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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 20237"><p>If I understand your question correctly I think you mean that you are considering keeping some replacement heifers born to your tigerstripe cows and you want to know which type of bull will give you better replacements -- Black Brangus or Braford. To that question I guess I would lean towards using a Black Brangus bull since I think you get a little more heterosis from the Angus component than you would with the Hereford component of the Braford (since your tigerstripes are already 50% Hereford). As you know, the Brangus cow is also very popular down south, for a lot of the same reasons that the tigerstripe cow is. Others may feel differently, but I think you are correct in not even thinking about keeping any of the Charolais sired heifers as replacements. I think the Charolais sire on tigerstripe cows is possibly the best true terminal cross going for your environment.</p><p></p><p>However, I guess if I were in your shoes my first thought would be to just consider buying some young tigerstripe cattle as replacements and keep using the Charolais bulls. But in my part of Texas just about everbody breeds their tigerstripe HEIFERS to a Black Angus or Black Brangus bull because of birth weight issues. Are there any good tigerstripes offered for sale by others in your part of Mexico? I guess at this time you could not import any from Texas even if you wanted to, could you? (because of the BSE issue) If the restrictions get lifted pretty soon you may want to visit some of the south Texas replacement cattle auctions this spring. There is a big sale coming up real soon down in Nixon, Texas that usually has many quality tigerstripes for sale. Good luck to you. Arnold Ziffle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 20237"] If I understand your question correctly I think you mean that you are considering keeping some replacement heifers born to your tigerstripe cows and you want to know which type of bull will give you better replacements -- Black Brangus or Braford. To that question I guess I would lean towards using a Black Brangus bull since I think you get a little more heterosis from the Angus component than you would with the Hereford component of the Braford (since your tigerstripes are already 50% Hereford). As you know, the Brangus cow is also very popular down south, for a lot of the same reasons that the tigerstripe cow is. Others may feel differently, but I think you are correct in not even thinking about keeping any of the Charolais sired heifers as replacements. I think the Charolais sire on tigerstripe cows is possibly the best true terminal cross going for your environment. However, I guess if I were in your shoes my first thought would be to just consider buying some young tigerstripe cattle as replacements and keep using the Charolais bulls. But in my part of Texas just about everbody breeds their tigerstripe HEIFERS to a Black Angus or Black Brangus bull because of birth weight issues. Are there any good tigerstripes offered for sale by others in your part of Mexico? I guess at this time you could not import any from Texas even if you wanted to, could you? (because of the BSE issue) If the restrictions get lifted pretty soon you may want to visit some of the south Texas replacement cattle auctions this spring. There is a big sale coming up real soon down in Nixon, Texas that usually has many quality tigerstripes for sale. Good luck to you. Arnold Ziffle [/QUOTE]
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