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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan" data-source="post: 663802" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>We do not offer animals at public sales, correct. The public sales are rarely attended by the breeders we market our animals to. We ABSOLUTELY sell animals as show and breeding stock to other breeders and exhibitors at Private Treaty. </p><p></p><p>The rest of our animals? </p><p></p><p>All bulls that we do not feel are quality enough to keep for OURSELVES we castrate. After castration we then decide if we need anymore steers, sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. If we do not keep them as steer prospects they are sent across the scales and therefore out of the system. We are VERY strict on bulls, and we feel all should. A bad bull can quickly ruin a herd and/or calf crop. </p><p></p><p>Females are little bit different. Although we are still very strict on our females, we approach them a touch differently. Over the past few years we have sold such a high number that our cow herd had taken a hit. Between selling pairs, 3-in-1's and heifers we were getting to a point where we were having a hard time keeping back enough replacement females AND being able to sell females to get the genetics of our herd into other herds in the industry. Therefore, we kept back a larger number of heifers the past 2 years than we normally would have, by not offering them for sale at all. We have now gotten back to a herd size where we are comfortable selling as many heifer calves as we want to by private treaty, and not having to worry as much about maintaining our own herd size. Still if any females are weaned and we do not feel they are of the quality that we demand for our herd, they are sent across the scales without papers and are "out of the system."</p><p></p><p>Due to our intense culling throughout the years, demand for continual high production from our animals and procuring the BEST animals in the breed for our goals, we have created a market for our animals. One of the main reasons is that we have put a premium on animals that not only get better with age (in other words: don't fall apart after a year - which many show animals in any breed do), but also they produce. </p><p></p><p>So where do all the other animals go? If they are not of the quality we demand for our own herd, they are sent across the scales. The rest are sent into our herd or the herds of other breeders. We do not run a large operation, therefore even more emphasis is put on quality. We are doing the best we can to attain our goal of raising the best Texas Longhorn we can, and increasing the consistecy of the next generation.</p><p></p><p>I do thank you very much for calling our program a successful one.</p><p></p><p>Ryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan, post: 663802, member: 615"] We do not offer animals at public sales, correct. The public sales are rarely attended by the breeders we market our animals to. We ABSOLUTELY sell animals as show and breeding stock to other breeders and exhibitors at Private Treaty. The rest of our animals? All bulls that we do not feel are quality enough to keep for OURSELVES we castrate. After castration we then decide if we need anymore steers, sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. If we do not keep them as steer prospects they are sent across the scales and therefore out of the system. We are VERY strict on bulls, and we feel all should. A bad bull can quickly ruin a herd and/or calf crop. Females are little bit different. Although we are still very strict on our females, we approach them a touch differently. Over the past few years we have sold such a high number that our cow herd had taken a hit. Between selling pairs, 3-in-1's and heifers we were getting to a point where we were having a hard time keeping back enough replacement females AND being able to sell females to get the genetics of our herd into other herds in the industry. Therefore, we kept back a larger number of heifers the past 2 years than we normally would have, by not offering them for sale at all. We have now gotten back to a herd size where we are comfortable selling as many heifer calves as we want to by private treaty, and not having to worry as much about maintaining our own herd size. Still if any females are weaned and we do not feel they are of the quality that we demand for our herd, they are sent across the scales without papers and are "out of the system." Due to our intense culling throughout the years, demand for continual high production from our animals and procuring the BEST animals in the breed for our goals, we have created a market for our animals. One of the main reasons is that we have put a premium on animals that not only get better with age (in other words: don't fall apart after a year - which many show animals in any breed do), but also they produce. So where do all the other animals go? If they are not of the quality we demand for our own herd, they are sent across the scales. The rest are sent into our herd or the herds of other breeders. We do not run a large operation, therefore even more emphasis is put on quality. We are doing the best we can to attain our goal of raising the best Texas Longhorn we can, and increasing the consistecy of the next generation. I do thank you very much for calling our program a successful one. Ryan [/QUOTE]
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