11 month old murray grey bull

[Backbone Ranch]

We weaned this murray grey bull calf 4 months ago and he weighed 682 pounds at weaning. He had an average daily gain of 2.55 pounds. We think he shows enough promise to keep him as a herdsire. He doesn't have dapples; he has just been licking himself. Thoughts?

 

[KNERSIE]

He looks very promising, outstanding depth and capacity for his age.

 

[CKC1586]

He looks very promising, outstanding depth and capacity for his age.

No kidding!!! :nod:

 

[Alan]

Good looking bull, nice depth!

 

[Backbone Ranch]

This is his mother at 10 years old.

 

[cmf1]

He looks very promising, outstanding depth and capacity for his age.

X 3 :nod:

What's he out of BB?

What kind of ration has he been on?

Welcome to the boards by the way. :welcome:

 

[Backbone Ranch]

He is a purebred murray grey bull calf and he has only been on grass. He has never tasted grain.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

nice calf..

 

[OK Jeanne]

Very handsome!! Who are the parents?

 

[Backbone Ranch]

His parents are Sadie and Boomer. Sadie is currently 10 years old and Boomer is currently 7 years old.

 

[3waycross]

Very nice calf! :tiphat:

 

[Backbone Ranch]

This is his 10 year old mother: Sadie

This is his sire: Boomer

 

[Backbone Ranch]

This is the bull calf's half sister. She is also the offspring of Sadie.

 

[Backbone Ranch]

Both the cows and the mature bull were born and raised on OK Jeanne's farm in Oklahoma.

 

[cmf1]

Fine looking stock there BB.
I'm tempted to see if she's got any more Jopa semen.
I've got 1 or 2 I'd like to try him on.
You've got a great foundation to build on there.

 

[Backbone Ranch]

Thanks cmf1. Jopa Elation Power is a really good bull. He has a lot of depth in both the heart girth and the flank. We have a cow out of him and she throws beautiful heifer calves. This is a photo of her with her 4th consecutive heifer calf.

Below is a photo of her 2 1/2 year old daughter.

She has been suckling a bull calf for four months when this photo was taken.

 

[gberry]

Nice bull calf and nice cattle in general. I figured they were from OK Jeanne's herd. Always has exceptional cows.

 

[EllieJ]

I particuraly like the mother of the bull, she looks great in all direction, but you might want to try to work on her utter attachments a bit. The sire looks quite good, he is well muscled all around.

 

[Backbone Ranch]

This is the bull calf at 7 months old. He was already 55% of his mother's body weight. He outweighed the next largest calf by 40 pounds at weaning. It was fun hearing him bellow when he was young. It sounded like a mature bull!

 

[Backbone Ranch]

Here are two photos of the yearling bull. He is the same one as the 11 month old, but he is breeding cows currently. He has been in with the cows for 45 days.