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Bull to breed to Brangus cows- Need some input
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<blockquote data-quote="tnbeef" data-source="post: 371460" data-attributes="member: 5789"><p>Thanks for the replies so far everybody. Sorry for being so brief in my initial post. I know it's hard to give advice when you don't know the details about someone's operation. Right now, I'm running 15 brood cows on the place, but I'm hoping to add another 5 or 10 head in the near future, which would be put me up to about the maximum number I can handle on the grazing acreage I have. In the past I have raised a few of my replacements, but I have found out it is more cost-effective for me to buy my replacements instead of raising them. I market my calves here at the local sale barn. Our local sale barn used to have feeder calf sales every 6 months or so, which helped with the prices, but due to lack of participation, they haven't had feeder calf sales for the past couple years, so I just run them through the weekly sale. Hopefully within the next year or two, we can get the feeder calf sales going again, because they were very beneficial for producers like myself who run small herds. </p><p> Sounds like the Simmental or the Hereford would both be a good cross for what I am looking for. Would the Hereford and the Simmental both produce fairly uniformly marked calves, or could there be a good bit of variance in the markings? -I know alot of this can depend on the cow too tho. Most people around here with eared cattle have either straight Brangus or Beefmaster herds, so i haven't been able to see any operations with Super Baldies or SimmiXBrangus cross cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tnbeef, post: 371460, member: 5789"] Thanks for the replies so far everybody. Sorry for being so brief in my initial post. I know it's hard to give advice when you don't know the details about someone's operation. Right now, I'm running 15 brood cows on the place, but I'm hoping to add another 5 or 10 head in the near future, which would be put me up to about the maximum number I can handle on the grazing acreage I have. In the past I have raised a few of my replacements, but I have found out it is more cost-effective for me to buy my replacements instead of raising them. I market my calves here at the local sale barn. Our local sale barn used to have feeder calf sales every 6 months or so, which helped with the prices, but due to lack of participation, they haven't had feeder calf sales for the past couple years, so I just run them through the weekly sale. Hopefully within the next year or two, we can get the feeder calf sales going again, because they were very beneficial for producers like myself who run small herds. Sounds like the Simmental or the Hereford would both be a good cross for what I am looking for. Would the Hereford and the Simmental both produce fairly uniformly marked calves, or could there be a good bit of variance in the markings? -I know alot of this can depend on the cow too tho. Most people around here with eared cattle have either straight Brangus or Beefmaster herds, so i haven't been able to see any operations with Super Baldies or SimmiXBrangus cross cattle. [/QUOTE]
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