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<blockquote data-quote="Silver" data-source="post: 1556667" data-attributes="member: 12520"><p>Well, what comes around tends to go around. I would certainly argue your point about fancy black steers topping the market. In these parts anyway. They had a few seasons in the sun, but it appears to be waning now. Personally, I've never seen straight angus steers top the market, mostly because in these parts they are never the heaviest. </p><p>I asked two buyers last year what the problem was with the straight bred angus steers. Both guys told me pretty much the same story. Angus feed well enough, but when an angus steer is fat you have to slaughter, every day you don't is money down the drain. All you get is a steer the same size with more fat on it. But an exotic or exotic cross you can continue to feed after the steer is finished, and even though the steer is finished it will continue to grow and be profitable for a time. So in an uncertain market they tend to shy away from straight bred angus. </p><p>I like a little angus in my cow herd, I can definitely see some benefits. I figure 1/2 angus in a cow is plenty, that will give me a calf that will be 3/8 angus on the higher end and that's plenty for me. </p><p>I spent way too many years watching the black angus cattle taking a beating on sale day to jump on that wagon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver, post: 1556667, member: 12520"] Well, what comes around tends to go around. I would certainly argue your point about fancy black steers topping the market. In these parts anyway. They had a few seasons in the sun, but it appears to be waning now. Personally, I've never seen straight angus steers top the market, mostly because in these parts they are never the heaviest. I asked two buyers last year what the problem was with the straight bred angus steers. Both guys told me pretty much the same story. Angus feed well enough, but when an angus steer is fat you have to slaughter, every day you don't is money down the drain. All you get is a steer the same size with more fat on it. But an exotic or exotic cross you can continue to feed after the steer is finished, and even though the steer is finished it will continue to grow and be profitable for a time. So in an uncertain market they tend to shy away from straight bred angus. I like a little angus in my cow herd, I can definitely see some benefits. I figure 1/2 angus in a cow is plenty, that will give me a calf that will be 3/8 angus on the higher end and that's plenty for me. I spent way too many years watching the black angus cattle taking a beating on sale day to jump on that wagon. [/QUOTE]
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