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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 679773" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I forgot to add: if these are heifers or cows you intend to use to build your herd I would NOT buy them from a sale barn. Buy them from a producer or breeder or neighbor - someplace where you know the herd and any problems. You don't want to bring Lepto/BVD/Johne's etc into your herd. jmho.</p><p></p><p>I bought a few through an order buyer and a couple each from a neighbor who had a couple extra heifers and another nearby acquaintance who was going the opposite way (all black) and had a couple older but sound Hereford cows that he wanted to sell. The order buyer knew the herd his came from was ok and my neighbor and acquaintance were both good cattlemen with clean herds.</p><p></p><p>The other advantage of this multiple source method is that it gives you a variety of genetics to start with. They are not all out of one bull, etc. Again, good luck. Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 679773, member: 7509"] I forgot to add: if these are heifers or cows you intend to use to build your herd I would NOT buy them from a sale barn. Buy them from a producer or breeder or neighbor - someplace where you know the herd and any problems. You don't want to bring Lepto/BVD/Johne's etc into your herd. jmho. I bought a few through an order buyer and a couple each from a neighbor who had a couple extra heifers and another nearby acquaintance who was going the opposite way (all black) and had a couple older but sound Hereford cows that he wanted to sell. The order buyer knew the herd his came from was ok and my neighbor and acquaintance were both good cattlemen with clean herds. The other advantage of this multiple source method is that it gives you a variety of genetics to start with. They are not all out of one bull, etc. Again, good luck. Jim [/QUOTE]
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