cypressfarms
Well-known member
Hi all,
Some background:
I 've been watching from the sideline for a while. Well, I decided to jump in finally. I've been around cattle helping my dad since I was 11 (25years ago) with his cattle. I currently have 20 head of commercial Brangus, but just recently came accross a friend who is an older farmer. Seeing that I was just getting into the cattle business myself, he made me a great deal on 18 heifers (I felt guilty about the price it was so low), but he's a nice guy and he wants to help younger people in the cattle business. They are a mix of just about avery breed.. some angus, some beefmaster, some charolais, some tiger stripes, some I wouldn't even want to guess. I wanted to purchase a bull to put with them next spring/summer, and around here black always sells better, so I bought a 7 month old "angus plus" (which is what we call a cross between a brangus and an angus). Some call them double black, and about another million names. He's seven months old, weighs right at 700 lbs, and I now have him separated with my other Brangus bull for the winter. The only problem I forsee is that I have no EPD info on him, so I don't really know for sure that he is the right bull for these mixed hiefers.
My goal is to produce calves that will have a high enough percentage of angus to not be docked at the sale barn.
Any thoughts from the pros???
I will try to post a picture for everyone to tear him up.
Thanks in advance for any advice, be it comical or helpful.
Some background:
I 've been watching from the sideline for a while. Well, I decided to jump in finally. I've been around cattle helping my dad since I was 11 (25years ago) with his cattle. I currently have 20 head of commercial Brangus, but just recently came accross a friend who is an older farmer. Seeing that I was just getting into the cattle business myself, he made me a great deal on 18 heifers (I felt guilty about the price it was so low), but he's a nice guy and he wants to help younger people in the cattle business. They are a mix of just about avery breed.. some angus, some beefmaster, some charolais, some tiger stripes, some I wouldn't even want to guess. I wanted to purchase a bull to put with them next spring/summer, and around here black always sells better, so I bought a 7 month old "angus plus" (which is what we call a cross between a brangus and an angus). Some call them double black, and about another million names. He's seven months old, weighs right at 700 lbs, and I now have him separated with my other Brangus bull for the winter. The only problem I forsee is that I have no EPD info on him, so I don't really know for sure that he is the right bull for these mixed hiefers.
My goal is to produce calves that will have a high enough percentage of angus to not be docked at the sale barn.
Any thoughts from the pros???
I will try to post a picture for everyone to tear him up.
Thanks in advance for any advice, be it comical or helpful.