Jasmine VerduzcoApril 19, 2012Animal Science

Marketing Calves and Steers

How to raise them??

Keep them healthy

* Getting them vaccinated

Have their quality assured

* It produces high quality meat

Facilities

* It needs to be in a clean, dry and comfortable, with good air circulation pen.

Halter Breaking

*Allow them to get use to the halter

* Make sure they don’t jerk the halter from your hands, they need to learn that they can’t get away.

Continue…o Teaching to lead

* Use the pull, release and reward method

* Give them a little slack to see if they respond to the reward of releasing the pressure

*Be patient with them If they don’t want to move, tug firmly on the rope while maintaining steady pressure

*Keep repeating this method until they lead well

o Hair care

* Comb it often on a warm day to keep its hair coat and skin healthy

o Equipment

* Feed trough

* Water trough

You want to feed them Concentrates, Roughages, Nutrients

Concentrate’s> Corn, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Corn Seed Meal and Cotton Seed Meal…

Roughage’s > Grasses, Pastures, Silages, legumes, and hay(alfalfa, grass hay)

Nutrition's

> Water (10-15 gallons), Carbohydrates , Proteins, Minerals, Vitamins (A, D, E, K)

What to feed..

How can you tell they are ready??

1. Degree of muscling

2. Degree of finish (fat cover)

-Brisket, body depth, shoulders, underline, tailhead, topline, and over the rib

3. Growth capacity

4. Soundness and structural correctness

5. Balance

6. Frame size

What do you look for?

What to look for when buying a steer or calf

- structure correctness

- Muscle shapes

- Depth of the body

- Frame size

- Overall balance Also want to look for the degree in muscling..

- Thin

-Average

- Thick

- Super

* Super is the best degree of muscling Make sure they have a full brisket

What breeds produce the best meats?

Devon

Angus

Long horn

Hereford

Belted Galloway

Red poll

Short horn

Marketing Cuts..

Bibliography

"Raising and Showing A Calf or Steer." Veterinarian Cats Dogs Horses Cattle Small Large Cherokee Animal Clinic Rusk Texas. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. http://www.cherokeeanimalclinic.com/calf_show.htm

"Best Beef Breeds." Lil Recipe Hub. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. http://lil-foody.co.uk/lilrecipehub/best-beef-breeds/

"Wholesale Price Update." Beef Retail -. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. http://www.beefretail.org/wholesalepriceupdate.aspx