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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1810686" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p><em><strong>People shipwrecked on an island with no food, have been known to boil leather shoes and try to eat that when they are starving to death. That's about when cows will eat bark, limbs, etc. Right now, I'd say you know a lot more about cattle than these people do. </strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong> How old are these calves now? Yes, they will sell. And for more money than you will pay for them. Personally, at weaning I would buy them and just carry them straight to the sale. You will double your money on them right then. I wouldn't take them to my place, especially if that bull calf is still a buil when you bought it. I have said make the owners steer him before you buy him, but given what I have seen and the things you said about them, I doubt they know how and wouldn't trust them to do it right. Sell them and take the money and buy a heavy bred beef cow. Might can even buy two with that money. Or put a little with it and buy two. Buy them 6,7.8 months bred, and sell lhem as pairs when the calf is 3-4 months old. </strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>YES!!!!</strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong>That one you said might have Corriente in her? Might, but looks more like she has Longhorn blood. Longhorn and Brahman crosses are common for bucking stock, or to use to breed for bucking stock. Cows like these when bred to an Angus or some other homozygous for polled and black bull....black Simm, SimmAngus, Brangus ......can produce calves for you that will be as good as any others on sale day. But, right now you don't need to take on that. Best bet would be to buy an Angus cow bred to a Hereford, or vice versa, and you'd have a black baldy calf on her side when you took them to the sale. A black baldy cow would be a good buy for you, too.</strong></p><p><strong>Maybe someone on this forum that lives close to you will reach out and offer to help you find some cows. [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] is in Oklahoma but don't know how far from you. I am sure there are others on here, too. If not, hit me up after you sell those calves..if you buy them... and I will find you some. I have connections all over the country, that I trust to buy cattle for me. And they trust me to buy for them. Any of them that found a cow like you want, would be the same as if I found them myself. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The more I think about it, the more I feel like this is what y'all ought to do. There are breeds that will yield bigger weaning weights, and get to 1000 lbs quicker, etc. But most people on here will agree, that Herf, Angus, or black baldies are a safe, consistent bet, especially for a novice. Heck, let's hunt you an Angus cow bred to a Hereford, and a Hereford bred to an Angus, and you can decide which way to go when you sell the pairs and look for another 2 bred cows to buy. Either way, you gonna have black baldy babies, which do well at any sale anywhere in the country. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1810686, member: 40587"] [I][B]People shipwrecked on an island with no food, have been known to boil leather shoes and try to eat that when they are starving to death. That's about when cows will eat bark, limbs, etc. Right now, I'd say you know a lot more about cattle than these people do. [/B][/I] [B] How old are these calves now? Yes, they will sell. And for more money than you will pay for them. Personally, at weaning I would buy them and just carry them straight to the sale. You will double your money on them right then. I wouldn't take them to my place, especially if that bull calf is still a buil when you bought it. I have said make the owners steer him before you buy him, but given what I have seen and the things you said about them, I doubt they know how and wouldn't trust them to do it right. Sell them and take the money and buy a heavy bred beef cow. Might can even buy two with that money. Or put a little with it and buy two. Buy them 6,7.8 months bred, and sell lhem as pairs when the calf is 3-4 months old. [/B][I][/I] [I][B]YES!!!![/B][/I] [B]That one you said might have Corriente in her? Might, but looks more like she has Longhorn blood. Longhorn and Brahman crosses are common for bucking stock, or to use to breed for bucking stock. Cows like these when bred to an Angus or some other homozygous for polled and black bull....black Simm, SimmAngus, Brangus ......can produce calves for you that will be as good as any others on sale day. But, right now you don't need to take on that. Best bet would be to buy an Angus cow bred to a Hereford, or vice versa, and you'd have a black baldy calf on her side when you took them to the sale. A black baldy cow would be a good buy for you, too. Maybe someone on this forum that lives close to you will reach out and offer to help you find some cows. [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] is in Oklahoma but don't know how far from you. I am sure there are others on here, too. If not, hit me up after you sell those calves..if you buy them... and I will find you some. I have connections all over the country, that I trust to buy cattle for me. And they trust me to buy for them. Any of them that found a cow like you want, would be the same as if I found them myself. The more I think about it, the more I feel like this is what y'all ought to do. There are breeds that will yield bigger weaning weights, and get to 1000 lbs quicker, etc. But most people on here will agree, that Herf, Angus, or black baldies are a safe, consistent bet, especially for a novice. Heck, let's hunt you an Angus cow bred to a Hereford, and a Hereford bred to an Angus, and you can decide which way to go when you sell the pairs and look for another 2 bred cows to buy. Either way, you gonna have black baldy babies, which do well at any sale anywhere in the country. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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