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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 602730" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>Longhorn beef is excellent beef in my opinion, of course that's my breed of choice. Longhorns cross very well with most mainstream beef breeds, we cross breed some ourselves. Straight Longhorns usually mature a little slower than other breeds but will yield as much or usually more lean beef than other breeds as you don't have so much fat that just has to go to waste. Ours usually yield about 60-62% hanging weight. We butcher four to five per year, usually grass fed up to about a month before butchering, then we supplement with some grain.</p><p></p><p>Around here, people seem to want them but usually don't want to pay much for them. The misconception that most people have about the breed is that they are small and rangy. Not true for the breed as a whole. Roper buyers will but them and half starve them to keep them small and thin, run them half to death then send them to the sale yard and get nothing for them. The breed itself does require less maintenance than alot of other breeds but they do need to be fed and cared for like any other kind of cattle. The cattle market here is down, Longhorn cows sell for as low as $300 at the sale barn but I have seen them go for up to $800-$900 at some of the special brood cow sales here at the local barn. A decent $450 cow should easily pay for herself when her cross bred calf is sold. Angus is a good cross but will still get some spots or linebacks which will get docked. A Charolais bull is the best cross to take the color off the calves and get a big calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 602730, member: 440"] Longhorn beef is excellent beef in my opinion, of course that's my breed of choice. Longhorns cross very well with most mainstream beef breeds, we cross breed some ourselves. Straight Longhorns usually mature a little slower than other breeds but will yield as much or usually more lean beef than other breeds as you don't have so much fat that just has to go to waste. Ours usually yield about 60-62% hanging weight. We butcher four to five per year, usually grass fed up to about a month before butchering, then we supplement with some grain. Around here, people seem to want them but usually don't want to pay much for them. The misconception that most people have about the breed is that they are small and rangy. Not true for the breed as a whole. Roper buyers will but them and half starve them to keep them small and thin, run them half to death then send them to the sale yard and get nothing for them. The breed itself does require less maintenance than alot of other breeds but they do need to be fed and cared for like any other kind of cattle. The cattle market here is down, Longhorn cows sell for as low as $300 at the sale barn but I have seen them go for up to $800-$900 at some of the special brood cow sales here at the local barn. A decent $450 cow should easily pay for herself when her cross bred calf is sold. Angus is a good cross but will still get some spots or linebacks which will get docked. A Charolais bull is the best cross to take the color off the calves and get a big calf. [/QUOTE]
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