Oh Vic!
Vic - Vic - Vic! You are really putting it to me, aren't you? This cow is forcing me to really examine my principles regarding "edging upward" from adhering strictly to maintaining an AVERAGE of no more than 1300# mature cow weight! U-u-u-g-g-g-h-h-h! Moan and groan. I agree with the majority of the contributors on this post because she gets my votes on almost every factor present - EXCEPT - she is TOO BIG to blend into your herd average for reducing cow size.
Now - we are faced with the conundrum of "hewing to the line" and refusing to buy her for that reason,- OR - are we going to relent, go against our stubborn insistance on NEVER breaking our rules of keeping 'cow size' moderate - so as to not allow our average 'herd weight' to sli-i-i-i-de upward? OR - are we going to give ALL of the factors pertaining to intelligent, practical, knowledgeable, and sensible Beef Cattle production due consideration, and bite the bullet, and buy that cow before somebody else does and have THEM get the benefits that will result with smart management technics?
Vic - my suggestion to you is, after taking all of the facts and considerations into account - - BUY the cow - NOW!! There are times when rationalization is the option to select, rather than stubborn resistance to the point that you cut off your nose to spite your face!
Now, we can explore different options insofar as mating selections are concerned - Angus x Gelbvieh - Gelbvieh x Angus, or even the choice of a--
- - -3 waycross!
DOC HARRIS