![]() Thicker cattle have higher ratios of muscle to bone. Bone structure, muscling, and degree of fatness determines differences in thickness. Thickness evaluates feeder cattle' muscle development in relation to skeletal size.Small frame feeder cattle are shorter and not as tall for their age and breed compared to medium frame feeder cattle, and steers and heifers of this frame, everything else being constant, are not expected to produce US Choice until they are fed to 1100 pounds and 1000 pounds, respectively.Medium frame feeder cattle are slightly tall and slightly long-bodied for their age and breed, and steers and heifers of this frame, everything else being constant, are not expected to produce US Choice until they are fed to 1,100 to 1,250 pounds (500 to 570 kg) and 1,000 to 1,150 pounds (450 to 520 kg), respectively.Large frame feeder cattle are tall and long-bodied for their age and breed, and steers and heifers of this frame, everything else being constant, are not expected to produce US Choice until they are fed to 1,250 pounds (570 kg) and 1,150 pounds (520 kg), respectively.Age and breed modifies the precise sizes that segment this grade. If feeder cattle are fed to the same quality grade, Choice (0.50 inches (13 mm) fat at the twelfth rib) for example, large framed cattle of a given thickness have to be fed to heavier weights than smaller framed cattle of the same thickness. In terms of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grades for cattle carcasses, at a given weight and thickness, large framed cattle (fed from large framed feeder cattle) will have carcasses with higher yield grades, but lower quality grades. A large framed feeder cattle of a given age, breed, and a given degree of thickness will gain more muscle and bone, and less fat, than a smaller framed animal with the same age, breed, and thickness at a given maturity age. Frame size evaluates feeder cattle' height and body length as determined by their skeletal size in relation with their age frame size affects the animals' mature size and weight gain composition as they are fed into fed cattle.The United States grades feeder cattle that have not reached an age of 36 months on three factors: frame size, thickness, and thriftiness. Ĭattle producers and backgrounding operations balance feeder cattle prices, weights, time taken to fatten, death rates, and other feeder cattle factors against feed prices, live cattle prices, and other operating factors to profit from their operations. Depending on circumstances, different feeder cattle buyers will look for different ranges of animal weight and grade. Buyers of feeder cattle tend to look for high average gain (in weight) and low feed-to-gain ratio. Backgrounding cattle that achieve weights of 650–700 pounds (290–320 kg) are suitable for sale to grass feeding operations, whereas those achieving weights of 800–825 pounds (363–374 kg) are suitable for sale to feedlot operators. Backgrounding operations will typically purchase 300–600 pounds (140–270 kg) feeder cattle calves and feed to grow the animals into 650–875 pounds (295–397 kg) backgrounded cattle. įeedlots producing live cattle for slaughter will typically purchase 500–850 pounds (230–390 kg) feeder cattle calves and feed to grow the animals into 850–1,400 pounds (390–640 kg) cattle. Packers slaughter the cattle and sell the meat in carcass boxed form. After attaining a desirable weight, feeder cattle become finished cattle that are sold to a packer (finished cattle are also called fattened cattle, fat cattle, fed cattle, or, when contrasted with carcasses, live cattle). Both types are often produced in a cow-calf operation. Feeder calves are less than 1 year old feeder yearlings are between 1 and 2 years old. Backgrounding occurs at backgrounding operations, and fattening occurs at a feedlot. The term often implicitly reflects an intent to sell to other owners for fattening (finishing). They may be steers (castrated males) or heifers (females who have not dropped a calf). Young cattle soon to be sent to fattening, especially those intended for sale before finishing Fat cattle and alfalfa in the Pecos Valley, New Mexico (probably early 20th century) "Prize fat cattle" (probably late 19th century) The Grand Champion steer at the 13th annual Fat Cattle Sale and Show in Quincy, Florida, 1959 Foxhole Martha 2005 Royal Cornwall Female Breed Championįeeder cattle, in some countries or regions called store cattle, are young cattle mature enough either to undergo backgrounding or to be fattened in preparation for slaughter.
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