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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1550429" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>As Bright Raven said on another forum, bull tests, evaluation programs?? Good luck in Kentucky. It's like pulling teeth around here to discuss genetics. Some people here get it, and some are selling directly to feedlots out west, most use Angus bulls, they don't have a purebred Angus herd, but those folks are rare, and they definitely understand carcass quality. My clients sell to the stockyards, so it's lost in the shuffle. I would welcome bull tests and evaluation programs that producers really take seriously. I've tried to get my clients to focus on CAB, some are open to it, but the yards are a far easier alternative for them. </p><p></p><p>Let's consider this however. </p><p></p><p>The current steer market at Bluegrass looked like this. The report was dated 12-21-18.</p><p>100 head, 898 lb. $144 mostly black fancy. Average $1293.12 That doesn't look too bad to to me. </p><p></p><p>"Fancy" is a term for very high quality steers.</p><p>100 fancy steers could bring in approximately $130,000. Kentucky cattle producers have options but many won't put forth the effort and would rather complain about how bad the cattle market is, versus improving their genetics.</p><p></p><p> I toss around Angus and prime because first off we only raise registered Angus, secondly we can sell every bull we produce, why cut one to get X when you can keep him to 14-16 months and get 3.5X? Our entire herd is either HD50k or Angus Source tested and free of all known recessives in the Angus breed, we breed to AI sires that have excellent carcass traits and our cows aren't too shabby as well, so I feel confident that if we switched over to steers that we would have a significant percentage score prime.</p><p></p><p>FYI, I do my best to get my clients to improve their herds, most are trying hard to do it, they understand that quality steers bring bigger checks. </p><p></p><p>I'm in no way looking down on anyone's decision to use different breeds other than Angus, but 44 Farms didn't build their reputation and herd using inferior genetics. Just check out 44 Ruby 2357, if you want to see a real cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1550429, member: 37967"] As Bright Raven said on another forum, bull tests, evaluation programs?? Good luck in Kentucky. It’s like pulling teeth around here to discuss genetics. Some people here get it, and some are selling directly to feedlots out west, most use Angus bulls, they don’t have a purebred Angus herd, but those folks are rare, and they definitely understand carcass quality. My clients sell to the stockyards, so it’s lost in the shuffle. I would welcome bull tests and evaluation programs that producers really take seriously. I’ve tried to get my clients to focus on CAB, some are open to it, but the yards are a far easier alternative for them. Let’s consider this however. The current steer market at Bluegrass looked like this. The report was dated 12-21-18. 100 head, 898 lb. $144 mostly black fancy. Average $1293.12 That doesn’t look too bad to to me. “Fancy” is a term for very high quality steers. 100 fancy steers could bring in approximately $130,000. Kentucky cattle producers have options but many won’t put forth the effort and would rather complain about how bad the cattle market is, versus improving their genetics. I toss around Angus and prime because first off we only raise registered Angus, secondly we can sell every bull we produce, why cut one to get X when you can keep him to 14-16 months and get 3.5X? Our entire herd is either HD50k or Angus Source tested and free of all known recessives in the Angus breed, we breed to AI sires that have excellent carcass traits and our cows aren’t too shabby as well, so I feel confident that if we switched over to steers that we would have a significant percentage score prime. FYI, I do my best to get my clients to improve their herds, most are trying hard to do it, they understand that quality steers bring bigger checks. I’m in no way looking down on anyone’s decision to use different breeds other than Angus, but 44 Farms didn’t build their reputation and herd using inferior genetics. Just check out 44 Ruby 2357, if you want to see a real cow. [/QUOTE]
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