Find the optimum cow size that maximises profit on your farm’ was the message delivered during a recent Angus CONNECT presentation from University of Kansas Professor and Head, Dr Bob Weaber, who brought an interesting U.S. perspective to the topic of mature cow size.
For the young heifers, prices averaged higher for the two largest heifer categories, with the 200-280kg liveweight portion of the market jumping $104 on last week, to average $1,416/head – with an 88% clearance rate for the 1,241 head offered.
Selecting suitable bulls and managing their acclimatisation is vital for a bull to deliver reproductive and genetic impact to herds in northern environments.
There were some big price movements through the AuctionsPlus cattle categories last week, as the heavy steer and heifer lines took a substantial hit, while selected breeding lines registered steady gains.
The proposed new Import Conditions significantly increased the JD testing requirements for Qld and NT herds wishing to sell bulls and females into WA and in addition had rigorous conditions requiring that to remain WA eligible herds could only introduce cattle from other WA eligible herds.
The return on investment achieved when investing in new genomic selection tools for commercial heifers was discussed in a presentation delivered at the Angus CONNECT Research and Development Update – Autumn 2021.