The cancer eye and prolapse of years past put a mark on the breed. Like birth weight in a lot of continentals.
Older generation in my family went away from herefords and toward brangus influenced cattle, and then toward black angus. But it seems to me that herefords bulls are getting more popular over the past couple of years, with many putting them back over the predominately angus commercial cattle.
The decrease in overall popularity of a breed is not always a bad thing. You might be more likely to find breeding for love of the breed and making a better bovine vs love of trying to turn a buck with something popular.
I really like some of the herefords that get posted here. Those bulls in that other thread would make some dandy cattle.
Red angus and black baldies may be my personal favorite cows. I really like looking at good hereford bull. I can't give a good reason why, but herefords cows not so much.