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Depth of rib is overrated at this point in time. Ask your dad or grandpa if they worried about it as much as we do. They didn't. It only became such a hot topic after the pencil guts didn't work. Now, we select for too much depth and guts for no real purpose. Some of these cattle are more...

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: I really don't know what to say. More balance? mtnman

Many folks don't transfer bulls, so where are all the females going? If they work so well, why aren't the breeders keeping them for themselves. This bubble will pop! mtnman

No wonder some folks get bad advice. The bull is in the top 1% of the Angus breed by a wide margin for WW and YW, and we are told they don't grow enough? So what if he is small framed? He's not, BTW. If his growth is high and based on his progeny, then his own size doesn't matter...

Don't bet on it AiT. Even the CAB reports show that the premiums were so low as to be non-existant for the first 20 years. Producers give up heterosis to straightbreed, and there is no way that a $2.50 premium captured on only 10% (steers fed = cut the CAB acceptance rate by 1/2) of the calf...

Well over 30 years? Wrong! I do not know of a single company that was kept in business for so long as CAB w/o showing real, rather than paper profit. While everyone was talking about big premiums with CAB, the average premium was only about $2.50 per head for the first 20 years of the...

Well, at least this is more scientific than the load of BS in the last Angus Journal, the "10 reasons" article. What a load of bunk! mtnman

Stay away from Gelbvieh with "Freedom" in the pedigree. They will sap the marbling right out of them! He's purty to look at, but he will prove to be the bull that was the death knell for the breed unless the breeders do a quick about-face. mtnman

I think you should count the days from breeding to calving. Let us know how many days it was, please. mtnman

The clean-up bull is the one that breeds the cows that didn't get bred by AI. What breed was your clean-up bull? Did you count the days from the time you bred the cow until she calved? How many days was it? mtnman

I cannot believe that at this late time in the years of dealing with Matt, that there are still suckers that think he actually has something to contribute to the beef industry. Wise up some of you! Don't you understand that others are losing respect for you because you agree with Matt? mtnman

What breed was the clean-up bull? Who was the RA bull? Thanks. mtnman

"Best" is a relative term. The purebred folks I do business with avoid them like the plague. mtnman

Just because he has a registration paper doesn't mean he is pure. And the reverse is true also, just because someone says an animal is unpure doesn't make it true, either. Let's just say I saw some convincing evidence on the bull. Maybe there was a reason both he and his sire were tested...

Lovana! A blast from the past! One of the great 3-breed composites to slip through the AAA doors. mtnman

She will ignore this for a few days, making us think she isn't watching, then pop up on another subject sounding like the expert. Now that has has seen me, she might jump in for a good rousing. In other words, she hides the identity of who she is. Too bad she doesn't live in a state where ID...

The Horned Hereford people were kings at this concept. They often had the high-dollar circlejerks. Then you had to go buy a son from them insteqad of being able to use the bull yourself. It sorked so well that by the late '70's they lost marketshare and have never recovered. mtnman

Why even bother listening to Pharo anymore? 10 years ago, he had some good points, but any smart rancher was already doing what he was doing in terms of cost-accounting. He's doing nothing new. Heck a buddy of mine gets his messages. He said Kit has two big tractors and his son has a...

I have no trouble handling EXT's. Some think they are too hard to handle or crazy. I think they are amateurs that don't know cattle. mtnman

I'm here. I just grow tired of the hero worship that people give to a couple folks on this board. A couple of the regulars don't know $hit from $hinola about breeding cattle, but they sure have a following. mtnman