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<blockquote data-quote="Baldie Maker" data-source="post: 1028421" data-attributes="member: 9081"><p>When I'm selecting a bull for heifers I'm looking for proven CE. Alot of the bulls listed above would scare the bjeezes out of me if my heifers were bred to them. If not because they are known not to be terribly CE but because they aren't all to proven. Over all if sticking with Gateway breeding you can usually get the calving ease and performance in one package. If you are looking to keep those resulting heifers it would be a great idea to go beyond these boards and call the breeder and/or current owner and ask them about how the calves/heifers/cows out of said bull are performing. Being in the Southeast it would be a great idea to ask about hair; cattle that don't shed early sure have a hard time on predominantly fescue pastures. That being said GW predestined 701T is in the tank and have several heifers that will be calving in less 75 days to him. I did get to see Robust sell last year at Gateway and he was a good bull (Select sires has him). He was very moderate, with great rib shape, width of base, and internal dimension but his first calves aren't even on the ground.</p><p>At ABS GW Paramount (Saw him at Origen, solid bull)</p><p>At Select SDSU In Force (Talked with Gordon Hodges from GIBBs (<a href="http://www.gibbsfarms.net/herdsires.html" target="_blank">http://www.gibbsfarms.net/herdsires.html</a>) and he speaks highly of the SDSU program and their culling methods)</p><p>After stating all that I do wish that both were alittle more proven and I myself at this time am pretty interested in Graduate at Genex. I wouldn't limit myself to just those studs as Simmental now has an alliance of producers joined together and selling semen on several interesting bulls.</p><p><a href="http://alliedgeneticresources.com/semen_guide.php" target="_blank">http://alliedgeneticresources.com/semen_guide.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baldie Maker, post: 1028421, member: 9081"] When I'm selecting a bull for heifers I'm looking for proven CE. Alot of the bulls listed above would scare the bjeezes out of me if my heifers were bred to them. If not because they are known not to be terribly CE but because they aren't all to proven. Over all if sticking with Gateway breeding you can usually get the calving ease and performance in one package. If you are looking to keep those resulting heifers it would be a great idea to go beyond these boards and call the breeder and/or current owner and ask them about how the calves/heifers/cows out of said bull are performing. Being in the Southeast it would be a great idea to ask about hair; cattle that don't shed early sure have a hard time on predominantly fescue pastures. That being said GW predestined 701T is in the tank and have several heifers that will be calving in less 75 days to him. I did get to see Robust sell last year at Gateway and he was a good bull (Select sires has him). He was very moderate, with great rib shape, width of base, and internal dimension but his first calves aren't even on the ground. At ABS GW Paramount (Saw him at Origen, solid bull) At Select SDSU In Force (Talked with Gordon Hodges from GIBBs ([url=http://www.gibbsfarms.net/herdsires.html]http://www.gibbsfarms.net/herdsires.html[/url]) and he speaks highly of the SDSU program and their culling methods) After stating all that I do wish that both were alittle more proven and I myself at this time am pretty interested in Graduate at Genex. I wouldn't limit myself to just those studs as Simmental now has an alliance of producers joined together and selling semen on several interesting bulls. [url=http://alliedgeneticresources.com/semen_guide.php]http://alliedgeneticresources.com/semen_guide.php[/url] [/QUOTE]
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