Posted by JD Seller on January 11, 2018 at 16:18:38 from (208.126.196.24):
In Reply to: Re: Times change. posted by jimg.allentown on January 11, 2018 at 15:48:28:
jimg.allentown: A Jersey bull turned into a steer will have a much lower rate of gain and higher feed rate conversion. Meaning you will feed it longer to finish. Then the steer would finish at a lower weight. So for the same amount of feed you could grow a bigger beef breed steer. A Jersey can have a more yellow tint to the tallow when compared to most beef breeds.
Some people claim that Jersey beef is more tender and sweeter than the beef breeds. I have not noticed that. If I was just raising a beef to eat for myself A Jersey would work OK. If your going to sell it at the sale barn then any Jersey showing will kill the sale price.
Here is how the prices stacked up at the local sale barn this week. Beef breeds (colored cattle) topped out at $1.27 per Lbs., The top Holstein brought $.86 per Lbs.. There where two Jersey steers that the fellow had finished real well. They had marbled well for a dairy breed. They brought $.75 per Lbs.. If our freezers where not full I would have bought them, that is some cheap eating.
These Jersey steers only weighted 1080 Lbs. The Beef breeds averaged 1370 and the Holsteins averaged 1480. So that made the gross look like this. Jerseys, $810. Holsteins, $1272.80. With the beef breeds, $1739.90. So the colored cattle grossed over twice what the Jersey's did. The colored cattle more than likely took a little more feed but not as much more as you would think. The main difference would have been the value of the steer when you started feeding it. The beef breed steer would cost more but not $800 more. So if the Jersey was free and the beef steer cost anything under $800 the beef would still be a better deal.
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