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Beef Breed vs Jersey Cross Freezer Beef Taste Test
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<blockquote data-quote="Walking W" data-source="post: 1636897" data-attributes="member: 24986"><p>Thanks for the reply @ farmerjan. I appreciate the experience based comments and suggestions. I don't own any breeding stock since I have only a few acres in pasture. I am retired and living in the country for the first time on what I call a micro-ranch near Ft Worth. I don't raise calves for the money but I do like knowing what went into the beef my family eats. I have raised 4 steers at a time but when the dry months come around I buy a lot of hay. </p><p></p><p>I would like to try another cross but am limited to what is available locally. There are several jersey dairies nearby and lots of people take the bulls for bottle calves until they are eating hay and then sell to people like me. I bought, what were advertised as, two jersey/lim crosses the last time. One did well and the other had, what I understand to be, a hay belly. It just didn't grow as well as the other. I suspected it when I bought it but didn't want to raise one lonely steer. The poorly one had to go away when I started fattening the other. He brought 0.25/lb at 750 lbs which was less than what I payed when he was 200 lbs. </p><p></p><p>I could buy a jersey cow and breed her to the neighbor's bull and raise my own bottle calves, I guess. Otherwise there are some simi/hol crosses available nearby. if you have a suggestion, I would be willing to listen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walking W, post: 1636897, member: 24986"] Thanks for the reply @ farmerjan. I appreciate the experience based comments and suggestions. I don't own any breeding stock since I have only a few acres in pasture. I am retired and living in the country for the first time on what I call a micro-ranch near Ft Worth. I don't raise calves for the money but I do like knowing what went into the beef my family eats. I have raised 4 steers at a time but when the dry months come around I buy a lot of hay. I would like to try another cross but am limited to what is available locally. There are several jersey dairies nearby and lots of people take the bulls for bottle calves until they are eating hay and then sell to people like me. I bought, what were advertised as, two jersey/lim crosses the last time. One did well and the other had, what I understand to be, a hay belly. It just didn't grow as well as the other. I suspected it when I bought it but didn't want to raise one lonely steer. The poorly one had to go away when I started fattening the other. He brought 0.25/lb at 750 lbs which was less than what I payed when he was 200 lbs. I could buy a jersey cow and breed her to the neighbor's bull and raise my own bottle calves, I guess. Otherwise there are some simi/hol crosses available nearby. if you have a suggestion, I would be willing to listen. [/QUOTE]
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