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A couple of chromed up Simmental heifers to pick on.
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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1448732" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>I have bull buyers that want bulls in the 90's. They run them on cows, not heifers. They are looking at performance, and do not want small scrawny calves. Our calves average in the 80's. But I ACTUALLY weigh my cows, SEVERAL TIMES a year. Each time they go through the chute (breeding, vaccinating....) they are weighed. Most of my herd is in the 1600 pound size range. I bet I do not have a one that is under 1200, and those are first calf heifers! </p><p></p><p>Now, jd, about Uno Mas. My experience is you will either love them or hate them. My personal experience is I have not liked a single one I have had born here, but I have seen some nice ones at shows. They lack growth, performance, and tend to have a LOT of hair! My bull buyers do not want hair, and I have yet to have an Uno Mas bull born on this place stay a bull. The heifers are just common, nothing special. None have stayed, but our herd is small, so my selection for replacements is high. I have never had luck with heifer sexed semen, we bought 10 straws of heifer sexed Upgrade, gotn 1 pregnancy on that. Had 10 straws of heifer sexed Movin Forward, got 1 pregnancy from that also. I will stick with conventional, we get about 78% on conventional around here. Are you looking for CE on heifers? If percentage does not matter, Lockdown is phenomenal (<a href="https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/animalSearch.AnimalSearchAction?eventSubmit_performAnimalSearch=T&animalNumbers=2658496" target="_blank">https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/ani ... rs=2658496</a>). Hard to get EPD's better than that, and he throws the white face. Every Lockdown calf we have had has been phenomenal! They are born small and GROW GROW GROW! Most of the heifers we are selling as spring breds in our fall sale are bred to him. Conception on his semen is good too. Iron Hide is another good calving ease bull, but half blood. Those suckers are born sucking! Vigorous at birth, they hit the ground running. If you are looking for purebred, LRS Elevate is starting to make some noise. We have our first one coming in less than a month, so I will know more. I like that he has a different pedigree (<a href="https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/animalSearch.AnimalSearchAction?eventSubmit_performAnimalSearch=T&animalNumbers=2842534" target="_blank">https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/ani ... rs=2842534</a>). Hope that helps a little!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1448732, member: 18809"] I have bull buyers that want bulls in the 90's. They run them on cows, not heifers. They are looking at performance, and do not want small scrawny calves. Our calves average in the 80's. But I ACTUALLY weigh my cows, SEVERAL TIMES a year. Each time they go through the chute (breeding, vaccinating....) they are weighed. Most of my herd is in the 1600 pound size range. I bet I do not have a one that is under 1200, and those are first calf heifers! Now, jd, about Uno Mas. My experience is you will either love them or hate them. My personal experience is I have not liked a single one I have had born here, but I have seen some nice ones at shows. They lack growth, performance, and tend to have a LOT of hair! My bull buyers do not want hair, and I have yet to have an Uno Mas bull born on this place stay a bull. The heifers are just common, nothing special. None have stayed, but our herd is small, so my selection for replacements is high. I have never had luck with heifer sexed semen, we bought 10 straws of heifer sexed Upgrade, gotn 1 pregnancy on that. Had 10 straws of heifer sexed Movin Forward, got 1 pregnancy from that also. I will stick with conventional, we get about 78% on conventional around here. Are you looking for CE on heifers? If percentage does not matter, Lockdown is phenomenal ([url=https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/animalSearch.AnimalSearchAction?eventSubmit_performAnimalSearch=T&animalNumbers=2658496]https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/ani ... rs=2658496[/url]). Hard to get EPD's better than that, and he throws the white face. Every Lockdown calf we have had has been phenomenal! They are born small and GROW GROW GROW! Most of the heifers we are selling as spring breds in our fall sale are bred to him. Conception on his semen is good too. Iron Hide is another good calving ease bull, but half blood. Those suckers are born sucking! Vigorous at birth, they hit the ground running. If you are looking for purebred, LRS Elevate is starting to make some noise. We have our first one coming in less than a month, so I will know more. I like that he has a different pedigree ([url=https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/animalSearch.AnimalSearchAction?eventSubmit_performAnimalSearch=T&animalNumbers=2842534]https://herdbook.org/simmapp/action/ani ... rs=2842534[/url]). Hope that helps a little! [/QUOTE]
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