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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1749287" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I think mature weight is definitely important, and hard to quantify. I don't want a herd of cows that weighs 1800-2000 lbs even if they are just 5 frame or whatever. Good condition for cattle not thin, not overly fat 1250-1500 with most being 1300-1400 and probably a range of 4-6 frame with most being probably 5-6 is where my cows are now. My current bulls are apparently in 5 frame range now, and calves are still hitting enough growth to not be too small of a frame. If buying a bull, I do prefer a upper 5 to 6 frame and with the right phenotype a 7 would be ok too.</p><p>The largest bull I've had was a Charolais, he was a yearling frame 10 maybe 11, and mature weight pasture condition 2500. He was the typical tall big boned flat muscled thin girthed animal of that time. A few years later a Hereford bull 6 frame, thicker made pulled out of the pasture and sold at 4 yrs old weighed 2250.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1749287, member: 24816"] I think mature weight is definitely important, and hard to quantify. I don’t want a herd of cows that weighs 1800-2000 lbs even if they are just 5 frame or whatever. Good condition for cattle not thin, not overly fat 1250-1500 with most being 1300-1400 and probably a range of 4-6 frame with most being probably 5-6 is where my cows are now. My current bulls are apparently in 5 frame range now, and calves are still hitting enough growth to not be too small of a frame. If buying a bull, I do prefer a upper 5 to 6 frame and with the right phenotype a 7 would be ok too. The largest bull I’ve had was a Charolais, he was a yearling frame 10 maybe 11, and mature weight pasture condition 2500. He was the typical tall big boned flat muscled thin girthed animal of that time. A few years later a Hereford bull 6 frame, thicker made pulled out of the pasture and sold at 4 yrs old weighed 2250. [/QUOTE]
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