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<blockquote data-quote="Jake" data-source="post: 1325158" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>True heterosis is not a free lunch. It has been sold as such by the universities for generations but it does not necessarily lead to more profit. Which makes sense because universities don't have to operate in the black. </p><p></p><p>Sure my calves will weigh more, but I have half a crop of throwaway heifers that no longer fit my program.</p><p>This past year we sold 90 steers, 75 of which sold in one group. The brought a dime premium to have a load lot of consistent cattle. They weighed 610 when we sold them. So that premium netted us an extra $60 over just commodity cattle. At 1.80 for 6 weight calves I would have had to get an extra 33# out of cross bred calves on average to get me to the same point, and I guarantee they wouldn't have been able to go with that type or sort. We used to play that game years ago and you'd have 3 sorts minimum on that group and your average dollar/head would have been hurt by that.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't even start the conversation on what I have to do for replacements. Cross breeding has it's place but so does straight breeding. There is no free lunch, the people telling you its free have something to sell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jake, post: 1325158, member: 4"] True heterosis is not a free lunch. It has been sold as such by the universities for generations but it does not necessarily lead to more profit. Which makes sense because universities don't have to operate in the black. Sure my calves will weigh more, but I have half a crop of throwaway heifers that no longer fit my program. This past year we sold 90 steers, 75 of which sold in one group. The brought a dime premium to have a load lot of consistent cattle. They weighed 610 when we sold them. So that premium netted us an extra $60 over just commodity cattle. At 1.80 for 6 weight calves I would have had to get an extra 33# out of cross bred calves on average to get me to the same point, and I guarantee they wouldn't have been able to go with that type or sort. We used to play that game years ago and you'd have 3 sorts minimum on that group and your average dollar/head would have been hurt by that. This doesn't even start the conversation on what I have to do for replacements. Cross breeding has it's place but so does straight breeding. There is no free lunch, the people telling you its free have something to sell. [/QUOTE]
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