Calf Growth

The Bovine species grows at an unbelievable rate. There is a difference in size and weight between the bovine species. There is the beef breeds and the dairy breeds, the beef breeds are usually short and meaty while the dairy breeds are tall and lean. The common beef breed is usually angus or hereford cattle. The common dairy breed is either jersey or holstein, holstein cattle are tall and huge cattle while jersey cattle are small. Anyway calves usually will grow to be around eight hundred to one thousand pounds in a year. As they get older there consumption rate will skyrocket.