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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 458362" data-attributes="member: 7275"><p>To answer the question... It is not one quality or even a set of qualities. Angus make great cows and excellent beef. Lower incidents of pink eye, sunburned udders, They milk well yada yada yada. So do other breeds. When it comes to the calf side buyers/feeders in texas admit to looking for cattle that are efficient-economical and profitable. They say that the are looking for and will pay more for predominantly british cattle to send to the feedlot. whay because overall they know what they are getting. </p><p>To add to it, the marketing machine of the Angus Assn. has made it easier to identify these "predominantly british cattle"</p><p>through the source verified program. The marketing programs of AAA were made to benifit the Angus Breed. Not any other. If you were in the Chevy business wouldnt you do everything possible to keep me from buying a Dodge ?</p><p>Like it or not the Angus Breed is now consumer driven. That means John and Jane Q Public who live in whatever CITY USA who eat our products are the ones who dictate what we raise.</p><p>To the detriment of our breed (I guess) weve bred ourselves out of the pretty business sometimes giving up on soundness and phenotype in order to raise something that may end up looking more like a wagyu. </p><p>I am an angus breeder that will continue to raise angus like I like them always being mindful of EPD's and carcass merit. I will still be looking for those big boned, big butted cattle that walk right, calve easy but sell to folks who want good productive Angus Bulls.</p><p>Every breed has its raves and its rasberries. They just need to learn to capitalize off of what makes them good and acceptible.</p><p>In my part of the country, most breeders woould laugh at you (unless your a seedstock producer) if you dont have eared cattle. But when they go to buy a bull they want Angus or Hereford most of the time. It is the job of the AAA to sway them toward my Angus bulls.</p><p>How can I complain about that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 458362, member: 7275"] To answer the question... It is not one quality or even a set of qualities. Angus make great cows and excellent beef. Lower incidents of pink eye, sunburned udders, They milk well yada yada yada. So do other breeds. When it comes to the calf side buyers/feeders in texas admit to looking for cattle that are efficient-economical and profitable. They say that the are looking for and will pay more for predominantly british cattle to send to the feedlot. whay because overall they know what they are getting. To add to it, the marketing machine of the Angus Assn. has made it easier to identify these "predominantly british cattle" through the source verified program. The marketing programs of AAA were made to benifit the Angus Breed. Not any other. If you were in the Chevy business wouldnt you do everything possible to keep me from buying a Dodge ? Like it or not the Angus Breed is now consumer driven. That means John and Jane Q Public who live in whatever CITY USA who eat our products are the ones who dictate what we raise. To the detriment of our breed (I guess) weve bred ourselves out of the pretty business sometimes giving up on soundness and phenotype in order to raise something that may end up looking more like a wagyu. I am an angus breeder that will continue to raise angus like I like them always being mindful of EPD's and carcass merit. I will still be looking for those big boned, big butted cattle that walk right, calve easy but sell to folks who want good productive Angus Bulls. Every breed has its raves and its rasberries. They just need to learn to capitalize off of what makes them good and acceptible. In my part of the country, most breeders woould laugh at you (unless your a seedstock producer) if you dont have eared cattle. But when they go to buy a bull they want Angus or Hereford most of the time. It is the job of the AAA to sway them toward my Angus bulls. How can I complain about that? [/QUOTE]
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