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<blockquote data-quote="faster horses" data-source="post: 1748284" data-attributes="member: 17524"><p>I tend to think the steer calves are by-products, that the heifers are the most important.</p><p>She is the factory. You can do anything with a bull, but the heifer needs to be able to do </p><p>3 things. 1)have a live calf. 2)save it 3) breed back. Not that that has anything to do with frame at this point but stacking pedigrees over time (example: selecting for more frame) could come back to bit you on the butt. We sold replacement heifers for years, therefore selected for good ones; ones that could survive and do those 3 things I mentioned above. </p><p></p><p>I must qualify what I said, however. We live in Montana and Wyoming; quite a different climate than where you are. You have a better feed source to raise larger framed cattle successfully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faster horses, post: 1748284, member: 17524"] I tend to think the steer calves are by-products, that the heifers are the most important. She is the factory. You can do anything with a bull, but the heifer needs to be able to do 3 things. 1)have a live calf. 2)save it 3) breed back. Not that that has anything to do with frame at this point but stacking pedigrees over time (example: selecting for more frame) could come back to bit you on the butt. We sold replacement heifers for years, therefore selected for good ones; ones that could survive and do those 3 things I mentioned above. I must qualify what I said, however. We live in Montana and Wyoming; quite a different climate than where you are. You have a better feed source to raise larger framed cattle successfully. [/QUOTE]
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