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Beef Calves (pic)
Tennessee Tech University Cattle. Class: Beef Cattle Management. Today's hands on lecture: Frame size and muscling.
For those new to cattle, these calves were all born during the same month and year. Only one remained an intact (bull). Just thought I'd share. Topside
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09/17/11, 09:22 PM
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Nice group of calves and I believe the bull is on the far right. Any idea of what it cost feed wise to get these animals to where they are? I know they are getting supplemental feed as they do not have a grass gut.
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09/17/11, 09:41 PM
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Agman, this group was just weaned off mama cow this Monday....fat, ----ed and a little bit happy. I have some of the weaned weight numbers, if you're interested. We judged two groups, a heifer group and this group...it's pretty obvious which one is still intact. That bull will be sold or used as a herd sire at Tech or elsewhere. ..We talked about market pricing mainly, size, length, rump, back, feet, etc. Even though I'm not a beef calf raiser the time grading these cattle was well spent....Topside.
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09/17/11, 10:16 PM
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How old are these guys out of curiosity? They are just so big!
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09/17/11, 10:20 PM
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Nice calves. How are they bred?
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09/17/11, 10:25 PM
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Ok..not to sound too stupid. How can you tell just by looking which one is the bull?
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09/17/11, 10:39 PM
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For me he just looked more masculine..and has a nice hump growing on his shoulders...much more defined muscles and more hair.
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his head! LOL
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09/17/11, 11:35 PM
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Man I wish I had a couple hundred head of those in the yard about ready to go, I could almost retire early. Nice looking calves for sure, I would guess full blood angus , but I could be wrong. > Thanks Marc
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09/18/11, 08:23 AM
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I also thought full blood angus and the one on the far right as a bull.
Nice looking group of calves - would love to go to a class like that Top - thanks for sharing.
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09/18/11, 10:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topside1
Tennessee Tech University Cattle. Class: Beef Cattle Management. Today's hands on lecture: Frame size and muscling.
For those new to cattle, these calves were all born during the same month and year. Only one remained an intact (bull). Just thought I'd share. Topside
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Thanks for sharing. The bull is a chunk, isn't he? Do you know their breeding? Are you telling us they weren't given grain! Are these straightbred Angus that came right off grass and momma? I'd love to see some weaning weights if/when you get time to post them.
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09/18/11, 11:30 AM
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Another photo showing different frame sizes, #1 muscle, same age calves, genetics sure play a critical role...Topside
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Quote:
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Another photo showing different frame sizes, #1 muscle, same age calves, genetics sure play a critical role...Topside
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Thanks.
Yes, genetics are important. It's amazing to me to see people refusing to pay another $500 for a bull because it's too expensive....when that bull could be adding another $200 in value to each and every calf. And if you retain heifers, it could be a lot more than $200 in the long run.
Last edited by FEF; 09/18/11 at 02:27 PM.
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