i like the words of doc harris, i am building a herd, and have red and black limi's, along with black angus. i just bought 3 registered black limi's, mainly because of what i have seen by crossing the red to a black angus, (proctor ?), registered bull.
the calves have been consistent and have been what I want to sell. Also, have had one of the black angus cows whose calf has been the top gainer, and i wish i had a whole herd of them. but, i don't, maybe as i grow, i can find that type of genetics, at least i can hope. what is working for me, will not work for everyone, but from what i see here, what can i say but, "whew". everyone ought to try and produce a quality calf, and improve their herd. The lim flex cross is working for me, and as i grow, i hope to always watch the results and recognize what i need to do, either buy better mamas or better bulls, or maybe change my plan. by the way, when it comes to color, the biggest calf i had was from a maine angou, longhorn cross to the above angus bull, it outweighed them all, was a heifer, and I got quite a bit less, looked like a longhorn, white with black spots. quality wise, as good or better than most sold, but not black, can't argue with what pays.
rjk