Year 2002
Description : 35, 50% Impact - 50% Saler cross steers. On
feed 177 days Conversion on full group, 6.17DM/lb of gain,
3.5 ADG, location open lot in NE Nebraska. The carcass data
and economics broke down as the following:
Yield Grade 100% #2's
Prime 0%
High Choice 35%
Avg Choice 35%
Low Choice 15%
High Select 15%
REA 14.05 in sq
Carcass Wt. 776 lbs
Backfat .35in.
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"South Devon are the best kept secret in
the beef industry, they have the growth and the right carcass qualities
to produce the type of product the consumer demands now, and will in the
future."
Dave Nichols, Nichols Farms
Bridgewater, IA
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