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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1831067" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Are these the cows you will be selling? Due to age? Or other reasons?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not big on black cattle either, but paying off the place is a good top-of-the-list thing to do and black calves sell for more than mixed calves.</p><p></p><p>I made a good return on buying cows culled for age when they were 10 or more... and raising replacement heifers from them to sell back to the people I bought the culled cows from. Your older cows have proven their productivity and the fear that they will drop dead of old age in your field, or fail to breed, is largely just fear. These later years is where they really pay for their younger years and all the cows culled earlier. And it's not a bad idea to use a bull that will make your calves as uniform looking as possible and command the top prices. Unfortunately that's a homozygous black bull. Pay off the farm and then sell the whole herd when you find the right deal on a bunch of red Angus. If they are really good red Angus use a good black Lim or Sim bull on them for the sales you will get on the calves you produce. You'll have the best of both worlds, red cattle with heat tolerance, and fertility... and black calves to get the prices we all need.</p><p></p><p>Then when those red cows have proven themselves and they are ten, start artificial inseminating with good red bulls to get replacement heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1831067, member: 42463"] Are these the cows you will be selling? Due to age? Or other reasons? I'm not big on black cattle either, but paying off the place is a good top-of-the-list thing to do and black calves sell for more than mixed calves. I made a good return on buying cows culled for age when they were 10 or more... and raising replacement heifers from them to sell back to the people I bought the culled cows from. Your older cows have proven their productivity and the fear that they will drop dead of old age in your field, or fail to breed, is largely just fear. These later years is where they really pay for their younger years and all the cows culled earlier. And it's not a bad idea to use a bull that will make your calves as uniform looking as possible and command the top prices. Unfortunately that's a homozygous black bull. Pay off the farm and then sell the whole herd when you find the right deal on a bunch of red Angus. If they are really good red Angus use a good black Lim or Sim bull on them for the sales you will get on the calves you produce. You'll have the best of both worlds, red cattle with heat tolerance, and fertility... and black calves to get the prices we all need. Then when those red cows have proven themselves and they are ten, start artificial inseminating with good red bulls to get replacement heifers. [/QUOTE]
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