With weaning right around the corner and producers starting to think about their preconditioning programs, now is also the time to think about the different paths you can set your heifer calves on. They may be placed in a feedlot with their steer counterparts or grown as a prospect for replacement heifers for the cow herd. The different goals for heifer calves will impact their future immunity goals.
Once the decision is made about which heifers will be retained as replacements and which will be sent to the feedlot, you can…
