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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1294146" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Depends if you want to try to sell other folk's cattle or your own. Or if your goal is sale averages, fame or just decent cattle. If you have been in the business 5 or more years and do not have a cow or two that does about everything you need something is wrong and buying somebody else's cow is not going to help you with the problems you apparently already have in the pasture. I wonder if many donor cows only sell open because they will not breed back? But, to be open and honest, I already doubt a lot of the promotion, commotion and motion of big sales. If I flushed a cow or cow there are 9 or 10 in the pasture that please me. Perfect? No, but they fit the environment, do what I need and I could only wish that the rest of the herd can be like them. I'd rather have money makers than money spenders.</p><p></p><p>About the same for bulls. Used 811, 805 and 825 last year - all home raised Angus as 27 month or 15 month old bulls plus a few AI from proven bulls. Will use 715, 678 and 822 next year and maybe a dab of AI to well proven bulls; proven here or in other fescue environments. I'm too old to believe that Santa comes down the chimney anymore in the latest AI catalog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1294146, member: 24565"] Depends if you want to try to sell other folk's cattle or your own. Or if your goal is sale averages, fame or just decent cattle. If you have been in the business 5 or more years and do not have a cow or two that does about everything you need something is wrong and buying somebody else's cow is not going to help you with the problems you apparently already have in the pasture. I wonder if many donor cows only sell open because they will not breed back? But, to be open and honest, I already doubt a lot of the promotion, commotion and motion of big sales. If I flushed a cow or cow there are 9 or 10 in the pasture that please me. Perfect? No, but they fit the environment, do what I need and I could only wish that the rest of the herd can be like them. I'd rather have money makers than money spenders. About the same for bulls. Used 811, 805 and 825 last year - all home raised Angus as 27 month or 15 month old bulls plus a few AI from proven bulls. Will use 715, 678 and 822 next year and maybe a dab of AI to well proven bulls; proven here or in other fescue environments. I'm too old to believe that Santa comes down the chimney anymore in the latest AI catalog. [/QUOTE]
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