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I had a straight hereford calf who hurt his front leg when he was young. Nothing wrong with him he just walks with a limp. He wintered out with his mother and in the spring I put him into a pasture of native grass by himself, the grass was being banked for early winter grazing. Two weeks ago I...

Adding horned Hereford genetics into a polled herd used to be fairly common. This was done to "beef up" the polled Herefords and get rid of their skinny butts! I am sure the polled Herefords have these desired traits within the breed now but at one time they didn't. At Innisfail Alberta the...

In my opinion the most important thing in buying a bull is the guy who raised him and how he raised him. Big names and pedigrees and a feed bucket don't really cut it with me. Knowing the breeder is honest, raises a practical product, fed right is more important to me. In the last several years...

Looks like your prices are about the same as prices in Alberta(given the dollar conversion). It is a pretty sad situation, but the market is what the market is! Hopefully things will turn around next year....we've been saying that up here for about 7 years! For many up here in Alberta the...

How do you know if you are buying a quality bull? Is he really genetically superior or are you buying the feed bucket? The purebred business is completely different from the real world of commercial production. The purebred breeder needs to play the game if he wants to make some money. About...

Maybe they added Angus so they could kick you more accurately? I've always found Angus to be very good kickers. They can nail you just about every time! Don't know much about limousin? Seems whenever I see some go through the sale barn they are snaky and like to let fly at the ring man!

Knersie: No there are not a lot of straightbred hereford females around here anymore. There are still a lot of hereford cross cattle with a white face. Simmental, Limo, Charlais bulls were used a lot from about 1985 on. The use of Angus bulls in a big way started about the mid to late nineties...

Knersie: The fact is a "straightbred" hereford calf sells for less...in my area. A straightbred Angus(red or black) sells up with the crossbreds. This is the reason there are very few hereford bulls in any pastures here. The feedlots don't want a straightbred hereford calf. Why? The only...

Now don't get me wrong here. I'm a big fan of crossbreeding...both for a cow herd and for the final product. The original slant of this whole subject was hereford bulls somehow "improve" those black cows...and all I said was probably about the same as Angus bulls "improve" those hereford cows...

Sorry wasn't trying to create a lot of controversy...just saying it how I see it. Not sure what the comment was about color? I think the average order buyer for the big feedlots knows pretty well what will perform...and what won't? I doubt very much they are "color conscious"? They know what...

Black baldys sell well here too. But straight herefords don't. Most crossbred calves will out perform straight bred calves in the feedlot. CAB isn't a big thing up here but carcass quality is and the buyers definitely want Angus or Angus influenced calves mostly. They will also pay top price for...

I suspect if they did another study breeding Angus bulls to straightbred hereford cows you would get the same results? The only difference would be that the straight bred hereford calves would sell for much less than the Angus calves? Now it might be different wherever you are, but in Alberta a...

In my area the ideal weight for a cow would be around 1400 lbs. The feeder buyers here want a calf in that 650-700 lb. range and they want that calf with some frame so he can finish around 1350 lbs. Because we calve in early summer we don't wean calves until about March the next year and then...

Everything sells at a sale barn, but for how much depends a lot on the bulls you use. Every cow calves or dies trying, but again that too depends a lot on the bull you are using? Being real cheap, or overly extravagant, usually doesn't make economic sense in the long run. If the breeder is...

It would be interesting to see what kind of herds those Hereford bulls were going to? Maybe some ranches are trying to breed some hybrid vigor into their Angus herds? Or trying to get some good black baldy replacements? In Alberta the hereford bull is becoming a very rare sight and a herd of red...

Now personally I wouldn't buy a bull at the sale barn, or a cow for that matter. Just don't want to bring a bunch of problems home with me. However, quite often you do see some pretty good bulls going through the ring? I'm not a big fan of EPDs. I'll sure look at them if the breeder has them...

Sure like that black calf in the first picture. Big stout calf with good hair.

Dixie: I'll try to answer. Obvious pros: The market wants an Angus or Angus influenced calf, preferably black, for one reason...the feedlot, packer, retailer make more money on him. The angus/crossbred cow is tough,low maitenance, maternal, fertile and raises a desirable feeder animal. The...

Actually the one I have goes in the mouth. That idea of the eye hooks sounds interesting.

The last cow we had to calve this year had twins. She didn't want one and after a couple of days of keeping her in trying to get her to accept both I kicked her out with the one she wanted. I decided I would be his "bottle momma"! Bought a bag of milk replacer $72! The next night we got a...