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stocker

stocker

7.9
A young animal like a cow kept until it is fattened for sale or meat
  • noun
  • /ˈstɑːkər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ternero de engorde
  • He spent the summer fattening the stocker heifers on fresh pasture.

Examples

  • The farmer raised stocker calves on his ranch until they were ready for market.

  • The ranch manager in this case maintains a cow herd at 40% of the long-term total carrying capacity, while the remainder is balanced with stocker calves.

    Blog text (25)

  • This program helps ranchers estimate their potential profit or loss from yearling stocker cattle at many possible combinations of forage production, stocking rates, and buying and selling prices.

    Academic text (1996)

  • After months of careful feeding, the stocker animals were ready for sale to feedlots.

Synonyms

steer
vsstocker
16 6.7

A young male cow that has been castrated and is raised for beef

is any young animal kept until mature for breeding or slaughter
feeder
vsstocker
  • Specialized
4 4.6

A young farm animal being raised to become fatter before sale

is kept until mature for breeding or slaughter rather than only for market fattening

How Mature

feeder
  • Specialized
4 4.6
stocker
  • Specialized
7.9
weaner
  • Specialized
6.8
calf
30 1.0

Surface Forms

stocker singular
stockers plural

Morphology

stocker = stock (semi-transparent) = stock + er

The word is built from 'stock' + '-er', but the sense is specialized to cattle or other animals being held for later fattening or use, so it is not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Stocker comes from stock, a simple word meaning 'livestock' or the animals a farm keeps. A stocker is a young animal kept as part of that stock until it grows or is fattened, so the origin shows why it means a young farm animal.