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Frame score

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The breeding farm  HCE – Highland Cattle Eschweiler wants to know as soon as possible how the youth animal will develop. Therefore we already compare our animals, very early, with the Fram Score table, which was developped from the university of Missouri and which is valuable for all kind of meat cows.
Beef cattle, with sufficient providing, develop in a general frame work. The measurement of the animal is made in a silent and upstanding position, excecuted on the sacrum.All values of this table, are in centimeters, mesured from the sacrum.

 
Frame Score – Bulls

Age (Months) Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
6 89  94  99  104  109  114
7 91  97  102  107  112  117
8 94  99  104  109  114  119
9 97  102  107  112  117  122
10 99  104  109  114  119  124
11 102  107  112  117  122  127
12 104  109  114  119  124  130
13 104  110  116  121  126  131
14 107  112  117 122  127  132
15 108  113  118  123  128  133
16 109  114  119  124  130  135
17 110  116  121  126  131  136
18 112  116  122  127  132  137
19 112  117  123  128  133  138
20 113  118  123  128  133  138
21 114  119  124  129  134  139
22 114  119  124  130  135  140
23 115  120  125  130  135  140
24 116  121  126  131  136  141
Mature 119  124  130  135  140  145

 

Our breed aim is, to have a homogeneous breed, that means that the mature bull and his cows should be in the same class. We strive for a bull of the class 5-6 and so also the cows should be class 5-6. Therefore we handle a strict breed selection, as this is an extreme case. With the best evolution and the decent nutrition, an animal that once has grown into a class, will at the end of his mature be in the same class, with a probability of 99%, that means that animals under regular and best keeping won’t change from one class into the other. That means that one can suppose, the day you buy an animal, which isn’t mature, that his final frame score will be the same as at that moment.

Frame Score – Female animals

Age (Months) Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
5 86 91 96 101 106 111
6 88 93 98 103 108 113
7 90 95 100 105 110 115
8 91.5 96.5 101.5 106.5 111.5 116.5
9 93 98 103 108 113 118
10 95 100 105 110 115 120
11 97 102 107 112 117 122
12 99 104 109 114 119 124
13 101 106 111 116 121 126
14 102 107 112 117 122 127
15 103.5 108.5 113.5 118.5 123.5 128.5
16 105 110 115 120 125 130
17 106 111 116 121 126 131
18 107 112 117 122 127 132
24 110 115 120 125 130 135
Mature(2) 112 117 122 127 132 137
Mature(3) 114 119 124 129 134 139
  • Mature (2) – Mature frame score of cows that calve at 2 years of age. (in the 3rd. year)
  • Mature (3) –Mature frame score of cows that calve at 3 years of age. (in the 4th. year)
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