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When in doubt, do nothing. Like Knersie said, it's easy to take them off; not so easy to put them back. Just because you leave him intact doesn't mean you HAVE to breed him either. Meat bulls are selling really well right now, so no need to rush. So far he looks good to me. I agree he is...

We've got about a foot and a half of snow so far, about -10 celcius with winds up to 50 km/h, gusting to 70 km/h later today. Snow is still coming and going, they pulled our plows through the night, and they have just started going back out now. Not sure whether I'm going to try and go to work...

We run a lot of sim-angus cows in the commercial herd. Good cows, it's a nice complimentary cross. (We typically use a Charolais bull as the terminal sire over the top of our red F1 cows.) It has taken some time to weed out the older style monstrous Simmental cows. I doubt we have too many...

That's a hell of a pair. Do either of them have a COI other than zero? I assume not because you're crunching on their sire pretty hard, but I thought I'd ask. Good luck in the show ring, and at calving time.

We haven't, and I doubt we ever will. Have had some pretty special cows, especially old 4-H calves and the like that were hard to load on the truck, but when it comes down to it they always go. Like Northern Rancher said, winter up here is no walk in the park. When a cow comes up open...

Thank you. I appreciate the response, very interesting.

I have never heard of brisket disease. I've never spent any appreciable time in the mountains working cattle, most of my experience is down here in the Great Lakes basin. What's it look like, and how does it kill?

Sorry, there is lots of data on three way crosses. We use them as much as possible, but this far north we don't use any Brahma genetics, we lose more than we gain. All I meant was I couldn't comment on which breeds work the best in a crossing scheme that far south.... I can only comment on our...

That's only your opinion. Stating it as unalterable truth is ridiculous. I won't speak to the performance part of the equation that far south, I'm out of my league. But I feel compelled to comment on the color genetics portion of this thread. It is true that a black Limo, Simmental or...

Nice. :clap: I'm only 26. My wife is creeping up on 27 faster than I am, and it shows. LOL.

I like them both. Handy to have half-sibs with a different set of strengths. Nice to see that amount of length of spine in them both.

Uh-huh. And I'm the King of Lost Atlantis.

Idaman, You raise a good point regarding development land on the edges of urban centers. I had never heard that viewpoint before, but it does make sense. As to the original topic, my answer would be it depends. Land values around here are too high to pencil out with borrowing 100% of value of...

Good for you. You sell at a premium, buy low and re-sort. Congratulations. If you don't want me to mis-interpret your argument state it clearly. Re-read all ten pages at one go. I won't stand here and tell you equal quality cattle of different colours sell poorly relative to quality cattle...

If you're yippin about the US farm bill when it comes to complain about subsidies you should take an economics lesson. (If on the other hand you are meaning a competitive dis-advantage due to trade barriers I agree. But you should say so.) A trader, or jockey, isn't breeding. Those guys buy...

The original post asked why more folks don't run consistent cows, thus getting consistent calves that can sell in truck-sized lots, and gross more $$ per pound. I fail to see any inconsistencies. It doesn't matter if the singles are off-sorts because of type, colour or weight, they are still...

I hear ya. I don't mind them. It's the fella's that don't want to do things they DO get paid for, like vaccinating. It's an awful long truck-ride to get to the barns that do the presort sales up here. There are a few from the North Shore of Huron, and some even in the Ottawa Valley come down...

Looking good! Those momma's are certainly keeping up they're end of the bargain. Thanks for sharing.

Well I guess I'm a fool then for not predicting at 5.5 months of age which out of a pen of consistently-typed half-sib heifers are and aren't going to come up open over a year down the road. If she's an ugly screwball she sure ain't staying, but there is going to be a lot more than one thing...

I'm curious what part of Ontario you hail from? We see a lot of stubborn greybeards around here that don't want to vaccinate, don't want to preg test, etc, etc and complain about what they receive in the fall. The flip side is all the land is paid for and they just need something to complain...