I've had a few Freedom calves and have a daughter and grandaughter in the herd, but my experience overall is limited with Freedom. I have not used any Free Agent semen but was considering it until the price on his semen went to $50 this year.
Both Freedom and Free Agent (a Freedom son) are known for their ability to sire attractive progeny. Freedom has been one of the most heavily used, if not the most heavily used Gelbvieh bull in the breed the past five years. Free Agent has also became a very popular bull the past few years.
Freedom is known for siring calves that are born relatively easily (though I don't know if he is a true "heifer bull") and grow well. One of my concerns of Freedom is that he is fairly larged framed. I was told that when he was measured as a young bull his frame score was around 6.5, but when they measured him a year later he was a 7.4. Most of the semen suppliers still promote his using his lower frame score (I think this happens a lot in all breeds). Though he will sire calves with thickness, I don't think he works well on more refined females.
Free Agent is known for siring smaller framed calves than his daddy, and considered more of a calving ease bull than Freedom. Unfortunately, his calves also tend not to grow as well post weaning as the Freedom calves. Though we don't have any of his daughters in production, he is being promoted as a bull that produces cows with small teats and nice udders.
