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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1539768" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Muddy, I must've misunderstood. Maybe you are being "sarcastic" when you made the comment "yeah right" to the post that freighttrain wrote. I have no idea where you are except a "cold place". Maybe you have dairies all around you. But I do know for a fact that there are several that are using angus, simmental and limi semen on their lower half of the dairy herd cows, and often a black calf can be any of those 3 crosses. And they are definitely in a greater demand than any straight bred holstein bull calves and jersey bull calves are giveaway prices. Have watched many go through the sale barn north of me where there are still alot of dairies. The ones that take calves there will get 2-4 times the money on a black calf...beef-dairy cross, than a straight dairy bull calf. And I know 4 buyers that buy directly off the farm, and that they take any, all calves the farmer wants to move, so they can keep the "contract". In this area there are next to no white faced dairy cross calves because anything hereford just does not bring any money here. And many still are of the mindset that hereford calves can have big blocky heads and shoulders, so they are not used as cleanup on dairy heifers. Mostly a cleanup bull like that is an angus or a black limi because they tend to slide right out easier. Limi's are often longer than wider so are not usually a problem being calved by a dairy heifer that is fed fairly well. </p><p></p><p>No, I didn't know if you were in the area and I did not check on you where ever you may live.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1539768, member: 25884"] Muddy, I must've misunderstood. Maybe you are being "sarcastic" when you made the comment "yeah right" to the post that freighttrain wrote. I have no idea where you are except a "cold place". Maybe you have dairies all around you. But I do know for a fact that there are several that are using angus, simmental and limi semen on their lower half of the dairy herd cows, and often a black calf can be any of those 3 crosses. And they are definitely in a greater demand than any straight bred holstein bull calves and jersey bull calves are giveaway prices. Have watched many go through the sale barn north of me where there are still alot of dairies. The ones that take calves there will get 2-4 times the money on a black calf...beef-dairy cross, than a straight dairy bull calf. And I know 4 buyers that buy directly off the farm, and that they take any, all calves the farmer wants to move, so they can keep the "contract". In this area there are next to no white faced dairy cross calves because anything hereford just does not bring any money here. And many still are of the mindset that hereford calves can have big blocky heads and shoulders, so they are not used as cleanup on dairy heifers. Mostly a cleanup bull like that is an angus or a black limi because they tend to slide right out easier. Limi's are often longer than wider so are not usually a problem being calved by a dairy heifer that is fed fairly well. No, I didn't know if you were in the area and I did not check on you where ever you may live. [/QUOTE]
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