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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1782275" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>I raised replacements in South Dakota... both red and black... and of course the red animals were discounted compared to the black. Same quality animals, same weights, same, same, same, in every way other than color. Not a lot of difference in pricing, but consistent and easy to see.</p><p></p><p>At my place in Arkansas I was dealing a lot of animals because I was working the sale barns, helping vets. If you have half brahman cows with a lot of skin they don't do very well in northern Arkansas. I saw a really nice full blood Brahman bull freeze to death one winter. But far enough south a lot of people like them. The Santa Gertrudis and beefmasters did fine. Personally I really like half bloods. Probably the fanciest calf I ever had was a Limo cross and she was gorgeous and a great mother. But again, too much skin was a problem and that's hard to control in the first generation.</p><p></p><p>I'd recommend a homozygous black brahmousin bull to put the meat on your calves, for the hybrid vigor benefits, and to make replacements that sell well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1782275, member: 42463"] I raised replacements in South Dakota... both red and black... and of course the red animals were discounted compared to the black. Same quality animals, same weights, same, same, same, in every way other than color. Not a lot of difference in pricing, but consistent and easy to see. At my place in Arkansas I was dealing a lot of animals because I was working the sale barns, helping vets. If you have half brahman cows with a lot of skin they don't do very well in northern Arkansas. I saw a really nice full blood Brahman bull freeze to death one winter. But far enough south a lot of people like them. The Santa Gertrudis and beefmasters did fine. Personally I really like half bloods. Probably the fanciest calf I ever had was a Limo cross and she was gorgeous and a great mother. But again, too much skin was a problem and that's hard to control in the first generation. I'd recommend a homozygous black brahmousin bull to put the meat on your calves, for the hybrid vigor benefits, and to make replacements that sell well. [/QUOTE]
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