I was always a horned Hereford person who also appreciated Angus and have always felt that a black baldy was as good as any cross that has been tried. I'm back involved in managing a cow herd after many years of being away from it. I had heard and read about all of the improvement in the polled cattle. I had decided due to the horn issue this time I would try to find a suitable polled bull. So far I've found very few that have adequate muscling in the hindquarters. I had been told that issue had been addressed. The best Hereford bulls I've seen have been Horned. Have found one herd with nice, cake and grass type range cattle that will feed well that most have adequate muscling. I have been very disappointed in the direction many of the polled breeders are going. Have seen some high selling bulls from many of the prominent Polled breeders including the prominent polled breeder in KS. Many of them look like cattle from the 50's and 60's. Overgrown dwarfs. Squatty, compact, bad feet, huge bone, leg issues and narrow at the pins. Most of the good Polled cattle I've found so far have Horned ancestry close up. I saw a nice polled bull driving down a road today in with some Angus bulls. Going to try and find out where he came from. Also have a few more herds to look at. Two of them have raised good horned cattle for years so hopefully I'll find that good polled bull yet. But so far I have to say the overall quality of the polled cattle I've seen doesn't match the quality of the Horned cattle in this area. And I've covered an area 250 miles in length. I have to have a bull that will produce a calf that will do well from the time it hits the ground until it is hanging on the rail and the heifers and cows do well in harsh, drought conditions in a cake and grass situation, wean a nice sized calf and breed back. Short, squatty cattle don't survive here. And from many years being around the feedlot business I know what it takes to feed efficiently and grade well. So in summary in my opinion the reason you still see more horned bulls than polled bulls is the quality being offered.