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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1129270" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I would cull the big one in the middle and then breed the rest back to a low birth weight angus bull. It looks like you already have a little ear and some white faces so little black calves on their sides that grow like weeds could make you a ton of money. </p><p>An average brangus bull would add around five pounds of weight at birth and an average char would add about eight... There are calving ease bulls in both breeds but there are also angus that go above and beyond in calving ease and the best of the best beats the best of the rest when it comes to something like calving ease, especially when you have both ears and white faces as neither are known for outstanding calving ease but will both add tons of growth from heterosis. Plus, angus calves will sell at a premium.</p><p>As far as putting some weight on them and selling them, I've never been able to make that work(I never have, but I worked on an operation that did) outside of stockers in the thousand head range. I think if you have them bought, put them to work. With prices being what they are it may take a while to get your money back out of them but if you sold them you'd turn right back around and buy back into a high market. Your area might be different but for me a five hundred pound calf in May on a truck headed out of state is worth just as much as an eight hundred pound calf a few months later that I have more input costs in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1129270, member: 14661"] I would cull the big one in the middle and then breed the rest back to a low birth weight angus bull. It looks like you already have a little ear and some white faces so little black calves on their sides that grow like weeds could make you a ton of money. An average brangus bull would add around five pounds of weight at birth and an average char would add about eight... There are calving ease bulls in both breeds but there are also angus that go above and beyond in calving ease and the best of the best beats the best of the rest when it comes to something like calving ease, especially when you have both ears and white faces as neither are known for outstanding calving ease but will both add tons of growth from heterosis. Plus, angus calves will sell at a premium. As far as putting some weight on them and selling them, I've never been able to make that work(I never have, but I worked on an operation that did) outside of stockers in the thousand head range. I think if you have them bought, put them to work. With prices being what they are it may take a while to get your money back out of them but if you sold them you'd turn right back around and buy back into a high market. Your area might be different but for me a five hundred pound calf in May on a truck headed out of state is worth just as much as an eight hundred pound calf a few months later that I have more input costs in. [/QUOTE]
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