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A Comparison of Gains and Carcasses Produced by Three Types of Feeder Steers¹

New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

BEEF type is considered of primary importance by producers. This is amply demonstrated by the attention it receives in our show rings, auctions, and livestock markets. This study is concerned with type as it influences the form of beef cattle rather than the functional types of dairy, dual purpose, and beef cattle.

There have been continuous changes in beef type largely brought about by changing market demands. For many years, selection by the majority of breeders has been for a more compact or "early-maturing" type. This has been justified on the basis that the steers could be finished at an earlier age and lighter weight. In so far as this aim was accomplished, the change seems to have been sound because it was in line with the change in consumer demand. However, claims that compact steers gain more rapidly and efficiently than those of other types do not seem so well founded. Woodward and Clark (1942) report that large type steers gain faster than the smaller type.

¹ Published with the approval of the Director of the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station as paper No. 43 of the Journal series.