Help Identify the breed mix

[HOSS]

I bought these three steers at a sale barn. They averaged 550 lbs. when these pics were taken. I wormed them and they have since slicked up on their hair. It looks to me like they are black angus cross but I do not know what with. Anyone care to help out this beginner?

 

[certherfbeef]

Your guess is a good as ours. Next to impossible to tell.

 

[HOSS]

Here are some more pics....

 

[Rustler9]

Maybe they're all Angus? It's hard to tell, could be Angus x Gelbvieh, Balancer type calves. They look pretty good.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

I would call them angus & be done with it :cboy:

 

[Carlos D.]

I have a black limo bull --leaves calves that sometimes look like that

 

[bigbull338]

all 3 look llike angus to me as well.if theres a mix in there i cant see it.scott

 

[certherfbeef]

I would call them angus & be done with it :cboy:

Better yet, just call them black. They still qualify for CAB.

 

[HOSS]

With the amount of red showing through I thought that they may have a mix of Limo or red angus somewhere. I'm still learning how to pick out traits that indicate possible breed mixes. Once they slicked off they turned more black and less red.

 

[certherfbeef]

The long hair on the winter coat tend to be more redish on most every animal.

 

[memanpa]

heck they are mostly black! call em angus, after all anything with black in it has to have SOME angus it it
don't beleive me ask the angus folks on the board

 

[preston39]

Hoss,
I think you are correct. I wold guess black and red Angus mix. Nice calves..and a good mix.

 

[Wewild]

Hoss,
I think you are correct. I wold guess black and red Angus mix. Nice calves..and a good mix.

Help me understand this.

 

[Beefy]

i'd say plain ol angus. as far as the kinky brownish fur, thats pretty typcial of straight angus too.

 

[Wewild]

i'd say plain ol angus. as far as the kinky brownish fur, thats pretty typcial of straight angus too.

Good to know. We ain't never had straight breed angus. As you know Black Lim's will do that. Just never figured that for angus.

 

[Beefy]

they could very well have black or red limi in them, but i doubt it. they look more like straight angus to me. going by the head again and hair. but i cant see their butts either. if they have anything other than angus in them it would be lim, i would imagine.

 

[Wewild]

they could very well have black or red limi in them, but i doubt it. they look more like straight angus to me. going by the head again and hair. but i cant see their butts either. if they have anything other than angus in them it would be lim, i would imagine.

Maybe so.

 

[Bama]

I have two herds one herd is red Limo. The other has all three of the major breeds. The three major breeds are red ens, black ens, and white ens. If you cross the white ens with the black ens you get some brown ens. Some of the red ens are part white ens. They are about 2% white ens. Normally this 2% shows up on the face.

 

[Wewild]

I have two herds one herd is red Limo. The other has all three of the major breeds. The three major breeds are red ens, black ens, and white ens. If you cross the white ens with the black ens you get some brown ens. Some of the red ens are part white ens. They are about 2% white ens. Normally this 2% shows up on the face.

Glad to see you still run Lim's.

Do you strive to get white and yellow?

 

[Beefy]

i think i see what youre saying Bama.