Dave
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76 Bar said:Don't be so mean...lotsa people have bought the cool aide. :roll: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:So a black hided Angus will outperform a red hided Angus on feed? :lol:
The Black Angus won't out preform the Red Angus on feed. But if you retain ownership and sell on the grid there will be a bonus for the ones who make CAB. There is no such bonus for the reds. Not that there aren't cattle as good and even better, they just don't get the feeder that bonus. And based on what the feeders are willing to pay for calves that bonus does make a difference. No matter what or how you raise your cattle you have to look at what the market will pay for it.
I have a neighbor who breeds lots of his color crayon cows to Char bulls. When compared to other neighbors black calves he doesn't get as much per pound but makes up for it with more pounds. In the end his calf check is equal to or higher than his neighbors.