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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1766106" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Paying a premium for heifers, both commercial or purebred as about as much of a gamble as buying better end market priced ones through the stockyards. I'm talking about buying open heifers, I would not buy bred heifers through a regular stock sale. No idea anything about them or what they are bred to.</p><p>We've bought a lot of 400-500 lb heifers through the stockyards to winter and breed in the spring. Sold most, but have kept several over the years too.</p><p>We culled them if they did not pelvic measure to 150 cm and later on the sale that we sold in upped it to 160 cm. </p><p>We bred them to CE Angus bulls, </p><p>I tried to be real selective and only buy the type of calves I thought would grow out and make a good looking cow. </p><p>I've heard from several customers that over all the heifers have done well, with only a few exceptions over time. That has been my experience too. Even under the best of circumstances and results some heifers or cows for that matter will have some kind of serious issue and price paid and or reputation behind them is irrelevant at that point.</p><p>The worst I have ever done with buying heifers is buying registered ones both Angus and Herefords from area annual production or consignment sales. I had a much lower success rate with those than I ever have had with buying good open commercial heifers through the stockyards. </p><p>Those kind of production and consignment registered sales are usually a cesspool of culls, at least the ones around here that I have gone to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1766106, member: 24816"] Paying a premium for heifers, both commercial or purebred as about as much of a gamble as buying better end market priced ones through the stockyards. I’m talking about buying open heifers, I would not buy bred heifers through a regular stock sale. No idea anything about them or what they are bred to. We’ve bought a lot of 400-500 lb heifers through the stockyards to winter and breed in the spring. Sold most, but have kept several over the years too. We culled them if they did not pelvic measure to 150 cm and later on the sale that we sold in upped it to 160 cm. We bred them to CE Angus bulls, I tried to be real selective and only buy the type of calves I thought would grow out and make a good looking cow. I’ve heard from several customers that over all the heifers have done well, with only a few exceptions over time. That has been my experience too. Even under the best of circumstances and results some heifers or cows for that matter will have some kind of serious issue and price paid and or reputation behind them is irrelevant at that point. The worst I have ever done with buying heifers is buying registered ones both Angus and Herefords from area annual production or consignment sales. I had a much lower success rate with those than I ever have had with buying good open commercial heifers through the stockyards. Those kind of production and consignment registered sales are usually a cesspool of culls, at least the ones around here that I have gone to. [/QUOTE]
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