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<blockquote data-quote="greenwillowherefords" data-source="post: 61631" data-attributes="member: 587"><p>Many times purebred breeders keep only the top, say, ten percent of their crop for replacements. That doesn't mean that the rest of the heifers are good for nothing but the feedlot. So they may sell them as commercial cattle even though they are purebred. A friend of mine wouldn't think of cross-breeding, but he culls his registered stock rigorously. If a calf has too much white on it to suit him, he sells it unregistered, or "commercial." An example is a heifer that weaned at 107%, but had a quarter sized white spot right on top of her back right ahead of the hindquarters. She also had quite a bit of white elsewhere. This is pretty common among linebred Herefords, so he guards against it strongly in his registered stock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenwillowherefords, post: 61631, member: 587"] Many times purebred breeders keep only the top, say, ten percent of their crop for replacements. That doesn't mean that the rest of the heifers are good for nothing but the feedlot. So they may sell them as commercial cattle even though they are purebred. A friend of mine wouldn't think of cross-breeding, but he culls his registered stock rigorously. If a calf has too much white on it to suit him, he sells it unregistered, or "commercial." An example is a heifer that weaned at 107%, but had a quarter sized white spot right on top of her back right ahead of the hindquarters. She also had quite a bit of white elsewhere. This is pretty common among linebred Herefords, so he guards against it strongly in his registered stock. [/QUOTE]
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