Feeder Calf Grades: Do Better Grades Really Pay?
What is a Number 1 Calf? It has to be a good doing calf. It has to be a black hided, stand up, big boned, straight backed type animal. It has to be Medium to Large Frame with thick muscle. If it fits the order, it will do.
Number 1?
Is this a Number 1?
Is this a Number 1?
Are these 1 ½?
Do I Get Paid For What I Have?
Current Feeder Cattle Grades 1979 -2006
Frame Size Refers to the animals skeletal size – Height and body length—in relation to its age. Thus frame size evaluations are related to differences in mature size. Refers to weight (under normal feeding and management conditions) an animal will produce a carcass which will grade Choice.
Evaluating Frame Size
What are the Frame Sizes?
Large Frame Steers grade Choice at weights greater than 1250 lbs. Heifers greater than 1150 lbs
Large Frame
Medium Frame Medium Frame cattle are thrifty, are slightly tall and have slightly long bodies. Steers grade Choice between 1100 lbs and 1250 lbs. Heifers grade Choice between 1000 lbs and 1150 lbs
Medium Frame
Small Frame Small Frame cattle are thrifty, and not as Steers grade Choice below 1100 lbs. Heifers grade Choice below 1000 lbs
Small Frame
Frame Steers Heifers Large 1250 lbs 1150 Lbs Medium 1100 lbs 1000 lbs Small under 1100 lbs 1000 lbs
What do buyers pay for? Summary of Sale Barns
Thickness refers to the development of the muscle system in relation to skeletal size. Thicker feeder cattle will have a higher ratio of muscle to bone when fed to the same degree of fatness and will have higher yield grades.
Muscle Grades
# 1 Muscle
Average #2
Possible Feeder Cattle Grades Large Frame #1,#2,#3 or #4 Medium Frame #1,#2,#3 or #4 Small Frame #1,#2,#3 or #4 Inferior – This grade will include sick unthrifty cattle and double muscled cattle due to their inability to Quality grade.
Prices for Muscle
Thrifty/Healthy
Does Color Make A Difference? Arkansas Extension 2005
Other Factors
Throw It All Together You have a Small Frame, Number 3 Muscle, Full, Red Calf with Horns. Small (-16.55) Number 3 (-21.08), Full (-8.05), Red Calf (-4.18) with Horns (-3.23) Total -53.09
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