Hereford Bull

[Duramaxgirl]

What are your thoughts on this bull? Thanks! He is not my bull and I didn't buy him I am just Looking to learn. He looked about 1700 pounds although with out weighing him I am only guessing. I thought him to be a little underweight but I like my cows a little fat I guess...

 

[frieghttrain]

Not bad. But then again I don't have a great eye for cattle.

 

[Duramaxgirl]

Not bad. But then again I don't have a great eye for cattle.

Thanks for the comment! That's what I thought. He seemed to IMO have good depth if chest and nice front angulation. He was to short in body length for my liking. He was thin but had good looking muscling. He had nice feet no weird hoof issues. His legs were huge and big boned. He had a good gate no limping. He was slight in the rear but he was underweight maybe just needed some more food? His eyes were nice no cloudy or pink eye. He was docile and wanted pet by me. There's your newbie observation... I do love Hereford cattle!

 

[wbvs58]

I think he is a nice bull. I think he has plenty of length, good depth as you say and although only in store condition he shows good muscle expression.

Ken

 

[City Guy]

OK, who's holding the rope on the cow's tail?

 

[Muddy]

OK, who's holding the rope on the cow's tail?

Get your eyes checking out. Just click on the pic to enlarge it.

 

[cfpinz]

If you cut him in half, the front half ain't bad. The rear half leaves a lot to be desired, reminds me of a lot of black angus bulls - just with a different paint job.

Now the Hereford bull in your avatar, that's a different story.

 

[Muddy]

If you cut him in half, the front half ain't bad. The rear half leaves a lot to be desired, reminds me of a lot of black angus bulls - just with a different paint job.

Now the Hereford bull in your avatar, that's a different story.

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

 

[cfpinz]

If you cut him in half, the front half ain't bad. The rear half leaves a lot to be desired, reminds me of a lot of black angus bulls - just with a different paint job.

Now the Hereford bull in your avatar, that's a different story.

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

Seen worse, yup.

But there's a whole lot of bulls out there with better rear quarters than him, though.

 

[Alan]

I wasn't going to post on this but I'm with pinz, I don't like the back half of the bull at all. Narrow butt, no depth in the rear girth, not much muscle to the bull at all, although the front half is a bit better in depth. Groceries may help some but a lot better bulls out there. Duramaxgirl, search some of Kernsie's, witchatalineman's and jhambley (sp) bulls. All have posted some very nice looking Hereford Bulls. Mrvictordomino has some nice Hereford Bulls also. Kernsie's and victordomino's are polled, line mans and hambley's are horned but still great looking examples of good Bulls.

 

[KNERSIE]

The bull lacks breed character and natural thickness.

 

[cfpinz]

Sooner or later, folks would benefit in knowing what good looks like. If everyone just piles on with "Nice bull" or "Cute heifer", etc. they're not doing anyone any favors. Nice is nice, ugly is ugly. Don't get your feelers hurt.

 

[Duramaxgirl]

Thanks everyone for the comments! I knew he wasn't great. My first impression was to short in length, to skinny and not masculine enough. But I was not sure how much the lack of masculinity was related to his weight. But I have seen way worse bulls then him too!

 

[Alan]

Sooner or later, folks would benefit in knowing what good looks like. If everyone just piles on with "Nice bull" or "Cute heifer", etc. they're not doing anyone any favors. Nice is nice, ugly is ugly. Don't get your feelers hurt.

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A couple of years ago I got tired of saying the same thing.

I'm glad to see you posted Harley, please do me a favor and post some recent pics of your latest Bulls. I always enjoy looking at your program.

Alan

 

[elkwc]

If you cut him in half, the front half ain't bad. The rear half leaves a lot to be desired, reminds me of a lot of black angus bulls - just with a different paint job.

Now the Hereford bull in your avatar, that's a different story.

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

. I agree. He isn't my type but is better than at least 75% of the polled Hereford bulls that I've looked at. The old adage that " When you breed the horns off you breed the hindquarters off is still very much true.

 

[Muddy]

If you cut him in half, the front half ain't bad. The rear half leaves a lot to be desired, reminds me of a lot of black angus bulls - just with a different paint job.

Now the Hereford bull in your avatar, that's a different story.

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

. I agree. He isn't my type but is better than at least 75% of the polled Hereford bulls that I've looked at. The old adage that " When you breed the horns off you breed the hindquarters off is still very much true.

It's hard to find a good polled Hereford bull but tons of junky & skinny Hereford bulls left intact just because they're registered. This bull may be ugly but hes no skinny and azzless.

 

[Alan]

If you cut him in half, the front half ain't bad. The rear half leaves a lot to be desired, reminds me of a lot of black angus bulls - just with a different paint job.

Now the Hereford bull in your avatar, that's a different story.

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

. I agree. He isn't my type but is better than at least 75% of the polled Hereford bulls that I've looked at. The old adage that " When you breed the horns off you breed the hindquarters off is still very much true.

Elk, that is complete :bs: , people breed the azz off of cattle, all breeds. Plenty of good looking Polled Hereford Bulls out there, just as there is plenty of POS angus out there. Horns don't have anything to do with muscle!

 

[Muddy]

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

. I agree. He isn't my type but is better than at least 75% of the polled Hereford bulls that I've looked at. The old adage that " When you breed the horns off you breed the hindquarters off is still very much true.

Elk, that is complete :bs: , people breed the azz off of cattle, all breeds. Plenty of good looking Polled Hereford Bulls out there, just as there is plenty of POS angus out there. Horns don't have anything to do with muscle!

I don't think that Elkwc is bullshytting on polled Herefords. I've seen more good horned Hereford bulls than good polled hereford bulls here. Problem is that most folks didn't want horned bulls. You have to sort out all junk Hereford and Angus bulls to find a good bull.

 

[elkwc]

. I agree. He isn't my type but is better than at least 75% of the polled Hereford bulls that I've looked at. The old adage that " When you breed the horns off you breed the hindquarters off is still very much true.

Elk, that is complete :bs: , people breed the azz off of cattle, all breeds. Plenty of good looking Polled Hereford Bulls out there, just as there is plenty of POS angus out there. Horns don't have anything to do with muscle!

I don't think that Elkwc is bullshytting on polled Herefords. I've seen more good horned Hereford bulls than good polled hereford bulls here. Problem is that most folks didn't want horned bulls. You have to sort out all junk Hereford and Angus bulls to find a good bull.

. Muddy my views also. I have looked at hundreds of polled Hereford bulls over the last 3 years. Most of those I've found good enough for a commercial herd have been priced from 7-20 thousand. And the majority have had horned bloodlines up close. As one polled breeder told me when I asked where the heavy muscled bulls were he told me he had for sale. These are them, they are heavy muscled for a polled Hereford.And I agree about the angus bulls. Good muscled, structurally sound bulls are hard to find in either breed. I have seen several good horned bulls. But want a polled bull.

 

[elkwc]

To be honest, his rear ain't that bad and I've seen much worst bulls with no azz than this one.

. I agree. He isn't my type but is better than at least 75% of the polled Hereford bulls that I've looked at. The old adage that " When you breed the horns off you breed the hindquarters off is still very much true.

Elk, that is complete :bs: , people breed the azz off of cattle, all breeds. Plenty of good looking Polled Hereford Bulls out there, just as there is plenty of POS angus out there. Horns don't have anything to do with muscle!

Please tell me where all of these good bulls are in a price range a commercial breeder can afford in today's market.