Showcattle.com Forum · Hereford and Polled Hereford

Hey Guys,

Just starting my herd over, wondering what the keeper stats for calves is right now? any help is appreciated.

Thansk

HVF

11.5 muscle @ prime
8.0 bc
12 bone
11.4 neck

For me right now I'm keeping calves with...

2.3 birth muscle
4.5- 14 day muscle (highest has been double 4.7)
11.5- 40 day muscle

I don't keep anything below 2.3 birth muscle and nothing below 4.5 muscle at 14 days. If it is anything below that it won't muscle well. My goal right now with muscle is double 12.

Bone 12
Neck 11.4

I kind of combine neck and bone together when I look at stats. So there is some wiggle room for bone and neck to go below keeper stats...but I'm getting more 11.5 neck so I'm starting to raise the bar on neck.

8.3 birth cap

I am a little more strict on cap than most herf breeders. I want high cap. I'll still keep a few herfs below 8.3 but obviously the higher the better.

Hope that helped!

That was me that posted that...don't know why my name didn't show up.

Thanks for the help guys!

HVF