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<blockquote data-quote="bcarty" data-source="post: 1013121" data-attributes="member: 17617"><p>AF: you are exactly right about it taking more than one generation and I have been doing it the conventional way with traditional semen and cleanup bulls. I select the best heifers from the entire herd and keep them as replacements. I have been using bulls that are mostly maternal without sacrificing too much growth and I have found that my cows are getting bigger and my steers are not nearly as good as I feel they should be. I would like to devote more resources to creating better females. For me that would be a frame 4/5 cow weighing 1000-1200lbs. I really like the linebred bulls that some operations are offering, they just dont have sexed semen on many of them. </p><p></p><p>CP: the only reasons I would want to use sexed semen is to avoid having steers that are not growthy and hard to sell, and having fewer females to choose from. I understand that the sexed semen is more expensive and less fertile, but if I use a high growth bull as cleanup I should recoup some of that cost in pounds of calf sold. I even thought about a black lim bull to add growth but keep the color black so I dont get docked. </p><p></p><p>These are all thoughts that are running through my head and I cannot decide where to go next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bcarty, post: 1013121, member: 17617"] AF: you are exactly right about it taking more than one generation and I have been doing it the conventional way with traditional semen and cleanup bulls. I select the best heifers from the entire herd and keep them as replacements. I have been using bulls that are mostly maternal without sacrificing too much growth and I have found that my cows are getting bigger and my steers are not nearly as good as I feel they should be. I would like to devote more resources to creating better females. For me that would be a frame 4/5 cow weighing 1000-1200lbs. I really like the linebred bulls that some operations are offering, they just dont have sexed semen on many of them. CP: the only reasons I would want to use sexed semen is to avoid having steers that are not growthy and hard to sell, and having fewer females to choose from. I understand that the sexed semen is more expensive and less fertile, but if I use a high growth bull as cleanup I should recoup some of that cost in pounds of calf sold. I even thought about a black lim bull to add growth but keep the color black so I dont get docked. These are all thoughts that are running through my head and I cannot decide where to go next. [/QUOTE]
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