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The people we buy our bulls from have a few K-10 animals that are very well made. A few years ago we bid on one that was the last K-10 2 yr old they had. They decided not to sell him to us. Then to their surpise they found several straws in the bottom of the semen tank! I have a tremendous amount of respect for their knowledge and quality of cattle they raise. They were very excited about this so I presume that he was a great bull.
 
King Ten was/is one of best bull in the hereford breed period. As stated before he sired great mothers & superior carcass. Wiese & Sons will have some King Ten herd sire prospects at the show in Denver. Somewhere I have an ABS book that had King Ten in it from 1984, his numbers are impressive.
 
Weise and Sons are the producers I was speaking of. They have some the best herefords I know of.

They have really put their cattle together well! Tremendous growth potential, well muscled, DOCILE.

There is talk constantly about birth weight on this board and in the industry in general and mosty people relate calving ease to birth weight. Weise and Sons bulls throw large calves that are made RIGHT! The calving ease of their bulls would be discredited if weight was the only consideration. Long and lean calves with small heads come easy with any mature cows. I really feel that this should be considered way ahead of birth weight. I have NEVER had to pull any of the calves from the bulls we get from them. Our birth weight are well above any discussed here. I would feel like I wan't doing my job if the average weight of my calves was BELOW 80 lbs. (this does not apply to heifers)
 
Very well said George, my dad used Wiese bulls & NEVER had trouble calving and had some darn big calves, it seemed they hit ground growing!! I just bought a bull from them & have yet to bring him home but I am anxious to see what he sires. I looked through to pens of Hereford bulls & had a heck of a time picking one as they were all good bulls. Just had to find the one with EPD's that suited my needs. I have some pics of dads last Wiese bull & his calves, but dont know how to post them. Kind of a sad deal with the pics though as Dad had decided to retire from the farm, the day he was taking the herd to the sale barn he was killed in a wreck, didnt even get to see his cows sell :mad:
 
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The recent Wiese and Sons ad in HW reminded me of King Ten. This is the second bull I have owned that had him in the pedigree (half brother to the first). They have the best carcass EPDs of anything I own. Never pulled a calf by the first. Fixing to find out about this one......
 
VanC":1tk308gg said:
Anyone know where I can see a photo of King Ten?
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There is one of him in the Wiese & Sons ad in this month's Hereford World. Other than that, I don't know if the Reed website would have him or not. The pic looked OK, but to be totally honest, I like his great great grandson in my pasture better. (Not sure off the top of my head if that was too many or not enough "greats" there)
 
If anyone has a copy of the 1984 ABS beef sires book he is in there. That was the book that was dedicated to all the bulls lost in the fire they had. I know I have one somwhere but cant find the darn thing.
 
IHman":3u2jfxvs said:
King Ten was/is one of best bull in the hereford breed period. As stated before he sired great mothers & superior carcass. Wiese & Sons will have some King Ten herd sire prospects at the show in Denver.
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Did anyone see these bulls in Denver? How did they look?
 
Since we are talking about this bull. I saw the posting with MCR King Ten 595. I really liked that bull. Talked to Mill Creek Ranch about getting some semen from him.
Looking at him, is that what we can expect from any calves from this line?
Sorry I don't know how to transfer the pic of him.
 
I luv herfrds":c8ronmw2 said:
Since we are talking about this bull. I saw the posting with MCR King Ten 595. I really liked that bull. Talked to Mill Creek Ranch about getting some semen from him.
Looking at him, is that what we can expect from any calves from this line?
Sorry I don't know how to transfer the pic of him.
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That is a very sound bull with good EPDs for older genetics, he will probably reduce frame a bit (depending on where your herd are frame wise), he is a frame 4.5.
 
I luv herfrds":ixnd2yic said:
Since we are talking about this bull. I saw the posting with MCR King Ten 595. I really liked that bull. Talked to Mill Creek Ranch about getting some semen from him.
Looking at him, is that what we can expect from any calves from this line?
Sorry I don't know how to transfer the pic of him.
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Here ya go!

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George
 
Thanks George. :D

I have started looking at the big frame cows we have to AI him to, along with a couple of heifers.
Is there a posting that tells you about the frame score?
I do not know how to score these big cows of ours.
 
I know that I'm opening myself up to all kinds of criticism and ridicule if others don't agree, but put a polled head on that bull, and take away about two thirds of his featherneck, and he's almost a mirror image of my bull. Give me some time, and I'll get some pics taken and posted.

I think my bull has more pigment "down under" as well.
 
George Monk":9lvn8xrp said:
greenie,
What's a featherneck :?:
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A slim feminine neck like you'd find on a steer as opposed to a strong short bulging neck in a top herdsire.

I wouldn't exactly call the bull in the picture a featherneck, but I have seen better necks. To judge a bull's neck so harshly without knowing his age isn't the most accurate way of determining how masculine he is, in my opinion.

Hereford.US, do you perhaps know how old the bull was when the photo was taken, he looks to be 2 years or less if I must venture a guess.
 
KNERSIE":2ie6xqwr said:
George Monk":2ie6xqwr said:
greenie,
What's a featherneck :?:
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A slim feminine neck like you'd find on a steer as opposed to a strong short bulging neck in a top herdsire.

I wouldn't exactly call the bull in the picture a featherneck, but I have seen better necks. To judge a bull's neck so harshly without knowing his age isn't the most accurate way of determining how masculine he is, in my opinion.

Hereford.US, do you perhaps know how old the bull was when the photo was taken, he looks to be 2 years or less if I must venture a guess.
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Shows what I know! I thought he was referring to the amount of white "mane" that he had when he said "featherneck"!

I don't know his age exactly when this photo was taken, but he had to be in the 16 to 18 month age range - based on his birthdate, the background, and when I received the photo from Mill Creek.

Edited to add: I'm still kicking myself for not bidding enough to buy him. Wiese will no doubt have some good King Ten sons - but this is probably the only bull in America that traces 100% to Ferry Carpenter breeding. Since I'm a believer in linebreeding, I think this bull's ability to add those traits that King Ten was so famous for is enhanced over other more distant descendants and his half brothers that are more removed from Carpenter breeding on the dam's side.

George
 

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