It's human nature to think you can improve on things. These same spring calves now come in at 750 lb. He said shows and sales are starting to set weight minimums, which prompts producers to push the feed to get their animals up to the standard. Some of the benchmarks are pretty high and people have a hard time reaching them. This growing difference between range animals and show animals is making some breeders leery.
Bulls are often too big for their age and appear to have been pushed on grain.
Average weights have been going up each year since sales events started. Part of it is due to improved management and selection for better genetics. Part of it is due to too much feed, breeders say. There is also some concern among breeders that animals receiving an overload of high energy grain develop problems with their livers and fertility. The test started this summer on grass.