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Structure, behavior go into bull or steer decisions

Benjamin Herrold
Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021 Updated Dec 17, 2021

Calves in pasture — Seedstock producers say a variety of factors go into deciding if a calf will be a bull or steer, including soundness, growth, reproductive development and overall health.
Photo by Benjamin Herrold

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For seedstock producers, each calf crop comes with the question of which male calves will be bulls and which will be steers.

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