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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1703007" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>LH type means Longhorn and/or Corriente. To start generating money quickly, with minimal investment, the best thing you could do would be to buy Corriente cows and breed them to homozygous for black, polled bulls. These cows will be $500 or less...many times closer to $300. These 700-800 lb cows will wean off a 500-550lb black polled calf in 5-6 mos. Those calves are bringing about $1.50 right now for steers. maybe $1.40 for heifers. You can make money buying a $300-$500 cow and selling her calf for $750. You can do the same with a 900-1000 lb Longhorn cow too, but the calves won't wean any bigger, and the cows will cost a little more initially. They will eat a little more, too. Mature LH cows can have a horn spread of 6 to 8 feet, too, which can add some challenges when it comes to working facilities. What you have to watch for, is LH or Corrs that are part Watusi. Watusi are crossed in with the Corrs sometimes when the goal is to get a bigger set of horns at an earlier age. People breed LH x Watusi too, mostly for ornamental or novelty type cattle. Watusi crosses are often hard to poll, because of the African Horn Gene. </p><p></p><p>Corriente and LH both, do not have trouble calving. They are disease, insect and parasite resistant. They are heat tolerant and also do well in cold weather. They are about as maintenance free as a domestic animal can be. There is no other breed of cow in the US, that will wean a calf that would bring twice what you paid for her. You can pay $1000's more for other kinds of cows, and spend a lot of money on feed and medicines, etc. You can do all of that conditioning after you wean the calves, etc. , and might sell a steer for more than $750. But, you will NOT make the net profit that you will weaning $750 calves off of $300 cows. </p><p></p><p>Where you are located, Brangus bulls might work better for you than Angus, since a little ear won't hurt you there in Texas, but either will be fine. </p><p></p><p>How many cow-calf pairs are you thinking of running, [USER=27352]@TdJ[/USER] ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1703007, member: 40587"] LH type means Longhorn and/or Corriente. To start generating money quickly, with minimal investment, the best thing you could do would be to buy Corriente cows and breed them to homozygous for black, polled bulls. These cows will be $500 or less...many times closer to $300. These 700-800 lb cows will wean off a 500-550lb black polled calf in 5-6 mos. Those calves are bringing about $1.50 right now for steers. maybe $1.40 for heifers. You can make money buying a $300-$500 cow and selling her calf for $750. You can do the same with a 900-1000 lb Longhorn cow too, but the calves won't wean any bigger, and the cows will cost a little more initially. They will eat a little more, too. Mature LH cows can have a horn spread of 6 to 8 feet, too, which can add some challenges when it comes to working facilities. What you have to watch for, is LH or Corrs that are part Watusi. Watusi are crossed in with the Corrs sometimes when the goal is to get a bigger set of horns at an earlier age. People breed LH x Watusi too, mostly for ornamental or novelty type cattle. Watusi crosses are often hard to poll, because of the African Horn Gene. Corriente and LH both, do not have trouble calving. They are disease, insect and parasite resistant. They are heat tolerant and also do well in cold weather. They are about as maintenance free as a domestic animal can be. There is no other breed of cow in the US, that will wean a calf that would bring twice what you paid for her. You can pay $1000's more for other kinds of cows, and spend a lot of money on feed and medicines, etc. You can do all of that conditioning after you wean the calves, etc. , and might sell a steer for more than $750. But, you will NOT make the net profit that you will weaning $750 calves off of $300 cows. Where you are located, Brangus bulls might work better for you than Angus, since a little ear won't hurt you there in Texas, but either will be fine. How many cow-calf pairs are you thinking of running, [USER=27352]@TdJ[/USER] ? [/QUOTE]
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