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<blockquote data-quote="Seadanes" data-source="post: 1343986" data-attributes="member: 24635"><p>We are new to this and I'm wondering how you know if you keep a calf as a bull prospect or castrate for a meat steer? We have an awesome bull we picked at a year. At 14 months we brought in 10 heifers and he bred 7 of them in short order. One was already bred. When he was 18 months, we brought him 4 more heifers and he bred all of them in short order as well. </p><p></p><p>The calves are coming true to type, small at birth, filling out nicely on mama's milk and grass. They're bright and curious. We have Murray Grey cattle, not super common in Texas so we are trying to decide if we should offer up any of these bull calves for sale as herd sire prospects or just castrate to raise for delicious tender beef. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I know there are a lot of really knowledgeable folks here so thought I'd get some thoughts before I make any final decisions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seadanes, post: 1343986, member: 24635"] We are new to this and I'm wondering how you know if you keep a calf as a bull prospect or castrate for a meat steer? We have an awesome bull we picked at a year. At 14 months we brought in 10 heifers and he bred 7 of them in short order. One was already bred. When he was 18 months, we brought him 4 more heifers and he bred all of them in short order as well. The calves are coming true to type, small at birth, filling out nicely on mama's milk and grass. They're bright and curious. We have Murray Grey cattle, not super common in Texas so we are trying to decide if we should offer up any of these bull calves for sale as herd sire prospects or just castrate to raise for delicious tender beef. :) I know there are a lot of really knowledgeable folks here so thought I'd get some thoughts before I make any final decisions. [/QUOTE]
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