Angus Breeders Discuss Production Efficiency
“American Ix-ei picsiuceis
can never expect to nil mc,h
of their product I>\ a educin'*
an infcnoi one ’ .1 C Mmbeit,
vicepiesidcnl 01 the \mencan
Angus Association iioin Uelteii
dorf, lowa told n oie thin 400
poisons attending the lecenl
Weston State' \n r ,iis Fnuni in
Reno, Net acta
“If wo J'op li e cp’it’tt ol
our beef b\ lovenn, machnu
standai ds we aie ,omg to open
up the dooi to moi i nnpoi ted
beef am! meat substitutes he
said. ‘lf we do av a\ with the
flavor, iinciiiP'S and tenderness
of beet wc will h.i\e done much
to destioy om maikel
Holberf contended tli<it An
gus bieedeis. must maintain
quality while using eveij
means available to ptoduce
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method which will make Angii
heids moie efficient "
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panel of (oinmeKitil lattleii.eii
One can't talk about tow si/ ( .
..ml cftlt kmk\ until he fi* 't
know; what kind ol tali b
w.uiis to piochue s.ud I-as
tnw li ol I’auisille Mont,.ii)
no h been pi oilni lion t- si
ii - in I I' liuds loi the (V't 1 1
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•1 w ml Mcim v ih.<l v e'gu Ik
tuoL-n .*lO .iiul 000 pound' ut
t’Oo (I.i’, >of age lli.it make good
giowth m the leedlot .mcl fini'li
to ( SI) \ Choice .il 1 000 to I
100 pounds .iml module tin*
find ot i.i.cass that the packet'
v ant ami tile housewife like' lo
'■fill' ’nci l.uml\ If 1 sa\e in\
icplaccmcnt heilcis liom the
cows that pioducc this kind ot
stems then they should ecenl
italic pioduce the light kind ot
stems" he said
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■ Ms (osvs lange 1 1 om I 070 to
I 200 pounds .mil I don I ssanl
them am lai"ei beiaiis*. ilms
would 10-t 100 iniuli to wnili i
Ci nsi Ii csplaim-d that lie h d
found little t oi i elation b* le ei it
the si/e ol Ins <ows .m.| then
piodueme alnlits 1. e yei iow
be said aie the top piudinii
auoi dim, to Ins uuod- but
tlu i e i. no Him ked ioiii lat ion
One tea-on toi tins he said i
that tin i e ai e main la bn -
othei than si/e w hit li dc t< i miiu
lop piodmtion
Ciusch emphasized he v ant'
cows that weigh 1 100 to 1 200
pounds and he wants them to
gel this giowth e.nh Last
Octobci nn leplaienvii. he.f
eis weighed 9.10 pouncm at 19
months ol age This means the'
had obtained 80 pei cent oi
then giowth and that time
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.1 "'.ltul’.lci si " I lll.lt Will
wt i_lit I 000 lo I no | ci'uuN jf
K ’c IT months ol ,i ’c ,nui
-i.de I Mi\ Choi i with Num
I'ci Hoi :i cnlab’ht' Niui (Men
l. id.n mu ,i (omnii'iii.il cow
m. V, illow s ( ,il ll ot iti.i who is
dioplv imohcil in 11 ()ss)ji cert
in. II 'on lui'c .i cow thal
will no this ( don I c.ne wha<
she ninths h'lt ilumc is onl"
one v ,i\ \\n me ttome to find
this kino of ,i cov mid that is
be keeping nee mate iccoitis”
nidm.inn has been keeping
pioduction lecoids on his herd
for 12 jeais The calf crop
aveiages 604 pounds at 205
da.es His cows average 1,291
pounds as eight year olds in
good condition about 20 days
befoie calving
“I've gone back over the past
10 jears and selected the top
and bottom 10 pei cent of our
cows based upon production
The top 10 per cent averaged
1 296 pounds just before calv
mg and the bottom 10 per cent
uoi aged 1201 pounds This
means that the top 10 per cent
oi the heid weighs 95 pounds
nioie than the bottom 10 per
cert Also the top 10 per cent
uei>hN onlv 35 pounds more
than the aveiage ot our herd.
So >ou see theie isn’t am thing
oMierneh diamatic about
weights oi aveiages
Oui cows have a matuie
weight ol from 1100 to 1.200
1 pounds and I would like to
| have them a little laigei,” said
j Waltei WcEwen of Burns, Ore
gon who runs a laige commer
' cial cow held in the semi-desert
legion of Eastein Oregon
'Good lange countiy in our
aiea will handle one cow per 10
acies pei month and bad range
land lequires about 18 to 20
acres per head per month ’ ’
The panel discussion was fol
lowed by a live animal demon
stration in which the audience
used live animals and their
recoids to select replacement
heifers and to cull cows from
a gioup of cow's and their wean
ing age and yearling age off
spring It illustrated that cows
that look very much alike can
differ greatly m their produc
tion efficiency
“Efficiency has to determine
size of beef cattle,” George
Strathearn, manager of the
Grand National Livestock Show
in San Francisco, told the
group “The beef cattle market
is tied to the USDA Choice
grade, and we can’t forget that
the cattle we breed have to be
able to grow fast and efficiently
to market weights and grade
USDA Choice
‘•Some 80 per cent of all cat
tie slaughtered are fed cattle,
so we need marbling in our
cattle We need growth and ef
ficiency, too ’ he sti essed. “but
cattle that keep on growing past
market weight and still won’t
grade aren’t efficient ”
Strathearn stressed that ton
bulls were impiactical and in
efficient in his operation of
commeicial cattle “We use 1,-
600 to 1 700 pound bulls that
get us a 90 pei cent calf crop
and produce cattle that pack
ers prefer This size of cattle is
big enough ”
Strathearn also told breed
ers they must become more
involved in their business.
Bleeds have a big promotion
job to do and theie is a need
to close the gap between pure
bied and commercial cattle
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