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<blockquote data-quote="MDickinson" data-source="post: 1617294" data-attributes="member: 38302"><p>That 1250lb mark is ideally what im looking to shoot for. In your experiences is the big value of simangus coming from the crossbred female? I know due to hybrid vigor a crossbred mama is gonna milk better than a straightbred counterpart but in my neck of the woods quality straight angus females are a lot easier to come by than quality simangus ones. I am looking to do a hard cull this spring and have about a dozen 10+ year old mamas im looking to replace. I am trying to decide between buying good quality angus replacements locally and running simangus bulls over them or broading my search area a little bit and seeking out quality simangus replacements to run with the simangus bulls i have.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>In our operation the value does come from the female as we selected heavily on maternal traits especially the ability to calve on their own without worry and being able to maintain flesh with the recourses provided so they breed back in a timely manner. If you are looking to sell the biggest calf at weaning time and don't plan on keeping heifers back there are a lot of bulls in the breed that will do just that for you but again you won't end up with 1250lb replacements either.</p><p></p><p>Running bulls over straight angus will work but realize they almost certainly won't have as many calves in their life time as the simangus counterparts. When selecting your bulls I would caution looking at bulls that are in the top percentiles for milk. Simmentals milk well enough to raise a good calf without being in that top percentage and you will get a lot more life out of those cows without that extra needed feed.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="MDickinson, post: 1617294, member: 38302"] That 1250lb mark is ideally what im looking to shoot for. In your experiences is the big value of simangus coming from the crossbred female? I know due to hybrid vigor a crossbred mama is gonna milk better than a straightbred counterpart but in my neck of the woods quality straight angus females are a lot easier to come by than quality simangus ones. I am looking to do a hard cull this spring and have about a dozen 10+ year old mamas im looking to replace. I am trying to decide between buying good quality angus replacements locally and running simangus bulls over them or broading my search area a little bit and seeking out quality simangus replacements to run with the simangus bulls i have. [/quote] In our operation the value does come from the female as we selected heavily on maternal traits especially the ability to calve on their own without worry and being able to maintain flesh with the recourses provided so they breed back in a timely manner. If you are looking to sell the biggest calf at weaning time and don't plan on keeping heifers back there are a lot of bulls in the breed that will do just that for you but again you won't end up with 1250lb replacements either. Running bulls over straight angus will work but realize they almost certainly won't have as many calves in their life time as the simangus counterparts. When selecting your bulls I would caution looking at bulls that are in the top percentiles for milk. Simmentals milk well enough to raise a good calf without being in that top percentage and you will get a lot more life out of those cows without that extra needed feed. [/QUOTE]
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