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I get so tired of people making the statement that 51% black has anything to do with CAB. I don't know where this came from, but being predominantly black does not mean 51%, The cattle must also be "Angus influenced", and besides that, the black color is just one minor characteristic for CAB...

The calf gets all of its mitochondrial DNA from the cow. While I do believe in keeping heifers from older cows that have proven their worth, I believe there is some risk in keeping a heifer from a cow that is so old she has begun to decline in both production and condition. I believe I saw a...

This doesn't surprise me. My guess is someone offered him a price closer to their value, and they are sold. It is probably awkward to contact you now. I just sold our spring born calves. Steers brought an average of $1,438 each and heifers $1,273. Be careful if you buy at a sale barn. The...

Since I was unfamiliar with the way the Black Hereford breed worked, I did an internet search and found this. "you get a Black Hereford by crossing a Red Polled Hereford with a Black Angus. in cattle black coat coloring is dominant and red coat color is recessive. So when u cross a Angus (BB)...

Ky Hills Absolute has a docility EPD of 18 with a 93% accuracy. That is not exactly a great docility EPD. I suspect your cow being sired by TC Franklin and then bred to Absolute, resulted in a throw back to some of the crazier attitudes of the past (and sometimes the present). I have quite a...

Angus are getting a bit of a bashing for docility here, and I assume that is likely due to the popularity of certain bloodlines in the past that had a reputation for poor dispositions. (for example EXT or Emulation 31). Just like every other quality, docility is something you can select for...

Would that be TC Franklin 619? He scores poorly for docility according to EPD's, with an accuracy of 81%. He would be in the bottom 25% of the breed for docility, so it looks like the EPD's are working. I don't really trust any low accuacy EPD, so if you used him back when his EPD's were...

It is obvious that the "black" qualification was put in back in 1978 because this program was originally funded by the American Angus Association. I see nothing wrong with that. The fact that it has caused many other breeds to go black, means it was successful beyond anyone's expectations. I...

Caustic Bruno What you are saying is that CAB has not hurt your market. That is good. Good cattle bring a good price no matter the color. I think too many people use CAB as an excuse when they get less than others for their cattle. You also mentioned in a prior post that cattle only need to...

KY Hills said "I think it helped the Angus breed for a while, but now I believe Simmental are beating them at their own game by exploiting their he loose definition of CAB." Actually the Simmental cattle and any other breed that have gone black in order to sell CAB, is only helping to enrich...

I often see rants against CAB posted on this site. People seem to blame CAB for ruining the market for their cattle, just because they aren't black. The problem is, their cattle are discounted because buyers have found them less likely to grade well than the black cattle. If you are able get a...

Bulls must be tested free to be eligible for registration. Cows can be registered without testing, but their potential carrier status will be noted on their registration. This includes any animal that traces back to a known carrier through untested parents. For example, your cow or bull...

Speckle Park? https://www.thecattlesite.com/breeds/beef/112/speckle-park/

Most AI bulls go from the hot new stud to forgotten has-been before their daughters raise their second calf. That is my biggest problem with AI bulls nowadays. I like a well proven AI bull. One with enough offspring to have data reported from multiple parties and not just the partners with a...

We have had that happen more than once. We try to avoid going anywhere close to a lone calf, during that brief time between when they are newly born and still catch-able and when they join with the other calves in what I call the "calf nursery". Startling a calf who is hiding all alone without...

Another thought. I notice that your bulls sire has earned the CAB logo on his pedigree and his dam would have likely qualified too if she had more EPD accuracy. I bet getting him tested would earn him that logo too. If you get him tested, I'd enjoy seeing the results.

I like the looks of your young bull and I would use him on heifers with confidence. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't keep a heifer I thought might have trouble calving to the average Angus bull. I consider a calving ease (CE) EPD of 9 to be very good. It puts him in the top 30% of the Angus...

I have been asking about that one for some time. Perhaps they are not getting enough data. I have turned in numbers on my commercial Registered Angus cows for several years. They are receiving 40+ numbers from me anyway. Udder quality of a bulls daughters was a trait that was evaluated in...

Yes, she was pretty happy that she decided to look up his current EPDs. She had just bought the semen. I think he was rather popular, so I would guess there will be a lot of unhappy customers. I'm surprised to see that his semen is still being advertised with no mention of a problem. She...

My friend was planning to AI her heifers to the Hereford bull, Small Town Kid, next week, so she went to look at his current EPDs. Apparently it showed his registration as being pulled, and when she called Select Sires to ask about it, she was told he was found to be a carrier of some defect...