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Today I went to see last year's calves before they are harvested. The calves were mixed in with my friend's calves, and some charolais. The feedlot tries to market a pen a week to the packer, and so carcass is important, but not the only deciding factor as to when a pen goes.
Some of the heifers, they go out next week.
Maybe I should've kept TWO red heifers last fall...too late now!
Some of the steers.
WOOPS! I take full blame for the horns :lol: .
Lighter calves are wintered on cornstalks and summered on grass. Cattle have a very good life at this ranch/feedlot... especially the lighter ones who get to enjoy the following summer .
It was a great day, and a good chance to visit about the cattle and discuss past carcass performance. I still have a lot to learn about the feedlot side of this business, but enjoy trying to learn as much as possible about my cattle.