Producers should look for cows that are not too old, are healthy but ... a low of 1 (extremely thin) to a high of 9 (extremely obese). A producer would like to sell a cull cow in BCS 4 to 6 ...

AT the end of their productive lives, dairy cows have often been considered spent and therefore ideal candidates for culling ... results in a more desirable fat colour and gives producers the ...

"Add weight to thin cull cows before selling," Gill said ... Adversely, sell cows before they become too fat and reach 8 and 9 body condition scores. "Consider cull cows as a valuable asset ...

If the cattle aren’t rebreeding because they are too thin, Larson said, improving the diet of the females adds weight economically, for example. The key to the profitability of this management ...