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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 141247" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>trin,</p><p> You'll have some folks tell you that they're no good but they're like everything else-some people love them, some hate them and some think they hate them but don't have a clue because they've never had them. We have no problem selling Longhorn cross heifers because they are excellent mothers, easy calving, milk well and will usually wean a calf almost as big as themselves. They forage more than alot of other breeds, eat more roughage and weedy type plants and less hay and supplemental feeds. Most folks say they don't like the horns-the polled gene is dominant and if your bull is a true polled he should pass this trait onto his offspring-expect about 80% polled calves. </p><p></p><p>Now I told you some of the good points-if you expect everything to be black you may not get that with a Longhorn cross. If you use a Charolais bull you'll get the cream colored calves that sell great at the sale barn. If you use a black bull you may get some spotted calves. The meat is lean and tastes great-we have no trouble selling Longhorn lean freezer beef. Town folks and yuppies line up for it.</p><p></p><p>I still like my Beefmaster cows and always will but the reason I got into the Longhorns was simply because I love the way they look. They are colorful, have all sorts of shapes of horns plus the other benefits that I mentioned earlier such as calving ease. Never had to pull a Longhorn calf since I've had them for nine years. I'm not knocking other breeds at all so don't get me wrong but I'm happy to be doing other things rather than pulling monster calves from huge birth weight bulls and to me it's a little boring for all the herd to look alike. A six month old cross heifer should weigh anywhere from 450 to 500 lbs depending on the breed crossed with and of course the pasture conditions. Now that's not saying that all of my purebreds will weight that at weaning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 141247, member: 440"] trin, You'll have some folks tell you that they're no good but they're like everything else-some people love them, some hate them and some think they hate them but don't have a clue because they've never had them. We have no problem selling Longhorn cross heifers because they are excellent mothers, easy calving, milk well and will usually wean a calf almost as big as themselves. They forage more than alot of other breeds, eat more roughage and weedy type plants and less hay and supplemental feeds. Most folks say they don't like the horns-the polled gene is dominant and if your bull is a true polled he should pass this trait onto his offspring-expect about 80% polled calves. Now I told you some of the good points-if you expect everything to be black you may not get that with a Longhorn cross. If you use a Charolais bull you'll get the cream colored calves that sell great at the sale barn. If you use a black bull you may get some spotted calves. The meat is lean and tastes great-we have no trouble selling Longhorn lean freezer beef. Town folks and yuppies line up for it. I still like my Beefmaster cows and always will but the reason I got into the Longhorns was simply because I love the way they look. They are colorful, have all sorts of shapes of horns plus the other benefits that I mentioned earlier such as calving ease. Never had to pull a Longhorn calf since I've had them for nine years. I'm not knocking other breeds at all so don't get me wrong but I'm happy to be doing other things rather than pulling monster calves from huge birth weight bulls and to me it's a little boring for all the herd to look alike. A six month old cross heifer should weigh anywhere from 450 to 500 lbs depending on the breed crossed with and of course the pasture conditions. Now that's not saying that all of my purebreds will weight that at weaning. [/QUOTE]
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