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<blockquote data-quote="gcreekrch" data-source="post: 1557483" data-attributes="member: 14161"><p>Interesting, this operation was built on cheap cows and good bulls to get heifers that were better than their mama was. I still buy cheap cows and turn them into money.</p><p></p><p>The cows you have pictured may do very well for you in the environment you have created for them. Here, a cow of that size would weed herself out within two years with our, to you possibly, inferior management.</p><p></p><p>I may have missed somewhere in your statements, you mention your operation has been in business for decades. What has been managed so badly in the past that you are not using your own genetics? I shy from a bull supplier who doesn't have faith in their own cattle. </p><p></p><p>I have always favoured the quote my bull supplier uses, " It isn't how big they get, it is how quick they get big that matters."</p><p></p><p>I like my cows to top out at 12 to 1300 lbs, eat snowballs and promises and bring home an acceptable calf every year until I can sell her as a bred 8 or 9 year old cow and capitalize on her value as a replacement and not one destined for the kill plant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcreekrch, post: 1557483, member: 14161"] Interesting, this operation was built on cheap cows and good bulls to get heifers that were better than their mama was. I still buy cheap cows and turn them into money. The cows you have pictured may do very well for you in the environment you have created for them. Here, a cow of that size would weed herself out within two years with our, to you possibly, inferior management. I may have missed somewhere in your statements, you mention your operation has been in business for decades. What has been managed so badly in the past that you are not using your own genetics? I shy from a bull supplier who doesn't have faith in their own cattle. I have always favoured the quote my bull supplier uses, " It isn't how big they get, it is how quick they get big that matters." I like my cows to top out at 12 to 1300 lbs, eat snowballs and promises and bring home an acceptable calf every year until I can sell her as a bred 8 or 9 year old cow and capitalize on her value as a replacement and not one destined for the kill plant. [/QUOTE]
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