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The Correlation between Gains Made at Different Periods by Cattle¹

New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station²

Abstract

Records from beef cattle produced on the experimental ranch of the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station were analyzed to determine the relationship of growth rates at different periods of development.

The growth rate of steers on the range was positively correlated with their gain in the feed lot. In general, growth on the range at different periods was also positively correlated. Growth during periods in which the animals were subject to variable external influences, such as variable milk supply from dams, showed a low, or in some instances, a negative relationship to growth at other periods.

It was concluded that, when environment is constant for different animals, there is a positive relationship between gains made at different periods. This relationship can be obscured or even reversed by variable conditions. There was a positive relationship between performance on the range and in the feed lot.

¹ Published with the approval of the Director of the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station as paper No. 63 in the journal series.

² Department of Animal Husbandry in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S.D.A. and the state experiment stations under Western Regional Project W-1 on Beef Cattle Breeding Research.