BELTIE!

[SBMF 2015]

Anybody else got some of these?
Seems there was a very brief convo a while back.

I believe she just weaned a calf. Shes bawling. See how her bag looks tomorrow morning. Came from a pretty fancy place I think. Printed ear tag with her name and birth date and owners name.
She will be 5 in April. Not bred.

She will get spoiled a bit til I decide what I wanna do with her. Puppy dog gentle. Eats cubes from your hand. Allows petting. If I read the tag right her name is "Willow"

I know someone will ask...
Weighs less than 600 at 56

We are in the money! Always wanted one. Now I got one.
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Welcome to the club! I Bought this one for the kids. Gave $325 as a third stage, three year old. Of course she had a hfr calf, that the kids had to keep.
The daughter got bred by my Hereford bull and this is what we got
Of course it's another darn hfr calf!

 

[Ky hills]

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Welcome to the club! I Bought this one for the kids. Gave $325 as a third stage, three year old. Of course she had a hfr calf, that the kids had to keep.
The daughter got bred by my Hereford bull and this is what we got View attachment 24522
Of course it's another darn hfr calf!

We had a couple purebred Hereford calves marked like that.

 

[MurraysMutts]

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Welcome to the club! I Bought this one for the kids. Gave $325 as a third stage, three year old. Of course she had a hfr calf, that the kids had to keep.
The daughter got bred by my Hereford bull and this is what we got View attachment 24522
Of course it's another darn hfr calf!

Love it!
And mama has horns too. Neat!
Did the hereford knock the horns off the new heifer? A belted hereford heifer. That's just pretty dang kool

 

[tex452]

Do you know the sire of the calf?

I do not

 

[SBMF 2015]

Love it!
And mama has horns too. Neat!
Did the hereford knock the horns off the new heifer? A belted hereford heifer. That's just pretty dang kool

I'll try and get you pic's when I chore tonight. The mom is blk and wht polled. Bull is horned. I haven't felt the calf's head yet.

 

[SBMF 2015]

We had a couple purebred Hereford calves marked like that.

Got to be a little something in their background

 

[SBMF 2015]

She's a good little mama. I've decided that we have enough belts around and I want to start with some E.T. work so I think she is going to be our first recip cow.

 

[cattleman99]

If you double your investment and buy a can of red paint you could run her back through in a couple weeks and make a quick buck

 

[Ky hills]

Got to be a little something in their background

Yes, I think so as well. Their stripe was a narrow maybe 3 inch wide band down the shoulders. One calf had it in one side and the other on both. The bull that they were out of sired a lot of white even by Hereford standards. We figured by his frame size, tendency to throw white among other things that he may have been from a line that had the old time red Simmental snuck in. The belt on the calves were only from two certain cows as well that have never had that type of calf from any other Hereford bulls.

 

[MurraysMutts]

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She's a good little mama. I've decided that we have enough belts around and I want to start with some E.T. work so I think she is going to be our first recip cow.

Love that cow and her calf. Very nice.
There's some "panda" calves like that on Craig's. 2k and up

That's a nice thick cow. Bet that calf grows into a nice one

 

[kenny thomas]

If you double your investment and buy a can of red paint you could run her back through in a couple weeks and make a quick buck

Seen that done on a bull several years ago. The next rain and the belt showed up.

 

[MtnCows93]

if she will throw solid colored calves id say shell make you some good money but i thought they always had a belt no matter what bull you used. if thats the case ive passed on several good deals on belted cows. i bought a angus cow last year that also weighed 565 she weaned a 450lb bull calf short legged thing looked like a big black hog from a distance lol

 

[50/50Farms]

if she will throw solid colored calves id say shell make you some good money but i thought they always had a belt no matter what bull you used. if thats the case ive passed on several good deals on belted cows. i bought a angus cow last year that also weighed 565 she weaned a 450lb bull calf short legged thing looked like a big black hog from a distance lol

At 56 bucks she'll make him money no matter what...

 

[Little Joe]

Seen that done on a bull several years ago. The next rain and the belt showed up.

I knew of a guy that used to show cattle when he was young, was at a show one time and the judge kept placing lower quality black steers above his charolais so he dyed his steer black that night and won first place against some of the same cattle with the same judge the next day. He said afterwards he told the judge what he had done and the judge was so pzzed at him over it. That's alot of effort to prove a point but it definitely did.

 

[BFE]

I knew of a guy that used to show cattle when he was young, was at a show one time and the judge kept placing lower quality black steers above his charolais so he dyed his steer black that night and won first place against some of the same cattle with the same judge the next day. He said afterwards he told the judge what he had done and the judge was so pzzed at him over it. That's alot of effort to prove a point but it definitely did.

I watched a heifer who was reserve champ in class at Louisville get beat at a county fair by the judge's buddy. The champ heifer was shown there to prove a point.

 

[Travlr]

if she will throw solid colored calves id say shell make you some good money but i thought they always had a belt no matter what bull you used. if thats the case ive passed on several good deals on belted cows. i bought a angus cow last year that also weighed 565 she weaned a 450lb bull calf short legged thing looked like a big black hog from a distance lol

I've seen the odd cow that was way too small and weaned a huge calf, too. One of my neighbors had an old cow that must have been starved and stunted early in life. Looked like a Holstein in color, huge head like it was from a 1600 pound cow but the body of a skinny 600 pound cow... and that cow raised solid colored calves bigger than her at weaning. Looked like crap but performed like a winner.

@MurraysMutts

 

[crossbredcalves]

I had a Belted Galloway cow for a couple years. She threw thick calves, but her attitude was horrible. She was high headed and could get snorty in the catch pen.

Bred to a Saler bull, she had a solid black calf.
Bred to a Charolais, she had a grey belted calf.
Bred to a Santa Gertrudis bull, she had a black calf with a partial belt and a motley face.

 

[MurraysMutts]

I have not decided what I'm gonna do with her yet. She's very pet-like. I didn't ask the prior owner how she got to be in such poor shape. Didn't want to offend anyone. The bull was in great shape.

I'm gonna feed her a while and think on it for now. For some reason I enjoy fixing one up a little. I know, I'm an odd lil man...

 

[Lee VanRoss]

I knew of a guy that used to show cattle when he was young, was at a show one time and the judge kept placing lower quality black steers above his charolais so he dyed his steer black that night and won first place against some of the same cattle with the same judge the next day. He said afterwards he told the judge what he had done and the judge was so pzzed at him over it. That's alot of effort to prove a point but it definitely did.

That boy missed the boat. He should have doubled down and sold the steer as CAB!

 

[MurraysMutts]

I know they're blurry. But the calf on the right is about 6 months old. Steer calf.
I let her out with all 4 weaner calves. Let's see if she let's one of em suckle....