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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1695108" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>About 20 years or so ago, I got to buying some Brahma x Chianina cows from a man that was using them in a 3-way cross to produce bucking bulls. 1st year I got some I bred them to an Angus bull, and got big ole black calves with a little bit of ear,. that brought top dollar at the sale. Forgot why now, but the 2nd year and the rest of time I bred them to polled Charolais bulls, and got big ole white calves that probably weaned 100-150 lbs bigger than the Angus calves. With the dock for not being black, those steers didn;t quite bring as much per head as the black ones. BUT... the heifers? I had a copy of of the Brahma and Chianina's papers for each cow. I would also take a copy of the Char bull's papers. Would have all three in a folder for each heifer. When one of them came in the ring, I would stand up and read the bloodlines for that heifer. Now I doubt anyone there knew anything at all about Brahma and Chianina bloodlines,( including me) and probably only a few recognized the Char bull's. But people went nuts over them. Every time I carried them, they would end up being the top sellers that day. They'd bring more than a reg Char heifer, and certainly more than reg Brahma or Chianina heifers. It was because this 3 minutes I spent copying three sets of papers, and the fact that I would stand up and speak for them, that they paid more. It was just simple marketing 101. And there was nothing illegal, immoral or unethical that neither I nor the sale barn did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1695108, member: 40587"] About 20 years or so ago, I got to buying some Brahma x Chianina cows from a man that was using them in a 3-way cross to produce bucking bulls. 1st year I got some I bred them to an Angus bull, and got big ole black calves with a little bit of ear,. that brought top dollar at the sale. Forgot why now, but the 2nd year and the rest of time I bred them to polled Charolais bulls, and got big ole white calves that probably weaned 100-150 lbs bigger than the Angus calves. With the dock for not being black, those steers didn;t quite bring as much per head as the black ones. BUT... the heifers? I had a copy of of the Brahma and Chianina's papers for each cow. I would also take a copy of the Char bull's papers. Would have all three in a folder for each heifer. When one of them came in the ring, I would stand up and read the bloodlines for that heifer. Now I doubt anyone there knew anything at all about Brahma and Chianina bloodlines,( including me) and probably only a few recognized the Char bull's. But people went nuts over them. Every time I carried them, they would end up being the top sellers that day. They'd bring more than a reg Char heifer, and certainly more than reg Brahma or Chianina heifers. It was because this 3 minutes I spent copying three sets of papers, and the fact that I would stand up and speak for them, that they paid more. It was just simple marketing 101. And there was nothing illegal, immoral or unethical that neither I nor the sale barn did. [/QUOTE]
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