Boy, I'm the odd man out on this one.
When you look at the big picture of the cattle industry on the top end, it is to produce USDA prime beef, which gives you the best return on your investment. ( makes you the most money )
And that is the goal of everyone else within the supply chain. ( buyers )
If that is not your goal as a producer (seller ) then you can expect and will receive less for your product as it is known not to be able to produce a highest return on the investment.
In my area, colored /unrecognizable breeds and/or cross breeds bring about 20% less then clearly recognizable breeds.
The theory is simple. When you buy a pig in a poke, you will always pay less for the pig then if you had seen it.
As for trying to start a new breed by cross breeding, you are talking big bucks and many many years, if you ever succeed in producing a marketable product at all.
And if you do, you may have breed out some desirable traits, such as disease resistance, while breeding in the color, or other trait, you want.
IMO, the best you will ever achieve by cross breeding is to produce some sort of exotic looking animal that gives you bragging rights, not money, that only another BBRer ( breeding for bragging rights ) will buy. Or it will be sold for beef at a discounted price.
So is your goal now to make money, or to have bragging rights?
Are you in the cattle business or are you running a zoo? Or both ?
John