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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 677194" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>I'm in the market for another bull, I wanted a bull more growthier than the one's I have. Does anyone use the MARC across the breed comparisons to make a decision on what breed bull to buy? I was thinking of a charolais first, but it fell through. Found some nice hereford bull calves and some nice Simmi's. When you study the Marc data, you see that a simmi bull has a 27 pound advantage over a hereford if each bulls WW was 0. Charolais have a 41 pound advantage in the same aspect. </p><p></p><p>I realize that the resulting cross from a Hereford bull on my Brangus cows (baldies) would probably bring a better price per pound than a charolais cross calf (probably a gray calf), but I'm not entirely sure that the added calf weight would make up for the difference. A simmi bull would probably be the better choice as crossing him with my Brangus would yield predominantly black calves - maybe a baldy or two. </p><p></p><p>Surprisingly a beefmaster bull has the highest WW adjustment factor. I've had luck with my angus plus bull breeding beefmasters, maybe I could use a beefmaster to breed the brangus'.</p><p></p><p>Here's the data from Marc if anyone is interested:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/54380000/GPE/AB_EPD2009News.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Pl ... 09News.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 677194, member: 2653"] I'm in the market for another bull, I wanted a bull more growthier than the one's I have. Does anyone use the MARC across the breed comparisons to make a decision on what breed bull to buy? I was thinking of a charolais first, but it fell through. Found some nice hereford bull calves and some nice Simmi's. When you study the Marc data, you see that a simmi bull has a 27 pound advantage over a hereford if each bulls WW was 0. Charolais have a 41 pound advantage in the same aspect. I realize that the resulting cross from a Hereford bull on my Brangus cows (baldies) would probably bring a better price per pound than a charolais cross calf (probably a gray calf), but I'm not entirely sure that the added calf weight would make up for the difference. A simmi bull would probably be the better choice as crossing him with my Brangus would yield predominantly black calves - maybe a baldy or two. Surprisingly a beefmaster bull has the highest WW adjustment factor. I've had luck with my angus plus bull breeding beefmasters, maybe I could use a beefmaster to breed the brangus'. Here's the data from Marc if anyone is interested: [url=http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/54380000/GPE/AB_EPD2009News.pdf]http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Pl ... 09News.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]
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