I don't remember their name but I do remember some one who posted some very nice animals one time.
They should still be preserved, they are valuable history. Most dog breeds have become useless as well, but merit preservation.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
The thing I like about Longhorns is their longevity, calving ease, and fertility. If you could get those things into European breeds that put the meat on the bone you'd make more money.
So true.
You are right about that. I myself don't care for fooling with those with an 8' to 10' horn spread. Some one who wanted to breed bucking bulls, could buy a herd of LH cows and use a Brahma bull, for less than 25% of the cost to buy a herd of Brahmas and use a LH bull. A lot go with the Brahma cows because it is hard to deal with those horns as far as working them, hauling them etc. There are still a lot of LHs, even registered LHs, that have horns more like you see on Corriente, Piney Woods and Fla Scrub/Crackers. And breeders will sell those cows, or bulls, with "tiny" 3-4 foot spreads, for a lot less than those monsters you mentioned., These are their "culls". There are a lot of people here on CT, that have these type cows that they breed to their Angus, Charolais, etc, bulls,. They get decent calves out of them to sell...most of the time polled. Do these calves bring the same per pound as their all-beef calves do? Well. no, but they can actually give you more profit. At this time with prime black steers bringing $2.50 - $3 a pound, our black, polled, 1/2 Corr steers will bring $2. But, you are looking at 2-300 dollars per cow vs $2k or more. For the price of one good cow, you can buy 5-10 of the Criollo types, and you will have little to no inputs, un-assisted heifer calving. no losses of cow and/or calf at calving, no calves rejected, etc I think LHs and the other criollo still have a place in the industry today, other than yard ornaments, or Longhorn Steakhouse decor.
Your just one recession or depression away from no customers.
Yep. I think his name was Ryan Culpepper. I don't think his photos are available to see here now since they were linked to photobucket, but they were the beefiest Longhorns I've seen.
You are correct Re the photos, I did a search on the old posts and they are gone. With my background in "unimproved" breeds I was very interested in their program at the time - goes to show what the Longhorn might have been had a few people selected for conformation while everyone else was breeding them to British imports.
You say that raising cattle is a hobby for you. So then why are you putting down those of us who are trying to make a living farming?
Let's see who pee the highest?
I am glad that you like your pasture pets and do well with them financially. But the fact is that the vast majority people who raise cattle do it to supply meat to themselves or other. That is true if they own a single animal for their own use or hundreds or even thousands and make a living with them. If too many people went to raising pasture pets suddenly they would be only worth what they bring on the open market. Watched that happen with llamas, alpacas, and a lot of other critters. And what they are worth on the open market ain't much. Stopped at the sale for a short time today. Watched some 750 pound longhorn steers sell for $0.80 a pound. Less then half what good beef steers bring.
Who cares if that's the price.
Some things are about the principle in life. I want to know if they would sell somebody one of those $2,500 calves specifically so they could eat it.
