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<blockquote data-quote="TB-Herefords" data-source="post: 659756" data-attributes="member: 7171"><p><em>Angus marbling made Hereford all but disappear. Waygu could do the same thing. Price of Waygu beef should drop drastically when the population goes up. Angus control the market now but I project all European bovines will be collector animals similar to baseball cards.</em></p></blockquote><p></p><p>I believe it was marketing not marbling. That battle has already been on this board though. A lot of big operation stuck with herefords even throught the CAB blowout. They chose genetic's that worked for them and stuck with what worked for them. A lot of them were crossbred herds though, not straight bred. I think the hereford breed has made huge strides towards better carcass genetics and better cattle in general. I agree though that right now angus control the market but I think the cross bred animal will work its way to the top as people look for more and more efficent cattle. If angus breeders follow suite and go with what pay best at the sale yard those baldies will fill the loads. Just a question HerefordSire. Do you think in a commercial herd run angus cows with a Waygu bull they will pay more than a angus/other black breed? They get ran through the ring they will be looked at as more black calves. Or are Waygu that distinctive?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="TB-Herefords, post: 659756, member: 7171"] [i]Angus marbling made Hereford all but disappear. Waygu could do the same thing. Price of Waygu beef should drop drastically when the population goes up. Angus control the market now but I project all European bovines will be collector animals similar to baseball cards.[/i][/quote] I believe it was marketing not marbling. That battle has already been on this board though. A lot of big operation stuck with herefords even throught the CAB blowout. They chose genetic's that worked for them and stuck with what worked for them. A lot of them were crossbred herds though, not straight bred. I think the hereford breed has made huge strides towards better carcass genetics and better cattle in general. I agree though that right now angus control the market but I think the cross bred animal will work its way to the top as people look for more and more efficent cattle. If angus breeders follow suite and go with what pay best at the sale yard those baldies will fill the loads. Just a question HerefordSire. Do you think in a commercial herd run angus cows with a Waygu bull they will pay more than a angus/other black breed? They get ran through the ring they will be looked at as more black calves. Or are Waygu that distinctive? [/QUOTE]
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