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<blockquote data-quote="cotton1" data-source="post: 1303678" data-attributes="member: 14689"><p>Thommoos-I think it is good for you to cull out poor performers. It seems kinda extreme to leave your breed after 10 years, but hey-to each his own. I would like to make a plug here for my breed of choice-Charolais. There are quite a few breeders in the Alabama/Mississippi area that have cattle that have been adapted to the heat and humidity we have here in the south. My Charolais work well for me. Many people have an old fashioned idea about calving ease and the Charolais breed. The EPDs have changed that over the last 25 years or so. Breeders have made effort to breed toward easy calving, and it is paying off. My latest group of calves over the last couple of weeks are weighing 70- low 80lb range. As always, you must use the tools (EPD and Accuracy) when making selections. The cattle I have purchased in that neck of the woods have dealt with the high heat summers we get very well. I will have to say that they require some more management for flys than any brimmer type influence. Had a friend use one of my bulls on his brimmers one summer and the bull got all of the flys it looked like. The resulting calves were impressive.</p><p></p><p>Just curious what areas of performance the cull cattle were lacking in? What were your expectations compared to performance? Are there other blood lines of Beefmaster that would improve those areas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cotton1, post: 1303678, member: 14689"] Thommoos-I think it is good for you to cull out poor performers. It seems kinda extreme to leave your breed after 10 years, but hey-to each his own. I would like to make a plug here for my breed of choice-Charolais. There are quite a few breeders in the Alabama/Mississippi area that have cattle that have been adapted to the heat and humidity we have here in the south. My Charolais work well for me. Many people have an old fashioned idea about calving ease and the Charolais breed. The EPDs have changed that over the last 25 years or so. Breeders have made effort to breed toward easy calving, and it is paying off. My latest group of calves over the last couple of weeks are weighing 70- low 80lb range. As always, you must use the tools (EPD and Accuracy) when making selections. The cattle I have purchased in that neck of the woods have dealt with the high heat summers we get very well. I will have to say that they require some more management for flys than any brimmer type influence. Had a friend use one of my bulls on his brimmers one summer and the bull got all of the flys it looked like. The resulting calves were impressive. Just curious what areas of performance the cull cattle were lacking in? What were your expectations compared to performance? Are there other blood lines of Beefmaster that would improve those areas? [/QUOTE]
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