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Justin
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big Swede wrote:
Almost 2 pages of posts and nobody wants to criticize your bull? This is Ranchers.net isn't it? I'll change that right now, just kidding. Looks like you had a great trip all the way around.


he must be a good one then, huh? is only took about 2 posts for someone to throw one of mine in the kill pen Wink Laughing


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leanin' H
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Justin wrote:
Big Swede wrote:
Almost 2 pages of posts and nobody wants to criticize your bull? This is Ranchers.net isn't it? I'll change that right now, just kidding. Looks like you had a great trip all the way around.


he must be a good one then, huh? is only took about 2 posts for someone to throw one of mine in the kill pen Wink Laughing


Nah, he isnt that great Justin. It's just that everyone knows how soft skinned I am and they are being nice! Wink


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Big Swede
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

By the way, it looks like when you branded him you put your H on crooked. Wink There's some criticism for ya.


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Justin
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big Swede wrote:
By the way, it looks like when you branded him you put your H on crooked. Wink There's some criticism for ya.


its not crooked, its just leanin' a bit Wink


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leanin' H
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is in all truthfulness called the cock-eyed H according to one of my so called pals out here! Shocked

Back to the bull.......Anyone want to guess what he weighs as of yesterday morning when he walked across the scale?


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Hereford76
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

leanin' H wrote:
It is in all truthfulness called the cock-eyed H according to one of my so called pals out here! Shocked

Back to the bull.......Anyone want to guess what he weighs as of yesterday morning when he walked across the scale?


I'D TAKE A CRACK - 1050


WHAT DAY AND WHAT DID HE WEIGH THE DAY THEY DID THE ULTRASOUND SCAN?


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leanin' H
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That was a short contest! Shocked 1050 on the dime! You get nothing but thanks for playing!!!!
They ultrasounded all the bulls on Valentines weekend and I don't know what he weighed then.


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Grassfarmer
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To stir the pot.
Nothing obvious to criticize the bull on but for an Angus bull to gain 3.7lbs a day on a hay and silage ration with no grain sounds pretty amazing to me - can corn silage (i'm assuming its corn silage) really deliver these types of gain? Remember this was going to a weaned calf not a green yearling with a lot of compensatory gain waiting to happen. Just curious.


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Justin
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Grassfarmer wrote:
To stir the pot.
Nothing obvious to criticize the bull on but for an Angus bull to gain 3.7lbs a day on a hay and silage ration with no grain sounds pretty amazing to me - can corn silage (i'm assuming its corn silage) really deliver these types of gain? Remember this was going to a weaned calf not a green yearling with a lot of compensatory gain waiting to happen. Just curious.


Laughing Laughing Laughing i knew sooner or later GF would come through Wink


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Hereford76
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so if they scanned on Feb 14th (valentine's day) and today he weighed 1050 and lets say instead of 3.70 PPD lets use 3.50 PPD for the messing around the last few days he went thru that would put him at roughly 945lbs scan day. He had an actual rea of 11.2 - so he would have a 1.185 REA/CWT at roughly 10 months of age.... i'd say he definitely has good muscle in him not to mention imf so he's got the carcass end covered well. if you adjust his rea out to a year of age that is roughly a 13.6 REA.

what was his scrotal measurement?


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leanin' H
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Grassfarmer wrote:
To stir the pot.
Nothing obvious to criticize the bull on but for an Angus bull to gain 3.7lbs a day on a hay and silage ration with no grain sounds pretty amazing to me - can corn silage (i'm assuming its corn silage) really deliver these types of gain? Remember this was going to a weaned calf not a green yearling with a lot of compensatory gain waiting to happen. Just curious.


I wondered how long you could hold out! Laughing Corn silage is wonderful feed. Gib Yardley has been selling bulls for 40+ years to hundreds of satisfied buyers in more states than I can count. His word is his bond and I have no reason to doubt him when he prints in his catalog what the bull did while on feed. He stopped the sale to talk about a Simm bull that he noticed was "stiff" as he'd sorted the pens that morning. Everyone sitting around me, lifelong cattlemen all, couldnt see anything at all. What did Gib have to gain? Nothing except he had noticed one of his bulls that he sees everyday and wanted the buyer to know what he'd seen. Until he proves otherwise, Gib Yardley is as honest as they come. THATS WHY I SPENT MONEY THERE! Wink Very Happy While we all learn by questioning the staus quo, some people still know what they are doing. Actually most folks do! Do me a favor and go back to the pictures....... How much grain does he look like he's had? I thought some of ya'll would be telling me he was too thin! Laughing


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Big Muddy rancher
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The old fellow that used to buy our yearlings put most of his gain on with corn silage. Good corn silage has quite a bit of corn in it as it can be fairly mature and still make good silage.


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