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She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate
AP via Yahoo ^ | June 4th, 2024 | DAVID BILLER

Posted on 06/04/2024 11:01:29 AM PDT by Mariner

UBERABA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras, a veterinarian and an armed guard.

Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction, according to Guinness World Records. That’s three times more than the last recordholder’s price. And — at 1,100 kilograms (more than 2,400 pounds) — she’s twice as heavy as an average adult of her breed.

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But some ranchers wouldn’t even want a big herd of her clones. High-maintenance cows like Viatina-19 aren’t profitable on a commercial scale because they couldn’t meet their energy needs from grass alone, said P.J. Budler, a cattle judge and international business manager for Trans Ova Genetics, an Iowa-based company focused on improving the bovine gene pool.

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It's impossible to beat a 800lb Hereford steer, grass fed and finished.

If you want the perfect steak.

Bigger does not mean better.

1 posted on 06/04/2024 11:01:29 AM PDT by Mariner
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So what makes this cow so valuable if ranchers don’t want this size?

And if maintenance, security and upkeep is prohibitive?


2 posted on 06/04/2024 11:07:20 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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I would be happy to trial a Japanese Black steer fed beer and massaged by cute Japanese masseuses to confirm. I do believe that Angus is way over-rated.


3 posted on 06/04/2024 11:12:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Stormy Daniels is a McGuffin)
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To: Mariner

NOT impossible burger and NOT impossible nuggets......


4 posted on 06/04/2024 11:14:42 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

“Angus Beef” is a marketing ploy. Most beef cattle in America are angus anyway. Herefords are in second place.


5 posted on 06/04/2024 11:15:36 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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I've been seeing a lot of Brazilian beef lately where I buy my steaks.
Haven't bought any though.

The perfect steak for me is Angus Beef, grass-fed and grain-finished
Kansas City Strip (bone-in).

Grain finished produces a higher degree in marbling and that
adds tenderness, juiciness, and flavor.

6 posted on 06/04/2024 11:18:58 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: Dr. Sivana

My daughter and son in law eat Wagyu two or three times a year. I’m hoping they’ll grill US some sometime. I can’t believe how expensive that stuff is.
They can afford it. I’m just a lowly retired factory worker….
They’re the smart one, they stayed in school.


7 posted on 06/04/2024 11:20:49 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Mariner

Ive been trying to convince a farmer-friend of mine to try some Wagyu breed. His herd is about 100 head, black Angus, all on grass, processed locally. Its tasty, but quite lean for my taste.

He struggles with booking processing, because many of the small slaughterhouses have disappeared, between government regulation and covid lack of (non-immigrant) labor.


8 posted on 06/04/2024 11:33:44 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Mariner

Yes. How much of the extra weight is fat?


9 posted on 06/04/2024 11:40:13 AM PDT by alternatives?
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Grass fed is the only way.
Corn is for horses.


10 posted on 06/04/2024 11:40:14 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: crusty old prospector; Dr. Sivana

Exactly, its nonsense.

Ive come to find that the reality is that often times people cant tell the difference between chicken and pork, they sure as hell arent going to know the difference in taste between different breeds of cattle.

Maybe there are some breakthroughs in feed conversion, meat ratio on carcass weight, or something for the ranchers benefit but its not for the consumer.

A while back I was ranting about everywhere JBS beef (worlds largest and Brazilian) shows up it is prominently labeled with a big angus label in the package and then the price at that store doubles or in at least one case a chain around here has as much as tripled the price for some cuts.

This may have just become one of those self perpetuating things in the market (Why is white paint so cheap? Because they make a lot of it. Why do they make so much? because people want so much. Why do people want it that much? Because its cheap.)

During prohibition grandma ran a still. People payed extra for her “good whiskey” because they didnt want just any old moonshine. All she was doing differently than everyone else was cutting it correctly with spring water and adding burnt sugar. As long as people think they are getting something special they are going to pay extra for it.


11 posted on 06/04/2024 11:49:52 AM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: monkeyshine

Generally no.

Look up “slipper hoof” -foal.


12 posted on 06/04/2024 11:52:32 AM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: monkeyshine

Nevermind. I retract that. I see that riding horses regularly get corn now as long as its balanced with oats and not too processed.

I know that any significant volume was frowned upon at one time for draft animals.

“too hot, not enough protien, a handful is good for their teeth” is what they used to say.


13 posted on 06/04/2024 12:04:36 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: gnarledmaw

I was just thinking about what these animals eat in the wild. Horses like various herbs off the ground such as fennel and others, and if let loose in a cornfield they are happy too. They like carrots.

Cows in the wild just graze. Grass, alfalfa, whatever they can forage but they don’t eat corn off the stalk.


14 posted on 06/04/2024 12:18:14 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: crusty old prospector; Dr. Sivana

“Angus Beef” is a marketing ploy. Most beef cattle in America are angus anyway. Herefords are in second place.”

Indeed it IS marketing.

All cattlemen know Herefords get bigger and fatter on the same feed, and produce a better steak.

They just are not as hearty on the range.


15 posted on 06/04/2024 12:18:20 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

That’s a lot of picanhas.


16 posted on 06/04/2024 12:25:01 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Mariner

The Bovines From Brazil.


17 posted on 06/04/2024 1:22:14 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: monkeyshine
Cows in the wild just graze.

And yet there are 2,000 year old Bible parables that celebrate the fatted calf. Probably wasn’t finished off with corn, but not with grazing grass, either.
18 posted on 06/04/2024 1:36:07 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Stormy Daniels is a McGuffin)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I feed my small herd of 12 cows 400 lbs of hay each day (4 bales).


19 posted on 06/04/2024 1:38:22 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: alternatives?

At the end of the day the best they can hope for is 50-60% edible product


20 posted on 06/04/2024 1:39:46 PM PDT by shotgun
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