News Flash ! ! ! average market age <13 months . . .

This year, we sent 6 steer calves sired by GCF Black Performer B47 to the Ohio State University Farm to Fork retained ownership/grow out program. Check out these numbers:

calf #/ Frame Score	% Simmi	carcass weight	dress %	Carcass Maturity	Marble	Fat inches	Ribeye inches	% KPH	Quality Grade	Yield Grade	days of age at harvest	days on feed	ADG
15/6.5	50%	729	57.77	A 80	sm 0	0.32	12.0	2.5	Ch -	2.8	369 da.	153	3.97
16/6.6	50%	798	63.94						Ch -	2.5	426 da.	169	2.77
17/6.1	100%	760	62.35	A 60	sl 30	0.32	14.2	2.5	Se -	2.0	385 da	196	3.39
18/7.2	50%	786	63.70	A 40	sm 90	0.28	11.7	2.5	Ch -	2.9	381 da	169	3.07
19/6.2	75%	778	60.50	A 40	sl 40	0.36	12.9	2.0	Se	2.7	399 da	183	3.50
20/6.4	75%	758	61.93	A 50	sl 40	0.44	12.8	2.0	Se -	2.7	391 da	196	3.13
ave./6.5		768	61.70	A 54		0.34	12.7	2.3		2.6	392 da	178	3.31

At an average live weight of 1246 pounds, a 6.5 frame score, and averaging less than 13 months of age at harvest, the facts prove that GCF Black Performer B47 sired cattle work in the feedlot and the packing house!!