No, the cows aren't perfect, yes, they are Line 1. The reason for scoring the bags is that around here selling hereford bulls is a little tough because everyone remembers any problem they ever had with a hereford cow. Because of that I set some rules.
1 45 days, get bred or get dead!
2 Have your own calf, if I pull it, it gets sold as a feeder.
3 Get him up and sucking on your own, no barns, no help. (I did fudge a little by giving them an open shed this year during the last 2 blizzards.)
4 Don't prolapse. I haven't had a prolapse since 2000. Every cow that prolapses gets sold along with every daughter, granddaughter etc.
5 Raise your own calf because I refuse to draft calves.
6 Get the calf grown on grass. No supplement other than mineral after grass tetnous time.
7 see rule #1
Also, as soon as a heifer is called bred, she goes with the cows and gets NO special treatment. All cows calf together and I pick what I want to go to certain breeding pastures and if the heifers can't keep up, bye bye.
I feel way too many seedstock producers cut themselves off at the knees by giving every animal every chance to succeed and then wonder why their customers aren't satisfied. I give every animal every chance to fail and if I can't get them to fail then I think they are the type that won't give my customers bad memories.
Doug Thorson
Owner, Operator and Chief Hardass
Hardass Cattle Company
ps when I get my new bull I will post some bull pictures so you can critique them.