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<blockquote data-quote="Jafruech" data-source="post: 1648734" data-attributes="member: 24025"><p>Use the right cows and the right bull and you will be fine. Genetics matter more to me than breed.</p><p></p><p>All my cows have 25-50% LH in them. I breed them back to a black angus bull for calves that are 75-87.5% Angus and the rest LH. I then run a Hereford bull on the 75% plus Angus heifers. That's the last gen I'll keep. I want to maintain some LH in there. They grow like crazy on the terrible forage here. They don't get sick. They don't have calving issues. They all breed back. They are dang good mamas. They are intelligent and have excellent dispositions. The 15 y/o 50% cow is the first to breed back, first to calve and weans a calf 60% plus of her weight. They are easy fleshing and maintain body condition. I've had some cows from friends of mine. I sold them and bought more of a these.</p><p></p><p>I use bulls that have excellent thickness and marbling. I've never got docked at the sale barn. I do pretty well if I go. However I have consistent and repeat private treaty sales. There is a local operation that direct markets grass fed beef and pays me .15 cents over top of market for my whole calf crop. I save a few back for my other buyers. All of them have had excellent marbling when finished and graded really well.</p><p></p><p>How you market and sell determines a lot. Attached are some pictures of a few of my calves from this year and last year. 4-6mo old when pics were taken. They don't get grain or cake. They do get a few alfalfa cubes to bunk train them. Maybe 10 cubes each ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jafruech, post: 1648734, member: 24025"] Use the right cows and the right bull and you will be fine. Genetics matter more to me than breed. All my cows have 25-50% LH in them. I breed them back to a black angus bull for calves that are 75-87.5% Angus and the rest LH. I then run a Hereford bull on the 75% plus Angus heifers. That's the last gen I'll keep. I want to maintain some LH in there. They grow like crazy on the terrible forage here. They don't get sick. They don't have calving issues. They all breed back. They are dang good mamas. They are intelligent and have excellent dispositions. The 15 y/o 50% cow is the first to breed back, first to calve and weans a calf 60% plus of her weight. They are easy fleshing and maintain body condition. I've had some cows from friends of mine. I sold them and bought more of a these. I use bulls that have excellent thickness and marbling. I've never got docked at the sale barn. I do pretty well if I go. However I have consistent and repeat private treaty sales. There is a local operation that direct markets grass fed beef and pays me .15 cents over top of market for my whole calf crop. I save a few back for my other buyers. All of them have had excellent marbling when finished and graded really well. How you market and sell determines a lot. Attached are some pictures of a few of my calves from this year and last year. 4-6mo old when pics were taken. They don't get grain or cake. They do get a few alfalfa cubes to bunk train them. Maybe 10 cubes each ever. [/QUOTE]
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