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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1651517" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>We bred Shorthorn sires to 3/4AN-1/4SM cows for about 10 years, from 2010-2019. Not hairball show-ring stuff, just real-world commercial and carcass/performance oriented solid red bulls. Steer calves were terrific - best we ever raised. Heifers were a mixed bag... some sires, every heifer was top-shelf; others, they just didn't pan out. But... we encountered that same sort of performance out of Angus sires over that same group of cows. </p><p>Yeah, red calves got docked; we didn't get much chrome, breeding solid red bulls - any that arose came mainly from cows carrying the Simmental 'spotting' gene. </p><p>Did a progeny-test breeding trial, one year, for Waukaru Shorthorns... steers went to the Tri-County Steer Futurity... out of ~125(mostly SH & SH-X, but there were some SimAngus and straight Angus steers in the feedout) steers on feed, our 9 halfblood Shorthorn steers were all in the top 50%, most in the top 20%; one had highest REA/cwt, highest HCW, highest % retail product, best feed conversion, and was most profitable overall; graded Choice, YG 2. </p><p>I think folks are missing the boat, not using Shorthorns in crossbreeding programs... but you've gotta use the right type. PM me; I can point you at some good programs producing Shorthorn bulls that will work for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1651517, member: 12607"] We bred Shorthorn sires to 3/4AN-1/4SM cows for about 10 years, from 2010-2019. Not hairball show-ring stuff, just real-world commercial and carcass/performance oriented solid red bulls. Steer calves were terrific - best we ever raised. Heifers were a mixed bag... some sires, every heifer was top-shelf; others, they just didn't pan out. But... we encountered that same sort of performance out of Angus sires over that same group of cows. Yeah, red calves got docked; we didn't get much chrome, breeding solid red bulls - any that arose came mainly from cows carrying the Simmental 'spotting' gene. Did a progeny-test breeding trial, one year, for Waukaru Shorthorns... steers went to the Tri-County Steer Futurity... out of ~125(mostly SH & SH-X, but there were some SimAngus and straight Angus steers in the feedout) steers on feed, our 9 halfblood Shorthorn steers were all in the top 50%, most in the top 20%; one had highest REA/cwt, highest HCW, highest % retail product, best feed conversion, and was most profitable overall; graded Choice, YG 2. I think folks are missing the boat, not using Shorthorns in crossbreeding programs... but you've gotta use the right type. PM me; I can point you at some good programs producing Shorthorn bulls that will work for you. [/QUOTE]
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