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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1296596" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>CP, </p><p>That's kind of how I'm looking at it, too.</p><p>We went back to Angus after 20+ years, mainly for the black coat color, 'cause we were getting creamed at the salebarn on yellow/red. </p><p>Mostly just breed-average Angus stuff... no real high performance genetics... but the resulting heifers ended up 2 frame scores bigger and several hundred pounds heavier than their old linebred SimAngus dams... and were slow to breed up, frequently came up open as first-timers. Just seem to take more groceries...</p><p></p><p>Started back to using some Simmental sires... frame scores and mature weights came back down, SM-sired heifers cycled earlier than the predominantly Angus girls. </p><p>Jury's still out, to some degree, on the Shorthorn-sired females, as the bulk of them are just now coming into production. Time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1296596, member: 12607"] CP, That's kind of how I'm looking at it, too. We went back to Angus after 20+ years, mainly for the black coat color, 'cause we were getting creamed at the salebarn on yellow/red. Mostly just breed-average Angus stuff... no real high performance genetics... but the resulting heifers ended up 2 frame scores bigger and several hundred pounds heavier than their old linebred SimAngus dams... and were slow to breed up, frequently came up open as first-timers. Just seem to take more groceries... Started back to using some Simmental sires... frame scores and mature weights came back down, SM-sired heifers cycled earlier than the predominantly Angus girls. Jury's still out, to some degree, on the Shorthorn-sired females, as the bulk of them are just now coming into production. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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