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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan" data-source="post: 306829" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>Why not? I think if breeders tried, through selection, management and strict culling that longhorns could compete with some other breeds. Maybe not next year, but down the road.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Outside of show animals: We sell as seedstock/replacement animals...have done very well with this the last few years. We also sell some to be beef, we dont actually market any beef ourselves. And yes, we do send some across the scales. If we do not feel they are worth being a replacement in our herd, for various reasons, we will send them across the scales. We do decent, comparatively, at the sale barn. Usually just off the average off all comparable calves, but usually not the bottom of the barrel prices. We don't do any crossbreeding, and do not sell at the Horn Showcase sales b/c like you said our breeding is not structured for that market, for instance (although we do have some animals that I think would do good at those sales).</p><p></p><p>We have consigned animals to 2 sales.... the inaugural Select Heifer Sale and one of the West sales. And both times the animals brought more than what it would have taken to buy them at the ranch, so i guess we did good sendingt hem to those sales. We might consign some to some sales this spring, maybe venture into the sales a little bit more... dont know that for sure though. Do have 2 millenium futurity eligible heifers, might see about putting one of them into the sale, they are both pretty nice heifers.</p><p></p><p>Ryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan, post: 306829, member: 615"] Why not? I think if breeders tried, through selection, management and strict culling that longhorns could compete with some other breeds. Maybe not next year, but down the road. Outside of show animals: We sell as seedstock/replacement animals...have done very well with this the last few years. We also sell some to be beef, we dont actually market any beef ourselves. And yes, we do send some across the scales. If we do not feel they are worth being a replacement in our herd, for various reasons, we will send them across the scales. We do decent, comparatively, at the sale barn. Usually just off the average off all comparable calves, but usually not the bottom of the barrel prices. We don't do any crossbreeding, and do not sell at the Horn Showcase sales b/c like you said our breeding is not structured for that market, for instance (although we do have some animals that I think would do good at those sales). We have consigned animals to 2 sales.... the inaugural Select Heifer Sale and one of the West sales. And both times the animals brought more than what it would have taken to buy them at the ranch, so i guess we did good sendingt hem to those sales. We might consign some to some sales this spring, maybe venture into the sales a little bit more... dont know that for sure though. Do have 2 millenium futurity eligible heifers, might see about putting one of them into the sale, they are both pretty nice heifers. Ryan [/QUOTE]
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