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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1726273" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>Angus are pretty popular in my country, BUT no weanling buyers want them. You can sell them, but the price will be very low. More muscled calves are selling way easier. Also in the last two decades Angus has lost some of their important traits, such as easy calving. Years ago you were certain that if you use angus on a heifer, the calf will be small and easily born. Now, on the other hand, often angus calf can cause more trouble than a limousine calf. That's why we actually stopped using Angus. They often brought more calving difficulties on heifers, less shape than continental calf and lower price, plus harder to sell as a weanling. They do make good cows, but if need to sell it, a continental cross animal will always bring more money. </p><p>The most desirable animals here are limousine, in the second place- charolais. So actually, black colour isn't wanted by the weanling buyers. Any other colour is okay, but black usually brings lower price. Not a problem when there are just a couple black calves though. </p><p>In a scale from 1 to 5 in fat score, the best one, when you sell for slaughter, is 3. Very lean cattle get lower price, so it's the best to in the middle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1726273, member: 19683"] Angus are pretty popular in my country, BUT no weanling buyers want them. You can sell them, but the price will be very low. More muscled calves are selling way easier. Also in the last two decades Angus has lost some of their important traits, such as easy calving. Years ago you were certain that if you use angus on a heifer, the calf will be small and easily born. Now, on the other hand, often angus calf can cause more trouble than a limousine calf. That's why we actually stopped using Angus. They often brought more calving difficulties on heifers, less shape than continental calf and lower price, plus harder to sell as a weanling. They do make good cows, but if need to sell it, a continental cross animal will always bring more money. The most desirable animals here are limousine, in the second place- charolais. So actually, black colour isn't wanted by the weanling buyers. Any other colour is okay, but black usually brings lower price. Not a problem when there are just a couple black calves though. In a scale from 1 to 5 in fat score, the best one, when you sell for slaughter, is 3. Very lean cattle get lower price, so it's the best to in the middle. [/QUOTE]
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