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<blockquote data-quote="Little Joe" data-source="post: 1605270" data-attributes="member: 39122"><p>This is a great thread, just read all 72 pages in the last 2 days. Very useful information. I just recently purchased 5 head of longhorn cows bred to a black baldie bull. Bought them around first of September for $1900 for all 5. They range from 2years old up to 6 years old. I run across them on facebook one morning and knew the guy that had them so I went and looked and ended up buying them, wasn't even thinking about buying any when I got up that morning but couldn't pass a deal like that. I have been happy with the cattle so far, they are very docile and easy keepers. He sold some calves at the Heber Springs barn the same day I bought the cows and I seen them sell for .10 cents less than black calves even with a little chrome. They were pretty beefy looking. The only experience I had in the past with longhorns was roping steers and they were as close to having goats as you can get and easy to handle, so I always thought about getting longhorn cows and crossing to a beefy bull. </p><p> I generally buy angus or charolais type steers at the sale barn at about 500-700 lbs and rotationally graze and feed them and sell farm fresh beef on the quarters. I'm going to try and do the same thing with longhorn cross steers, just not sure what to expect as far as finish goes. I do like the fact that they should finish at a smaller size than the char or angus type which finish around 1250. A 1250 lb steer makes for alot of beef in a quarter. About 130lbs. I hope to get a good finish on the longhorn cross at about 15 months old and 800lbs, does that sound realistic? I generally feed .5% of body weight at weaning while rotating on good grass and annuals and ramp it up to 1% at about the halfway point and ramp it up to 2% of body weight the last month before being slaughtered. From what I read the longhorn cross cattle should marble well on that kind of feeding but just won't put on as much of a rind of fat. Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Joe, post: 1605270, member: 39122"] This is a great thread, just read all 72 pages in the last 2 days. Very useful information. I just recently purchased 5 head of longhorn cows bred to a black baldie bull. Bought them around first of September for $1900 for all 5. They range from 2years old up to 6 years old. I run across them on facebook one morning and knew the guy that had them so I went and looked and ended up buying them, wasn't even thinking about buying any when I got up that morning but couldn't pass a deal like that. I have been happy with the cattle so far, they are very docile and easy keepers. He sold some calves at the Heber Springs barn the same day I bought the cows and I seen them sell for .10 cents less than black calves even with a little chrome. They were pretty beefy looking. The only experience I had in the past with longhorns was roping steers and they were as close to having goats as you can get and easy to handle, so I always thought about getting longhorn cows and crossing to a beefy bull. I generally buy angus or charolais type steers at the sale barn at about 500-700 lbs and rotationally graze and feed them and sell farm fresh beef on the quarters. I'm going to try and do the same thing with longhorn cross steers, just not sure what to expect as far as finish goes. I do like the fact that they should finish at a smaller size than the char or angus type which finish around 1250. A 1250 lb steer makes for alot of beef in a quarter. About 130lbs. I hope to get a good finish on the longhorn cross at about 15 months old and 800lbs, does that sound realistic? I generally feed .5% of body weight at weaning while rotating on good grass and annuals and ramp it up to 1% at about the halfway point and ramp it up to 2% of body weight the last month before being slaughtered. From what I read the longhorn cross cattle should marble well on that kind of feeding but just won't put on as much of a rind of fat. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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