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Paint em red, and send a load to me. :D

I'm a pretty small operator at this point, so the enjoyment aspect of it is key. Of course, I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't enjoy it.

I haven't really researched it much. Do you have any pictures? I'm kinda open to anything right now. I'm poised to go about any direction I like in the next year or two. I'm just weighing my options right now.

I only have a few this year. They came with some cows I bought, and i liked them. I've been thinking about this cross for a couple years though. Next year I have a couple Charolais pulls lined up. The calving ease aspect of it is yet to be seen. I'll get some pictures tomorrow, and see if I can...

I don't know much of anything about Limousin cattle. They aren't very popular around here though. Simmental, and Charolais tend to be your best bet for terminal calves.

This will be my first year selling any Char cross calves. I was just saying, that as a rule of thumb they sell well here. We'll see how they work for me.

I've actually considered using Fleckvieh bulls. I really like the "type" a lot of those animals possess. Finding bulls that aren't too extreme in size is a challenge though. I don't want my animals getting too big. That would be fine if I was selling all my calves as feeders, or even as...

My steers usually sell about even with the black calves that go through. Heifers usually sell a dime higher than the rest. Char crosses sell like hotcakes, and Herefords... they tend to take a beating.

No, No, No, you've got it backwards. Put a Red bull on and know you'll have pretty cows. :lol:

If you were running a predominantly Red Angus cowherd, what would your bull of choice be? I tend to like either a Simm, or Charolais bull for a terminal cross. Just curious what everyone else would do.

In all honesty $1300 is the absolute low side, and yes bred heifers. Don't think for a second that crossing to Simmental bulls hasn't been considered. It's still being considered in fact. I actually quite like Simm cross animals. Red cows sell quite well where I'm at, whether they're pure or...

I can raise my animals cheaply enough at this point that I could sell my heifers for $1300 and make a nice profit. That won't be the case for ever probably, but I'd like to take advantage of it while I can.

My ultimate goal is to raise all of my own replacements, and sell the excess as breeds.

I'm in the process of deciding what direction I want to go with my herd. Most of my cows are Red Angus, I do have a few oddballs. I'm trying to decide whether I should retain my heifers and, sell them as bred heifers. Or, breed all my cows to a more terminal type bull and sell all the calves...