Types and market classes of live stock . prime fat cattle, between 12 and20 months of age, weighing 800 to 1000 pounds. Yearlingsmake 25 to 50 per cent, more meat for the grain consumed thanthe same animals would make if kept until two or three yearsof age. The small, compact carcasses cut up with less waste,and furnish thick, light steaks such as are most in demand, be- 88 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock cause they are cheaper and of a size adapted for domestic cattle will not dress out quite as high as older cattle, butthe difference in percentage yield of carcass is due to a
Types and market classes of live stock . prime fat cattle, between 12 and20 months of age, weighing 800 to 1000 pounds. Yearlingsmake 25 to 50 per cent, more meat for the grain consumed thanthe same animals would make if kept until two or three yearsof age. The small, compact carcasses cut up with less waste,and furnish thick, light steaks such as are most in demand, be- 88 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock cause they are cheaper and of a size adapted for domestic cattle will not dress out quite as high as older cattle, butthe difference in percentage yield of carcass is due to a greateramount of tallow in the older animal, which materially lessensthe older animals superiority in this regard. The productionof baby beef necessitates starting the fattening process at birthand carrying it on simultaneously with growth; the animalreceives full feed from start to finish. As stated by the BreedersGazette: The making of baby beef is a continuous performancewhich shows 365 days in the ordinary year and 366 days in the. Fig. 17. Prime Baby Beef. Hereford steer Peerless Wilton 39ths Defender, Grand Champion atthe International Live Stock Show in 1906. Bred, fed, and exhibited byMr. b. A. Nave, Attica, Ind. leap year. It is readily observable that there is no such thingas warming-up or short-feeding calves intended for the buyersof prime baby beef. Cattle may be 16 to 18 months of age andafterward warmed up a bit, but they will not class as^ babybeef and they will not bring the prices of that article. Baby beef can only be produced from well-bred calves, asonly well-bred ones mature early enough to meet the market Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 89 requirements for this kind of cattle. Such calves are hard tobuy and the producer of baby beef cannot feel assured of obtain-ing them season after season by purchase, but is practicallycompelled to breed them for his own use. As breeding andfeeding are rather distinct lines of enterprise, and as few feederscare
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