Brown Premier 7876?

[Dueyb]

Looking to AI a small group (15 or so) of good quality red angus heifers and wondering your thoughts or experience using Brown Premier 7876? I will likely keep the set of heifers as cows but want them to be marketable as bred heifers if I decide to sell them as bred heifers. This bull appears to be pretty well rounded for keeping replacements but still has good terminal traits as well. I'm still new to this so looking for any opinions. I've also considered crossing to UPS Domino 3027 but may stick with RA for first breeding (mostly in case I decide to sell I think bred red would be more in demand). Thanks

http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/redang ... o=29AR0258

 

[dun]

He is a calving ease terminal bull. Since his milk is just half of the breed average I wouldn;t keep his daughters to breed.

 

[Dueyb]

Thanks Dun that Milk EPD does stick out now. Again I'm new to this, but is it surprising to see such a strong Stayability EPD given the milk number?

 

[dun]

I'm too lazy but it might be interesting to see his progeny report

 

[Simbrah]

Looking to AI a small group (15 or so) of good quality red angus heifers and wondering your thoughts or experience using Brown Premier 7876? I will likely keep the set of heifers as cows but want them to be marketable as bred heifers if I decide to sell them as bred heifers. This bull appears to be pretty well rounded for keeping replacements but still has good terminal traits as well. I'm still new to this so looking for any opinions. I've also considered crossing to UPS Domino 3027 but may stick with RA for first breeding (mostly in case I decide to sell I think bred red would be more in demand). Thanks

http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/redang ... o=29AR0258

Here is a Brown Premier sired calf out of a Brown Commitment Dam
First calf heifer (Dam) Calf BW was 55 lbs

 

[cow pollinater]

I saw about twenty of them in CA last year and really liked what I saw and he also makes things better on paper. He has moved up quite a bit in semen sales this year and when that happens on bulls that have been out for a while it means people like what they see.

 

[Dueyb]

Thanks for the responses. Maybe I'll give him a try and won't plan to keep any heifers back.

 

[dun]

I looked at his progeny report. 75% of the registered calves are bulls. The few cows are most yearlings. Of the few older, their calves weaned under 500 lbs. After seeing that, there is no way I would use him and expect to have decent producing daughters from him. Just my opinion

 

[Dueyb]

Great information. Does a person have to be an association member to have access to progeny reports? I searched him on RedAngus.org but didn't give option of progeny report.

 

[dun]

Great information. Does a person have to be an association member to have access to progeny reports? I searched him on RedAngus.org but didn't give option of progeny report.

Yes, if you don;t log in you are pretty restricted on the reports you can see.

 

[Son of Butch]

Looking to AI a small group (15 or so) of good quality red angus heifers... with RA for first breeding mostly in case
I decide to sell... I think bred red would be more in demand.

http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/redang ... o=29AR0258

How about Oscar X28?
Or
black angus is never the wrong answer....and bred black should be just as much in demand as bred red.

 

[Baldie Maker]

I'd stay with the PB RA Dueyb, as you hit on earlier; there is a big premium for those purebred bred heifers. It seems (atleast to me anyways) when people are searching for RA females they want them to be purebred; not that I haven't seen good hereford cross ones sell well.
What about 1W if you have to stay with ABS? His dam while being a Cherokee Canyon daughter has good feet, an excellent coat for the south east (slick as a mole), and good suspension and teat quality. I've been watching his progeny at VF sell for a couple years and really liked the bulls; they were especially yellow and well sprung.
More about the 54P cow if you are into lineages, she is an especially good cow that has clicked when mated and flushed many different ways. her dam, M554 was another cow that came straight from Beckton to Southern KY, Northern TN, and adapted right away. She was another extremely good haired cow that thrived on fescue (Some of those beckton cows don't) and is as an influential cow as her daughter as the Barmaid cow family is a fairly prevalent one at Red Hill.
If you aren't restricted to a stud then Red Hill Farms offers semen on many of their herd sires.
http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/redang ... o=29AR0261 1W
http://www.redhillfarms.net/herd-sires/ link to Red HIll herdsires

 

[Dueyb]

Thanks for the suggestions. ill have to look into them as well.