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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 520495" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>The only difference I could identify was that in my location during the summer months the blacks spent a lot more time standing in the ponds or shade while the reds would still be grazing. Hence the reds seemed to gain slightly better during the summer months.</p><p><strong>That being the case how many pounds of gain are being lost every summer in the midwest, and southern feedlots because of the heat stress associated with black color. Some very interesting food for thought. Even if it's only 2 or 3 % for thousands of cattle that adds up to a lot of beef</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> But what seems to sell best at the area sale barns are blacks with a little ear such as Brangus.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><strong>In your country yes, but run them thru a sale anywhere north of Texas and the opposite would happen. The real killer in price at the sale seems to be a little color. Everybody up here is afraid color means Longhorn. Shorthorn and Shorthorn crosses take a beating.</strong></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 520495, member: 6713"] The only difference I could identify was that in my location during the summer months the blacks spent a lot more time standing in the ponds or shade while the reds would still be grazing. Hence the reds seemed to gain slightly better during the summer months. [b]That being the case how many pounds of gain are being lost every summer in the midwest, and southern feedlots because of the heat stress associated with black color. Some very interesting food for thought. Even if it's only 2 or 3 % for thousands of cattle that adds up to a lot of beef[/b] But what seems to sell best at the area sale barns are blacks with a little ear such as Brangus.[/quote] [b]In your country yes, but run them thru a sale anywhere north of Texas and the opposite would happen. The real killer in price at the sale seems to be a little color. Everybody up here is afraid color means Longhorn. Shorthorn and Shorthorn crosses take a beating.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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