Twin Maple Shorthorns

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   Maritime Beef Value Discovery Project 2006/2007

The Maritime Beef Test Society in conjunction with the Federal Experimental Farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia
began a beef steer evaluation project in the fall of 2006.

Producers were able to consign 5 steers sired by the same bull and retain ownership until the steers were ready for market. Finished steers were processed at the new plant on Prince Edward Island and producers are to receive valuable data on carcass quality, grading information, cutability, and profitability of their steers.

Steers were delivered to the Experimental Farm and started test on October 31st., 2006.

Initial feed consisted of a backgrounding ration of 60% barley and 40% grass sileage adjusted to a dry matter basis and a finishing ration consisting of 40% Potato Waste, 40% Barley, and 20% grass sileage adjusted to a dry matter basis..


FLASH: All Twin Maple Steers shipped!
                (they were among the first to go)

Results:

   Steer ID    Dressed Weight    Grade   Lean Meat Yield   Age to Market
      9S       675 lbs.    AAA          60%     16 months
     11S       771 lbs.    AAA          56%     16 months
     14S       786 lbs.    AAA          57%     16 months
     17S       740 lbs.    AAA          58%     15 months
     26S       810 lbs.    AAA          57%     15 months


Final Results of Maritime Beef Value Discovery Project:

     Final Results
     Maritime Beef Value Discovery Project 2006/2007
          Twin Maple
      Steers		               Averages
 Number of head          5        4         5        3        5        4       3        5        5       4  
 Breed Type  AngusX  Hereford/
 Shorthorn		    Salers   Hereford   Shorthorn    Angus   Hereford  SimmentalX    Angus  SimmentalX  
 Feedlot Data                      
 Initial wt, lb     833     711     673     711       708      711      604      685     696      577        691
 Final wt, lb   1471   1474   1452   1498     1414    1458    1393     1418    1452    1423      1445
 Days on feed     190     216     259     240       220     273      259      261     266      284        247
 ADG, lb      3.3     3.3      2.9      3.3        3.2      3.0      3.0       2.8      2.8       2.9         3.0
 Feed/Gain ratio      5.0     5.2      5.3      4.9        5.0      5.6      5.3       5.9      5.9       5.7         5.4
 Economic Data                      
 Feed Cost, $/hd     312     352     373     392       352      408      391       367      378       412         374
Total Yardage, $/hd       95     108     129     120       110      136      129       131      133       142         123
 Marketing cost/hd       56       55       55       55         54       55        54         54        55         55           55
 Total cost, $/hd     462     515     557     567       516      600      575       551      566       609         552
Total gain cost $/lb  $0.77  $0.74  $0.75  $0.72    $0.73   $0.86   $0.73    $0.75   $0.75    $0.74      $0.75
 Average sale price, $/carcass   1375   1285   1209   1205     1266    1155    1167     1122    1151     1132       1207
 Return to cow/calf, $/head     913     770     651     638       750      555      592       570      585       523         655
Feeder price, $/lb    0.94    1.10    1.08    1.01      1.01      0.92     1.08      0.96     1.08      1.28        1.05
 Feeder value, $     782     781     728     718       714       657      654       655      752       741         718
 Net Return, $/head   $130   ($11)   ($77)   ($80)       $36   ($102)    ($62)     ($85)   ($167)    ($218)       ($63)
 Average carcass price, $/lb    1.72    1.64    1.53    1.54      1.67     1.46     1.52      1.49     1.47      1.44        1.55
 Breakeven carcass value, $/lb    1.55    1.65    1.63    1.64      1.63     1.59     1.60      1.60     1.69      1.71        1.65
 Carcass Data                      
 Dressing %       57       56      57       55        56       57       58        56       57        51          56
 Carcass weight, lb     801     785     789      781      756      792      769       753      781       789         780
 Lean Meat Yield %       57       57       57       56        58       55       59        57       57        60          57
 % Prime      0       0       0       0        0        0        0         0       20         0           2
 % AAA     40       0      80      33      100       75       66        60       80        75          61
 % AA     60      75      20      66        0       25        0        40        0        25          31
 % A      0      25       0       0        0        0       33         0        0         0           6
 % Yield Grade 1
 >58% Lean Meat Yield		     40      25      40      34       20       25       33        20       20        75          33
 % Yield Grade 2
 54-58% Lean Meat Yield		     40      75      60      33       80       25       67        80       80        25          57
 % Yield Grade 3
 <54% Lean Meat Yield		     20       0       0      33        0       50        0         0        0         0          10



Carcass Cut on the Twin Maple Steers
(weight of each cut in pounds) - information on 17S temporarily lost in system - hope to be recovered soon.

                             
Tattoo # of steer         9S           17S           11S          26S          14S  
    MVD     MVD     MVD      MVD     MVD  
Animal Number   44165 10       47023 11         41166 12     47083 13       41164 14  
Ship wt   1313         1376           1463        1495         1437    
Dressing %    54.1          56.6            55.5         57.0          57.6    
Hot Weight 675     740     771     810     786    
Grade AAA     AAA     AAA     AAA     AAA    
Lean Meat Yield 60     58     56     57     57    
Side 1  Side 2   Side 1 Side 2   Side 1  Side 2   Side 1 Side 2   Side 1  Side 2  
Plate 20.50 21.78         31.64 31.06   31.33 31.06   31.06 31.90  
Braising Rib 7.39 6.95         9.37 8.62   10.87 10.60   9.15 17.07  
skirts 4.31 5.10         5.37 9.68   8.45 6.25   5.63 5.59  
Prim Rib 18.13 19.80         22.70 23.14   25.92 25.12   22.75 24.07  
Brisket 23.01 23.72         27.15 27.72   26.93 29.83   27.28 24.38  
Cross Rib 32.25 35.99         35.73 37.27   30.49 32.52   41.71 38.90  
Blade 32.60 31.55         38.76 37.44   42.72 40.26   37.49 40.79  
Neck 14.30 16.10         16.15 19.93   7.66 9.72   17.82 17.82  
Shank 22.27 18.15         23.72 21.08   21.03