Hunterdon County Beef

The Hunterdon County Beef Club engages youth in activities to identify breeds, locate parts, raise a healthy animal, fit and show steers, and how to select a project animal. There are two main types of Beef Cattle Projects that a 4-H member may choose. A beef heifer breeding project is a long term project in which a 4-H member begins with a heifer calf (female) and cares for her through breeding age (around 1 year of age) and on to calving (giving birth) at around 2 years of age. The other type of project is a market beef project in which the 4-H member begins with a weaned steer or heifer calf and cares for the calf through the growing phase until the calf reaches market weight of around 1100-1300 pounds. Join the Hunterdon County Beef Club and learn what raising a beef animal is all about.