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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1688003" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>The most profitable cows I ever had were Criollo... Longhorn. Corriente, Piney Woods, Fla Cracker, and various crossses of these. Late 90's or so, teampenning took off like wildfire around here. I had about 100 or so Criollo cows..to raise roping steers from, and I decided to breed them to reg Angus ( heifers) and reg Brangus( mature cows) bulls. I needed polled and uniform color, and these cows produced black polled calves. You couldn't tell them from other grade, black beef cattle, except that at weaning, they'd be as tall as their mommas! And when you went to sell them, they'd bring the same price as other Angus sired beef cattle. Those cows were cheap back then, too. About $200-$300. In the past decade or so, I have noticed people breeding for black Corrientes, and those cows and bulls bring twice what the traditional colored ones do, because people want them for crossing with beef cattle. Heat, cold, and drought tolerant...insect, parasite, and disease resistant, and trouble-free calving. And, 3 of them will get fat on marginal pasture that 1 Charlolais or Simmental cow would starve to death on. I myself never kept any of these cross-bred heifers log enough to raise claves off of. but according to the pics posted here, others have and they make exceptional brood cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1688003, member: 40587"] The most profitable cows I ever had were Criollo... Longhorn. Corriente, Piney Woods, Fla Cracker, and various crossses of these. Late 90's or so, teampenning took off like wildfire around here. I had about 100 or so Criollo cows..to raise roping steers from, and I decided to breed them to reg Angus ( heifers) and reg Brangus( mature cows) bulls. I needed polled and uniform color, and these cows produced black polled calves. You couldn't tell them from other grade, black beef cattle, except that at weaning, they'd be as tall as their mommas! And when you went to sell them, they'd bring the same price as other Angus sired beef cattle. Those cows were cheap back then, too. About $200-$300. In the past decade or so, I have noticed people breeding for black Corrientes, and those cows and bulls bring twice what the traditional colored ones do, because people want them for crossing with beef cattle. Heat, cold, and drought tolerant...insect, parasite, and disease resistant, and trouble-free calving. And, 3 of them will get fat on marginal pasture that 1 Charlolais or Simmental cow would starve to death on. I myself never kept any of these cross-bred heifers log enough to raise claves off of. but according to the pics posted here, others have and they make exceptional brood cows. [/QUOTE]
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