In message , Vir Campestris
writes
On 13/03/2018 17:30, harry wrote:
No farmer breeds bulls. They are far too dangerous.
The cows get artificial insemination ( from prize winning bulls.)
Bull calves are castrated. They grow faster too and have better
meat.

It so happens many years ago I was told the results of an experiment
carried out by one of the proper experimental farms. 40 years later I
forget which. They actually found that bull calves grow _faster_ than
steers.

They also found they were rather hard to manage.

http://www.bigbeef.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bulls-versus-Steers.pdf
as an example reference. Same weight in 13 months vs 23.

This may be why the Americans stuff their steers with steroids!

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Tim Lamb