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ADDING VALUE TO FEEDER CALVES

ADDING VALUE TO FEEDER CALVES. Sex Frame Weight Condition Muscling Background. Color Horns ? Fill Personal Preference Vaccinations Breed. VALUE DETERMINING FACTORS. National Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle.

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ADDING VALUE TO FEEDER CALVES

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  1. ADDING VALUE TO FEEDER CALVES

  2. Sex Frame Weight Condition Muscling Background Color Horns ? Fill Personal Preference Vaccinations Breed VALUE DETERMINING FACTORS

  3. National Weekly DirectSlaughter Cattle

  4. Georgia 400-500 lbs Feeder SteersVS5-Area Weighted Average Slaughter Steers

  5. USDA GRADES • Frame • Muscling

  6. FRAME SIZE: • Skeletal Size (Height & Length) in relation to age. • Relates to Finished weight.

  7. LARGE FRAME: Steer Heifer >1250 lbs > 1150 lbs

  8. MEDIUM FRAME: Steer Heifer 1100-1250 lbs 1000-1150 lbs

  9. SMALL FRAME: Steer Heifer < 1100 lbs < 1000 lbs

  10. MUSCLING • Relates to muscle to bone ratio at a given degree of fatness and hence to yield grade.

  11. Rear View

  12. INFERIOR • Unmerchantable • Double Muscled

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