. Types and market classes of live stock. Buyersdesire a thrifty, active lamb and hence look with disfavor onthose that are lame or inactive. 4. Condition.—It is not expected that feeder lambs willbe fat, yet they should be fairly full in their outlines, andthere should be no suggestion of emaciation, as this meansa weakened, inactive lamb. 5. Weight.—Feeder lambs that grade as choice weighfrom 55 to 62 pounds. Those below this range of weight 194 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock may be regarded as too young or too much retarded in devel-opment to respond to feeding as a choice lamb shou
. Types and market classes of live stock. Buyersdesire a thrifty, active lamb and hence look with disfavor onthose that are lame or inactive. 4. Condition.—It is not expected that feeder lambs willbe fat, yet they should be fairly full in their outlines, andthere should be no suggestion of emaciation, as this meansa weakened, inactive lamb. 5. Weight.—Feeder lambs that grade as choice weighfrom 55 to 62 pounds. Those below this range of weight 194 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock may be regarded as too young or too much retarded in devel-opment to respond to feeding as a choice lamb should. In anormal feeding period of from 90 to 120 days, choice lambsare expected to finish into the weights most desirable on themutton market; hence, the initial weight cannot be muchunder 55 pounds. Good feeder lambs.—These are often somewhat leggy andcoarse, yet capable of making satisfactory gains. They aver-age a little light in weight, and are not so high in conditionas choice feeder lambs, hence require a longer feeding period. Fig. 52. Good Feeder Lambs. to finish them. Buyers of this grade feed them all winterand shear before marketing. This grade especially appealsto buyers who take out lambs a few weeks before shearingtime to shear and feed for a short period. Medium feeder lambs.—This grade is deficient in breed-ing, form, quality, and weight. They are long, leggy, andangular in form, and their wrinkled skins are evidence ofmuch Merino blood. Common or inferior feeder lambs.—Little, light, late-born,weak lambs grade as common or inferior. The market callsthem bums, culls, pewees, and peanuts. They weighfrom 25 to 45 pounds and require five or six months feeding Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 195 and careful management to make the feeding profitable. Ex-tremely coarse lambs also grade as common. Yearling feeders.—This sub-class is composed only ofyearling wethers, and, as the mutton yearling should be ableto substitute for lamb, quality and weight a
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