An interesting article from America on the profitability of smaller cows.

The gist of the story is this: Smaller cows were about US$65 per head cheaper to keep and produced steer calves with total carcass value about US$250 lower, and had a net return per steer of US$74 less. However, because the steers and their dams were cheaper to feed and especially because they produced more tons of quality fed beef, they produced more profit.

Click here to read the full article from Beef Magazine.