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<blockquote data-quote="rain dance" data-source="post: 1465067" data-attributes="member: 25835"><p>You will not convince anyone you could have the best calves in the world if someone puts in a order for black steers and you have red white faces those order buyers will not bid.</p><p></p><p>A good way to go is get all good hereford cows and get a good black angus bull on them like you where talking about. You will get all black baldies. This is easier said then done. A decent set of Herefords is alot harder to find in in most places then Angus.Another good option is to get all solid black angus cattle and use a hereford bull you will most likely get all black baldies unless some of the cows carry the red angus gene or are cross bred with some weird color pattern. Dont try to get exotic colors or anything like that. You might like the look of a certain breed doesnt matter you will not like the prices when it comes time to sell. Try to get all your cows the same color and breed it will make things a lot easier. If you end up getting a mixed group of herefords baldies red and black angus its best to use a black bull on them.</p><p></p><p>If you like having cows that are not black thats fine just as long as a black bull will make the calfs black or black baldies. Go to the auction barns around and see what sells good. In a lot of areas Charolais cross calves sell. Even if you plan on marketing your beef privately or some other way you still might as well have animals that will sell at auction as a back up option and so you can tell people i will get this amount of dollars if I go to the stockyard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rain dance, post: 1465067, member: 25835"] You will not convince anyone you could have the best calves in the world if someone puts in a order for black steers and you have red white faces those order buyers will not bid. A good way to go is get all good hereford cows and get a good black angus bull on them like you where talking about. You will get all black baldies. This is easier said then done. A decent set of Herefords is alot harder to find in in most places then Angus.Another good option is to get all solid black angus cattle and use a hereford bull you will most likely get all black baldies unless some of the cows carry the red angus gene or are cross bred with some weird color pattern. Dont try to get exotic colors or anything like that. You might like the look of a certain breed doesnt matter you will not like the prices when it comes time to sell. Try to get all your cows the same color and breed it will make things a lot easier. If you end up getting a mixed group of herefords baldies red and black angus its best to use a black bull on them. If you like having cows that are not black thats fine just as long as a black bull will make the calfs black or black baldies. Go to the auction barns around and see what sells good. In a lot of areas Charolais cross calves sell. Even if you plan on marketing your beef privately or some other way you still might as well have animals that will sell at auction as a back up option and so you can tell people i will get this amount of dollars if I go to the stockyard. [/QUOTE]
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