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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1793631" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>I won't blast you... </p><p></p><p>I know there are great horned cattle. There are even reasons horned cattle can be a good choice.</p><p></p><p>That said, I think horned steers/heifers get discounted at sale time. Sometimes more, sometimes less, and if you choose to dehorn at any time it is an extra effort/time/expense. Also, whether horned Herefords are "better" than polled is pretty subjective. I do know that there are superior horned and polled animals and some that are not... and the trick is to find the best bull that will get you the highest numbers at the point of sale for offspring. If you put fifty horned bulls in with fifty polled bulls it will be a crap shoot which any person will pick, and if we separate them all by quality there will be both horned and polled in the upper and lower choices.</p><p></p><p>My biggest concern with the person asking for advice is whether he has experience and is willing to dehorn or live with horns. Just thinking this might be an appropriate thing to consider.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1793631, member: 42463"] I won't blast you... I know there are great horned cattle. There are even reasons horned cattle can be a good choice. That said, I think horned steers/heifers get discounted at sale time. Sometimes more, sometimes less, and if you choose to dehorn at any time it is an extra effort/time/expense. Also, whether horned Herefords are "better" than polled is pretty subjective. I do know that there are superior horned and polled animals and some that are not... and the trick is to find the best bull that will get you the highest numbers at the point of sale for offspring. If you put fifty horned bulls in with fifty polled bulls it will be a crap shoot which any person will pick, and if we separate them all by quality there will be both horned and polled in the upper and lower choices. My biggest concern with the person asking for advice is whether he has experience and is willing to dehorn or live with horns. Just thinking this might be an appropriate thing to consider. [/QUOTE]
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