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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1427559" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We are fortunate that we can keep bulls as long as we want. We also have several and different places to move cattle to in the summer so can control in-breeding or line breeding. We sold an old bull that had gotten everyone settled that year but his arthritis made getting up and down painful in his previously broken hind leg. I think Bubba was 12 or 13 at least. We knew that the winter would not be kind to him.</p><p>If we like the calves we keep him as long as he is fertile, doesn't want to roam, doesn't start tearing up fences, and doesn't get an attitude. </p><p>We have had a couple of young bulls that quickly got attitudes and 2 we have now have actually mellowed as they have gotten some age. One was on the list to go and then we like the calves so much decided to get "one more time" out of him. He settled down and we still have him and have kept several heifers this last year.</p><p>We are able to buy and keep easy calving bulls to use on the heifers, so we can switch them back and forth to not breed heifers back to their sires. We have 2 bulls we only use on cows as the calves are bigger at birth.</p><p>We don't see a discount on older bulls unless they get thin. Most of our older bulls get so big that we worry a little about their size on the cows. The 13-1500 lb bulls often will go back to a farm for breeding unless they show an attitude in the ring. The 1800 + ones go to slaughter so that they will bring decent money unless they are thin. </p><p></p><p>When the bulls get done with their group of cows they come back to the main farm and go together in the bull lot. There is usually a little pushing but seldom have even more than a head butt or two and in 5 minutes they just go about their business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1427559, member: 25884"] We are fortunate that we can keep bulls as long as we want. We also have several and different places to move cattle to in the summer so can control in-breeding or line breeding. We sold an old bull that had gotten everyone settled that year but his arthritis made getting up and down painful in his previously broken hind leg. I think Bubba was 12 or 13 at least. We knew that the winter would not be kind to him. If we like the calves we keep him as long as he is fertile, doesn't want to roam, doesn't start tearing up fences, and doesn't get an attitude. We have had a couple of young bulls that quickly got attitudes and 2 we have now have actually mellowed as they have gotten some age. One was on the list to go and then we like the calves so much decided to get "one more time" out of him. He settled down and we still have him and have kept several heifers this last year. We are able to buy and keep easy calving bulls to use on the heifers, so we can switch them back and forth to not breed heifers back to their sires. We have 2 bulls we only use on cows as the calves are bigger at birth. We don't see a discount on older bulls unless they get thin. Most of our older bulls get so big that we worry a little about their size on the cows. The 13-1500 lb bulls often will go back to a farm for breeding unless they show an attitude in the ring. The 1800 + ones go to slaughter so that they will bring decent money unless they are thin. When the bulls get done with their group of cows they come back to the main farm and go together in the bull lot. There is usually a little pushing but seldom have even more than a head butt or two and in 5 minutes they just go about their business. [/QUOTE]
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