Beef cattle Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cow-Calf Production : Involves cows and heifers mated to bulls, either by natural services or artificial insemination, to produce a calf crop. Various breeding programs may be used Commercial producers : Raise steers and heifers that are generally sold at weaning and destined to become slaughter animals. Some operations retain ownership of cattle through the feedlot and merchandise them at market weight. Purebred Breeders : Specialize in seed stock production meaning that the majority...

Average Birthweight - 85 lbs. Average Weaning Weight - 500 lbs. Average Feedlot Weight - 1200 Average Breeding Weight - 750 Average Cow Weight - 1300 Average Weaning Age, in days - 220 days Average Calf Crop Percentage - 80% Which grows faster? A bull or steer? - Bull At what age should you put a bull with a heifer? - 14 months How long does it take for a cow to calve? - 9 months - 281 days What does CAB stand for? - Certified Angus Beef Average cow price - $1600 Average bull price -...

the average cow herd in the U.S is..........head - 41 plus or minus 7 depending on whether replacement heifers are kept most .......are in the feedyard and most.........are in the pasture - steers, cows the majority of the herds in the U.S. are in what range? - 100-499 head what websites tell you the head count in the U.S.? - LMIC, cattlefax, USDA, and Nass how often does the USDA do the head count? - 2* per year are ranchers required by law to fill out a census given out by NASS?...

BQA & Body Composition Score BEEF CATTLE Review Questions and answers, graded A+ the voluntary program that certifies you to manage cattle - -BQA the BQA protects consumer confidence in ________ - -beef what are the BQA goals? - -enhance carcass quality maximize consumer confidence what is the first BQA guideline - -feedstuffs what is the 2nd BQA guideline - -feed additives & medication what is the 3rd BQA guideline - -processing and treatment records what is the 4th BQA guideline - -in...

what is the inventory of cattle in NC? - answer-830,000 Describe the NC cattle industry - answer-small but strong what are the segments of the beef cattle industry? - answer--cow/calf (seedstock) -stocker -feedlot -packer (purveyor) -retailer (imports) -consumer (exports) what are the two largest beef industry segments? - answer-cow/calf (seedstock) and consumer (exports) what are the two smallest industry segments? - answer-feedlot and packer (purveyor) where is the beef bel...

AEST Ag Systems - Beef Angus - ANSWER-Beef Cattle-stocky body, red or black, small ears no hump on back of neck braford - ANSWER-beef cattle - red and white. usually red around eyes, small hump on back of neck brahman - ANSWER-Beef cattle - floppy ears, large hump on back of neck Brangus - ANSWER-beef cattle - looks like angus but has small hump on back of neck Charolais - ANSWER-beef cattle - white and stocky, small ears Chianina - ANSWER-beef cattle - white and really tall Hereford - ...

Beef cattle management Exam 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.

A breed with a shortened gestation length : Saler A breed that exports the greatest amount of semen : Red Angus A composite breed created using 3 breeds : Beefmaster A composite breed that was created in Louisiana : Brangus A breed that originally was called Durhams : Shorthorn 2 True or False: Brahman cattle are heat tolerant and will not decrease appetite or milk production until the temperature reaches 105 degrees F. : True True or False: Charolais cattle are white with black s...

Cow-Calf Production - Involves cows and heifers mated to bulls, either by natural services or artificial insemination, to produce a calf crop. Various breeding programs may be used Commercial producers - Raise steers and heifers that are generally sold at weaning and destined to become slaughter animals. Some operations retain ownership of cattle through the feedlot and merchandise them at market weight. Purebred Breeders - Specialize in seed stock production meaning that the majority of th...