wacocowboy":118j7thq said:
If you go Hereford on Brahma you will take a good hit on your steers, so I think it would be better to just buy Tiger heifers. You could also get Charbray heifers and put them with a Char bull for big yellow calves with some ear.
Your right they will kill him on the F-1 Tiger steers the order buyers don't want the heifers either there demand and price is driven by the back to the farm buyer as replacements.
He needs to look at what the majority of cowmen in his area are running.
They are running them for a reason they do well in that environment and bring the best money. Anyone that has been doing this for a while is going to have the cow with the highest returns standing in the pasture
with the lowest inputs in a commercial operation .
Here Brangus and Braford cows are king and queen in the pasture in at least 90% .
Angus, Brangus, Char and Hereford are the bulls you see. I haven't seen a Limm in years and they were very popular at one time. I can't recall the last Simm, or Gert bull in the area or through the barn.