Big Cheese":3eiaj0ll said:
This is a Longhorn Charolais cross cow that we have and her calf. She is a huge cow and raised this heck of a calf. When we sold her calf it weighed 450 pounds and brough $1125. She brought through the roughest winter we have had in years and looked like nothing even bothered her at all. She also had a solid white calf this last weekend so she is rolling on again. Your Corriente Charolais cross cow will do just as good as this cow did.
I don't have good cattle by any stretch of the imagination but if I had a cow that was weaning calves consistently at 450lb I'm not sure she wouldn't be culled. Last year I only had one mature cow that weaned one that light and it was born a month later than the others. Now I did have a couple heifers wean one that light but they get another chance. Long term I want a herd that consistently weans calves over 500lb, I don't think thats too much to ask.
Each person has opportunities to make a dollar and I understand the concept of using cheap cows to make money. Less investment starting out while the market is high but I don't see that as a long term plan.