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The “Guts, Butts & Nuts Report” is a report on
the bull sale season. In the pages of each report,
we outline the performance statistics on nearly 1200 bulls from over 65
anonymous ranches.
This report ranks ranch
performance in 4 main categories: Adjusted Average 205 day weight,
Adjusted Average 365 day weight, 205 – 365 Adjusted weight average daily
gain, and Scrotal Circumference. The data displayed in
report pages comes from the respective ranches
sale day catalogues. This data is only retrieved from bulls sold in the
spring of 2008, on bulls born in the spring of 2007. This data is as
accurate as the catalogues it was retrieved from. Any bulls in the sale
which did not meet the birth date criteria were omitted from this
report. In this report, all the names of the producers have been left
out; we are not concerned with their reputations, only their performance
data. The data shown in this report in no way is statistically
significant, it merely represents the random data gathered from a number
of bull sales this spring.
In this report, you will also see information on
feeding programs for some of the anonymous ranches. The data displayed
on these pages only gives an approximate time of when each ranch started
feeding. This section is not meant to show how much to feed or when to
feed certain products, it merely acts as a reference to gauge the
performance statistics against.
There is also a section devoted to explaining some of
the feeds listed in this report. This information is provided to help
better understand why rations listed have shown such strong results, as
well as explain more about practical feeding guidelines and ruminant
nutrition.
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