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05/11/12, 07:36 AM
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Big Day (pic)
For those of you wanting to learn about raising Jerseys for meat. Today is his weigh in, everyone is excited except the one getting weighed. Anyway read my thread from three weeks ago then follow this one if your interested....I will post his live weight later today....Topside
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05/11/12, 08:11 AM
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That's the chunkiest Jersey I ever did see! I'll be curious to learn what he weighs.
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05/11/12, 08:53 AM
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I agree...biggest chunky jersey I ever did see!! LOL!
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05/11/12, 10:02 AM
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Start guessing.....816
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05/11/12, 10:07 AM
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848lbs
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05/11/12, 10:11 AM
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Hmmmmm....I will start with saying that I suck at guessing weights. Now that that is out of the way....I would say around 790-815
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05/11/12, 10:17 AM
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950 lbs
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05/11/12, 10:35 AM
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That is the fattest Jersey I have ever seen, too.
I'll guess 925 lb.
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05/11/12, 10:48 AM
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1120 look at the fat top knot above the tail he must be almost 24 months or so.  whatever he weighs it will be great
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05/11/12, 11:08 AM
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Topside,
What has been the feeding regimen for this steer?
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05/11/12, 11:46 AM
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Just got home, he weighed in @ 1015# and costing me $287.90 total: kill fee, cut, wrap, & vacuum sealed.
Pick up date is May 29 for those folks interested in hanging time.
Agman: I'll cut and paste feeding history from previous thread:
Just to use as a reference: Bottle raised, calf starter for 6 months, grass and hay for 16 months, five pounds of cracked corn per day for one month, 8 pounds of cracked corn per day for one month. This steer will be 24 months old by May 11, the day he packs his bags....I'm guessing by May 11 he'll weigh in at 900 pounds....Topside
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05/11/12, 01:58 PM
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See told you I sucked at that! LOL!
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05/11/12, 02:29 PM
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ALLENLABS... YOU said you suck at it and i thought I was pretty good and you were closer by a pound than I was.. I ONLY missed it by 199 pounds on a 1015 pound steer thats ONLY 20 % off...
WAIT he was only standing on 3 legs when I figured his weight....LOL LOL
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05/11/12, 02:30 PM
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Topside just one nice steer what do you figure you have in him with all the corn and stuff
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05/11/12, 02:35 PM
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Topside since you thought 900 that gives you another 115 pounds of meat roughly .... could I upgrade to a porthouse instead of the hamburger ?
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05/11/12, 02:41 PM
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He's got 400 lbs of corn in em, he outta be fat...lol I bet he's delicious.
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05/11/12, 03:13 PM
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Myers, when they are heading to my freezer I don't add up the cost, got to eat.....I will take a photo of the final meat product in a few weeks....Topside
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05/11/12, 06:26 PM
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Is that the live weight or the hanging weight?
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05/12/12, 07:15 AM
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Tad it's live weight @ .28 cents a pound....I wish that was hanging weight price, but of course that's impossible for a Jersey.,,,,Topside
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05/12/12, 07:47 AM
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Top, that is a nice looking steer, I have seen bigger, had an old boy near me that use to feed out steers and he had a couple jersey steers that would have made yours look tiny. Folks you can get jersey steers big if you feed them and they have the frame for it. Top has it figured out for sure, good job ole boy. > Thanks Marc
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