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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1393118" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>At least one big Angus ranch out west (Montana, I think) that breeds all their heifers to Longhorn bulls - they have almost nothing invested in those yearling LHs, they get the job done, those heifers calving in range conditions have an easy time calving, the little calves get up fast with lots of vigor and those heifers learn what they need to do to be a good cow. Those LH-cross calves don't top the market, but they look at them as a 'coupon' that that heifer has earned, allowing her to go on to the next level. </p><p></p><p>They'll use those LH bulls for a few years, then castrate them. The market for LH steers, LH skull/horns is evidently good enough that they more than pay their way. I've seen a number of photos of some of those LH steers that they've broken to saddle and use as 'riding steers'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1393118, member: 12607"] At least one big Angus ranch out west (Montana, I think) that breeds all their heifers to Longhorn bulls - they have almost nothing invested in those yearling LHs, they get the job done, those heifers calving in range conditions have an easy time calving, the little calves get up fast with lots of vigor and those heifers learn what they need to do to be a good cow. Those LH-cross calves don't top the market, but they look at them as a 'coupon' that that heifer has earned, allowing her to go on to the next level. They'll use those LH bulls for a few years, then castrate them. The market for LH steers, LH skull/horns is evidently good enough that they more than pay their way. I've seen a number of photos of some of those LH steers that they've broken to saddle and use as 'riding steers'. [/QUOTE]
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