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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1824507" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Agree on the importance of a defined calving season. It brings uniformity to the calves. Calves closer in age, quality, weights, management, appearance, etc. Calves that look identical are sold here in groups and bring more money. Having enough for a pot load allows marketing opportunities that brings even more money.</p><p></p><p>It somewhat forces better management. Pulling the bulls out on schedule and preg checking afterwards points you to those open cows costing money. Getting those gone sooner rather than later cuts costs. And ends up educating a person on overall performance as a group and as individuals. Easier to evaluate if they were born and raised in the same time frame with the same weather and opportunity. Allows you to work them more efficiently. No multiple age groups and multiple working dates for the same purpose like vaccinations, tagging, branding, cutting, weighing, breeding, selling, etc. </p><p></p><p>My opinion - having very similar cows and very similar bulls and selecting over the years on performance will yield over the long term. Some people buy cows based on whether they think they can make money on them. I am sure it works for some people, but I just try to make them all alike and hope that will work for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1824507, member: 40418"] Agree on the importance of a defined calving season. It brings uniformity to the calves. Calves closer in age, quality, weights, management, appearance, etc. Calves that look identical are sold here in groups and bring more money. Having enough for a pot load allows marketing opportunities that brings even more money. It somewhat forces better management. Pulling the bulls out on schedule and preg checking afterwards points you to those open cows costing money. Getting those gone sooner rather than later cuts costs. And ends up educating a person on overall performance as a group and as individuals. Easier to evaluate if they were born and raised in the same time frame with the same weather and opportunity. Allows you to work them more efficiently. No multiple age groups and multiple working dates for the same purpose like vaccinations, tagging, branding, cutting, weighing, breeding, selling, etc. My opinion - having very similar cows and very similar bulls and selecting over the years on performance will yield over the long term. Some people buy cows based on whether they think they can make money on them. I am sure it works for some people, but I just try to make them all alike and hope that will work for me. [/QUOTE]
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