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Depends on what you're looking for in the meat.
First of all, the facts that your bovine is a steer and is of the black angus breed are practically irrelevant. Most any breed of beef cattle and both sexes will butcher similarly given similar conditions of development.
Typically cattle are butchered when they are nearing nine months to sixteen months of age. This is the time frame when they are nearing or reaching their full size. Allowing meat cattle to go beyond this time frame will most likely result in tougher, more stringy meat (aka meat of poorer quality). However, the time frame in which you butcher your animal can depend largely on if they have reached the size and fat content that you desire. My family always butchered our steers and heifers around nine to ten months of age.
If by "when" you mean what time of year, then that is a silly question. I guess that all depends on when you want the meat, how long you want it to last, and when your steer reaches the right age range/weight.
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How heavy is a 1 year angus steer?
A yearling Angus steer should weigh around 800 lbs.
How do you choose a good black angus steer?
A good Angus steer, especially if you are choosing a steer for 4H or FFA, must have good conformation, good average daily gain (preferably 2 lbs per day or more) and good feed intake. You can choose your steer from a local cattle producer that raises Black Angus cattle to find a good steer to raise for the show circuit. The cattle producer will help you find the best steer for you as well.
Do heifers make good cows to butcher?
Usually it is better to butcher a beef steer but heifers are okay.
Is angus just a steer?
Absolutely not! Angus is a breed, which encompasses not just steers, but also cows, bulls, heifers and calves of the same breed. The Angus breed are black polled cattle that originated from Scotland and is the breed that has gained huge popularity in the United States.
What breed of steer is the best for meat?
I believe angus is best for meat.
How much does a black Angus cow weigh at slaughter?
A steer typically weighs around 1300 lbs at slaughter. Cows, on the other hand, can be any weight, depending on their frame size.
Can yearling angus and Holstein steers be raised together?
Yes, they can. Just remember that a Holstein steer's nutritional needs may be a bit more higher than an Angus yearling's.
What is the difference in black angus and regular beef?
There really is no difference between Angus beef and "regular" beef. Pure Angus beef may have a bit more marbling to it and be a bit more tender, juicy, and (to some) be more bland than "regular" beef, but in reality, a Shorthorn or Speckle Park steer will often have the same sort of marbling quality. Because when the hide comes off, they all look the same.
How many pounds of feed does a steer need to eat to gain a pound?
It all depends on what feed is being fed to that steer, as in what feed is available, what the ratio of forage to grain is for that steer, and the steer's breeding and genetics. Some breeds or crossbreeds of steers will require less feed to achieve a pound of gain than other breeds or crossbreeds. For instance, an Angus steer will gain a pound on less feed than a Simmental steer.
How much corn does it take for a steer to gain 1 pound?
For such a general question, it requires a general answer: It depends on the steer and the type of feed corn being used to feed that steer. There is some sort of general "rule of thumb" out there that it takes around 9 lbs of grain to get one pound of beef, but that is pretty ambiguous. It takes more pounds of corn to get a pound of gain on a Holstein steer than it would on an Angus steer, for instance. Also, cracked corn will get a steer to gain more weight than whole corn will.
Does CAB have to come from Angus beef?
No. Certified Angus Beef can come from any cattle that are black. They don't have to be pure Angus to have the premium for black hide nor to be deemed "CAB" in the supermarket. Here are some breeds that will get the CAB black-hide premium because they have infused black into their genetics to make them "purebred" which is quite false if you study the breeds and their origins long enough:SimmentalGelbviehMaine-AnjouCharolais (surprisingly)LimousinSalersCertified Angus Beef can also give premiums to crossbred calves that are all black. For instance, if a pure Red Simmental bull was bred to Angus cows, the calves would all come out black, but be deemed Angus-Simmental crosses. The same thing if a Black Simmental was mated to Angus cows or Red Angus cows: all the calves will come out black, and thus the calves from the two examples will bring a premium to the rancher/farmer. Black calves will also come if you cross any of the above breeds with Angus or amongst themselves, provided you are breeding all-black to all-black or all-red and not to traditional-type cattle of the above breeds (with exceptions to Gelbvieh, Salers, Limousin and Maine Anjou). Breeding a pure traditional-coloured Charolais to Angus will produce grey calves which will be docked. You won't get much of a premium with black-white-face calves either, but since they are black you still got a pretty good chance anyway. Simmental-Angus and Hereford-Angus calves that are black baldies are the most common black baldies you'll see.The thing about CAB is that this marketing scheme takes advantage of the consumer. The consumer can only assume that the steaks they are buying are pure Angus beef, but in honest real-world reality, they really don't. And they really don't care either. All they care about is if it tastes good. They don't care whether the steaks they've just bought is actually from a Black Simmental or Black Gelbvieh or a black-baldy steer; they don't have the time to do the research! The mentality of it is, if they really want to know where their beef comes from and what kind of cattle it came from, they can go buy local. There they will have a better understanding of what cattle had been slaughtered, how they were fed, how they were raised, who raised them etc. This pure Angus beef campaign in America is and has been successfully brainwashing its consumers into thinking that only Angus beef is the best. Little do they know that there are other breeds out there that have as-good-as or even better beef than Angus.CAB itself has been taken advantage of by other breeders in America; they have been infusing Angus genetics into their breeds and after a few matings, can call a Black Simmental a purebred Simmental, even if it as 15/16 Angus blood in it, for example. On the other hand, CAB has not only taken advantage of the consumer, but of the cattle producers as well, and has successfully lured in those many producers who are eager to take the Certified Angus Beef premium bait to get more money off their calves by having an Angus herd or, having an Angus bull in their cowherds. As a result, you see far more black cattle in America than any other colouration or breed, except for Holsteins.The thing of it is is that they all look the same once the hide is taken off. That's where I mean that a black baldy can still be marked as CAB "mistakenly" even though it is not pure Angus. The same goes for those steers that are produced from three crosses: Angus, Hereford and Simmental, for example. They still get the CAB tag when they are slaughtered, gutted, skinned, dismembered and hung. But does the consumer know? Nah. They don't need to: they don't have the time or money to find out if they had just been suckered into CAB's "false" advertising or not. Like I implied above, "Black is Best" is only a fad, just like bell-bottoms where in the fashion industry, and will soon peter out only to be replaced by a better type of beef cow that will have producers running for their money. Maybe Herefords will make a come-back; maybe Grass-Fed Beef will become the new fad for American (and Canadian) consumers. Who knows?
What is the breed of hornless cattle called?
Angus, Red Angus, Red Poll, Galloway are a few breeds that are genetically hornless. Most other breeds, except Highlanders, Texas Longhorns, Florida Crackers/Pineywoods and other horned cattle, have been genetically modified to have both horned and polled cattle within the same breed.
