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<blockquote data-quote="Willow Springs" data-source="post: 612292" data-attributes="member: 9002"><p>A few comments.</p><p></p><p>Galloway Breeders that I have talked to say that the belted cattle are generally poorer quality. This is probably due to the fact that they are novelty cattle becasue of their colour pattern, and a lot of them are raised on acreages and petting zoos. Some of these cattle are not under any sort of improvement program. In fact they are registered in a different section of the herdbook. Dutch Belted cattle were crossed with Galloway to produce the colour pattern so they are maybe not as pure as the reds, blacks, and duns. Belted cattle are probably not the best representation of the breed.</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who crossed Galloway with his Angus cows and finished the cattle as well. After several years he stopped using Galloway because he couldn't get the non-replacement heifers to a high enough carcass weight to be profitable (in his system). The steers did fine and he said the replacment heifers were big enough.</p><p></p><p>In trials done up here (Canada) the Galloway cattle have excelled in lean meat yield, ctuability and feed conversion (superior to other British breeds). This is probably due to the fact that they have less back fat; maybe an evolutionary change due to their thick hair coat??? They also marble very well. This work was done on steers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willow Springs, post: 612292, member: 9002"] A few comments. Galloway Breeders that I have talked to say that the belted cattle are generally poorer quality. This is probably due to the fact that they are novelty cattle becasue of their colour pattern, and a lot of them are raised on acreages and petting zoos. Some of these cattle are not under any sort of improvement program. In fact they are registered in a different section of the herdbook. Dutch Belted cattle were crossed with Galloway to produce the colour pattern so they are maybe not as pure as the reds, blacks, and duns. Belted cattle are probably not the best representation of the breed. I have a friend who crossed Galloway with his Angus cows and finished the cattle as well. After several years he stopped using Galloway because he couldn't get the non-replacement heifers to a high enough carcass weight to be profitable (in his system). The steers did fine and he said the replacment heifers were big enough. In trials done up here (Canada) the Galloway cattle have excelled in lean meat yield, ctuability and feed conversion (superior to other British breeds). This is probably due to the fact that they have less back fat; maybe an evolutionary change due to their thick hair coat??? They also marble very well. This work was done on steers. [/QUOTE]
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