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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 5856"><p>We raise our longhorns for beef. I know that we do not have the marbling of other breeds or the amount of carcass but Texas Longhorns ARE the number ONE recommended beef for a heart patient. And many people have made great strides to get more meat on their animals. Although you will not see this if you pick up a Longhorn magazine, because most people that raise longhorns do raise them as a novelty breed for HORNS ONLY! Which i think is the worst thing for the Longhorn breed. And people that raise for a novelty breed usually have the money to advertise and dominate the Longhorn advertisements.</p><p></p><p>However, if you cross a longhorn cow with a solid colored, polled bull you are nearly guaranteed a solid colored, polled calf. I dont know if you consider Iowa part of the northern plains, but i know a breeder that recently sold 30+ longhorn cross calves to a commmercial breeder for $1.30/lbs. and straight longhorns for $1.05/lbs. So, i guess longhorns and longhorn crosses can bring decent money. And add such things as: longevity, docility, ease of calving, disease resistance and other things.</p><p></p><p>Personnally i dont care about the length of the horns, but i do like them, and i think that if you go to a TLBAA sanctioned show you will see some fine animals, that are being bred for beef. If you go to an ITLA sanctioned show you will see animals bred for horn.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:Rculpepper02@hotmail.com">Rculpepper02@hotmail.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5856"] We raise our longhorns for beef. I know that we do not have the marbling of other breeds or the amount of carcass but Texas Longhorns ARE the number ONE recommended beef for a heart patient. And many people have made great strides to get more meat on their animals. Although you will not see this if you pick up a Longhorn magazine, because most people that raise longhorns do raise them as a novelty breed for HORNS ONLY! Which i think is the worst thing for the Longhorn breed. And people that raise for a novelty breed usually have the money to advertise and dominate the Longhorn advertisements. However, if you cross a longhorn cow with a solid colored, polled bull you are nearly guaranteed a solid colored, polled calf. I dont know if you consider Iowa part of the northern plains, but i know a breeder that recently sold 30+ longhorn cross calves to a commmercial breeder for $1.30/lbs. and straight longhorns for $1.05/lbs. So, i guess longhorns and longhorn crosses can bring decent money. And add such things as: longevity, docility, ease of calving, disease resistance and other things. Personnally i dont care about the length of the horns, but i do like them, and i think that if you go to a TLBAA sanctioned show you will see some fine animals, that are being bred for beef. If you go to an ITLA sanctioned show you will see animals bred for horn. [email=Rculpepper02@hotmail.com]Rculpepper02@hotmail.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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