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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan" data-source="post: 589383" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>You can definitely breed them to an angus. I have a good friend that had a herd of angus and herd of longhorns, and would stick her low end longhorns with an angus bull. got some really nice calves from that cross. now she does the same thing, but has charolais instead of angus.</p><p></p><p>As far as the weights go, you can definitely find higher weights than what Bill spoke of. but he is correct on the breed "average" I would say my cows weigh in the 1200 - 1300 lb range with my two senior bulls both weighing over 2000 lbs, and my 12 mo old bulls being closer to 1000 lbs. And our animals are by no means the largest out there. </p><p></p><p>We breed ours to calve at 2 years old, plus or minus a little. We've had them calve as early as 19 months with no problems, and on some rare occasions we've held them to calve for the first time at 3 years old. Longhorns are a very fertile breed that can surprise you with a calf when you think there is no way she is bred, and keep calving until they're late in their teens or even early 20's</p><p></p><p>Ryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan, post: 589383, member: 615"] You can definitely breed them to an angus. I have a good friend that had a herd of angus and herd of longhorns, and would stick her low end longhorns with an angus bull. got some really nice calves from that cross. now she does the same thing, but has charolais instead of angus. As far as the weights go, you can definitely find higher weights than what Bill spoke of. but he is correct on the breed "average" I would say my cows weigh in the 1200 - 1300 lb range with my two senior bulls both weighing over 2000 lbs, and my 12 mo old bulls being closer to 1000 lbs. And our animals are by no means the largest out there. We breed ours to calve at 2 years old, plus or minus a little. We've had them calve as early as 19 months with no problems, and on some rare occasions we've held them to calve for the first time at 3 years old. Longhorns are a very fertile breed that can surprise you with a calf when you think there is no way she is bred, and keep calving until they're late in their teens or even early 20's Ryan [/QUOTE]
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