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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 138474" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>Some background:</p><p> 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. </p><p></p><p>My goal is to produce calves that will have a high enough percentage of angus to not be docked at the sale barn.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts from the pros???</p><p></p><p>I will try to post a picture for everyone to tear him up.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for any advice, be it comical or helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 138474, member: 2653"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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