight...He only hung for a day, then cut, wrapped and frozen...guess we were to hungry to care....Yummy that's for sure....Max say's hay....LOL
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09/04/09, 07:15 PM
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Glad you guys liked it Topside! Liz
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09/04/09, 07:53 PM
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The guy that ran the feedlot behind us would leave the bulls intact to around 600 or so pounds. He said that made the frame and steering them up filled it in.
He raised some nice looking animals.
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Average dressing % for beef. Lveweight X 60%= dressweight or hanging weight. Hanging weight X 60%= usable cuts of meat to freezer.
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