Makes a lot of sense. We are still trying to figure out our system. We've only been at our place for a year but we have very dry summers with no grass growth. Pasture comes back in the winter. I'm thinking our best calving time might be end of winter. We are playing with our options. I hadn't factored in kill dates. That's definitely something id like to properly plan for too.

For premium beef quality, harvesting when they're still gaining good weight on good forage is important. Once they go on hay the beef quality decreases. Some folks save pastures just for finishing animals and move the herd that's not getting processed onto hay.