I didnt mean it as an insult to brangus genetics, mostly in terms of the growth curve in terms of maturity. The ration is not very hot so cattle with a longer growth curve wont put on fat to look acceptable for the sale. The straight brahman bulls there dont put on alot of fat and have trouble passing the bse. The bse problem is more due to the age of the animal at the time of bse, I dont think brangus bulls would have a problem with the bse. There has been discussions among the test committee about how to set up a test that would better suit brahman based genetics.
You havent seen the bottom of the bulls on video yet, ~100 bulls qualified for the sale. I guess the rest of the videos will go up next week. My guess on the visually appealing bulls on the bottom has to do with fat cover, they are fatter as a group than the top 20 or so. The bulls as a group are better this year than last imo.