A Craigslist Simmental Bull

[Bright Raven]

Copied this from Craigslist. Frankfurt, Ky. $3500. The farm is nice! I am not shopping for a bull. Looking at what the market is saying!
FlyingFSimmentals, Mike, probably knows the place.

LRF PAYS TO UPGRADE- ASA number is 2964260

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

He is a 2 year old, listed on his papers as being Polled. NOT - he is either scurred or had a poor dehorning job. His sire, Pays to Believe is P/H. Looks decent. Farm does look nice. Not sure if the one across the road belongs with this side of road, but it is really nice!

 

[Bright Raven]

He is a 2 year old, listed on his papers as being Polled. NOT - he is either scurred or had a poor dehorning job. His sire, Pays to Believe is P/H. Looks decent. Farm does look nice. Not sure if the one across the road belongs with this side of road, but it is really nice!

You got a great eye! Ad said scurred! I did not look at papers.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Copied this from Craigslist. Frankfurt, Ky. $3500. The farm is nice! I am not shopping for a bull. Looking at what the market is saying!
FlyingFSimmentals, Mike, probably knows the place.

LRF PAYS TO UPGRADE- ASA number is 2964260

I expect the market will just say no to that creature.

 

[insurman]

Whoever bought that bull in March might want to get a DNA test done...

 

[Bright Raven]

Whoever bought that bull in March might want to get a DNA test done...

Yep

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Not sure I understand why you think a DNA would be needed?? Oh, do you mean because he could be horned instead of scurred?
The sire is P/H (polled carrying the horn gene), and the dam is listed as "P" (meaning they don't know if she is carrying the horn gene - very few cows are DNA tested for P/H. So, the offspring definitely COULD be horned. Also, the dam could easily be carrying the scur gene and no one would know. The scur gene is sexed linked. A female has to inherit two scur genes, but a male only has to inherit one to be expressed. His "head gear" looks like scurs - but a bad dehorning "could" look the same.

 

[Bright Raven]

Not sure I understand why you think a DNA would be needed?? Oh, do you mean because he could be horned instead of scurred?
The sire is P/H (polled carrying the horn gene), and the dam is listed as "P" (meaning they don't know if she is carrying the horn gene - very few cows are DNA tested for P/H. So, the offspring definitely COULD be horned. Also, the dam could easily be carrying the scur gene and no one would know. The scur gene is sexed linked. A female has to inherit two scur genes, but a male only has to inherit one to be expressed. His "head gear" looks like scurs - but a bad dehorning "could" look the same.

I didn't know how scurs was transmitted but the ad states the bull is scurred.

I have two of the nicest AI sired bulls you will find anywhere. LRF ACE OF SPADES is an all black 3/4 Simmental 1/4 Angus. LRF PAYS TO UPGRADE is a purebred Simmental. He is scurred. Both bulls are a little over two years old and gentle as dogs.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

With the bull being scurred, you can figure 50% of his MALE calves will be scurred. No females will express the scurs, but 50% will carry the gene. This is based on a herd of cows NOT carrying the scur gene. Scurs are no big deal, especially in a commercial herd. It would be extremely unusual for a scur to grow big enough to affect cattle on a feedlot.

 

[Rafter S]

Copied this from Craigslist. Frankfurt, Ky. $3500. The farm is nice! I am not shopping for a bull. Looking at what the market is saying!
FlyingFSimmentals, Mike, probably knows the place.

LRF PAYS TO UPGRADE- ASA number is 2964260

I expect the market will just say no to that creature.

So does that mean I'm not the only one that think he looks like a steer?

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Copied this from Craigslist. Frankfurt, Ky. $3500. The farm is nice! I am not shopping for a bull. Looking at what the market is saying!
FlyingFSimmentals, Mike, probably knows the place.

LRF PAYS TO UPGRADE- ASA number is 2964260

I expect the market will just say no to that creature.

So does that mean I'm not the only one that think he looks like a steer?

Yes.

 

[FlyingLSimmentals]

Heard of them and do think I've seen some of their cattle. This one here I don't care for, seen a few more Pays to Believe sons at The Bulls of the Bluegrass Sale this Spring I didn't care for either. Think they were from Welsh Simmentals in Glasgow, KY. Welsh usually has sharp bulls, but they were a lot like this guy with funky heads. Personally I think to many breeders sampled that Sire. He's a good Sire but needs to be used on Homozygous Polled Cows.

 

[MRRherefords]

Sure looks horned to me. I have a scurred Hereford bull and one out of every 9-10 males have scurrs. I just take a pair of dykes and snip them off if I don't like the looks of them.

 

[OzssieDave19]

Not really having Craigslist in Australia, everything i know about Craiglist i have learnt off law and order svu. I hope that bull isnt a creep!!!!

 

[MikeBo]

Let me say I am ignorant of the Simmental breed for the most part, but he is not muscled up enough for me...

 

[Son of Butch]

Not really having Craigslist in Australia, everything i know about Craiglist i have learnt off law and order svu.
I hope that bull isn't a creep!!!!

Yup... craigslist = he might be a scumbag/murderer for sure.

 

[wacocowboy]

Don't want the bull but would sure love to have that grass.