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I saw this episode of the Cattle Show when it was originally shown, plus another one on the Maines earlier. They are an interesting breed, being used in crossbreeding very successfully. They are well recognized as a Terminal breed. I have a good friend who crosses them with Angus, and he is very pleased with the results. I heard from him about a week ago, and he had sold several (I don't know how many) and 95% graded Prime or Choice, YG 1's and 2's, with only two or three YG 3's. Hard to beat that!

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I have some Maine - Angus cross cows that I like quite a bit. They are a little bigger than what I would prefer but the calves are very nice. We put Braunvieh bulls on them this year we'll see how that works out when the next calf crop comes.

I also saw the show when it originally aired. I looked for some more maine-angus cross females for a while but they are hard to find. It seems hard to find commercial maine cross females. It seems like everyone who raises maine cattle are in the show business.
 
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Busterz":29au5ny2 said:
I have some Maine - Angus cross cows that I like quite a bit. They are a little bigger than what I would prefer but the calves are very nice. We put Braunvieh bulls on them this year we'll see how that works out when the next calf crop comes.

I also saw the show when it originally aired. I looked for some more maine-angus cross females for a while but they are hard to find. It seems hard to find commercial maine cross females. It seems like everyone who raises maine cattle are in the show business.
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If you look through the Maine-Anjou breed magazine, it seems that :banana: SHOWTIME :banana: is all they care to stress right now. They ARE big cattle, and considering the fact that 1100#-1200 # cows are the desirable size for PROFIT in the cow-calf or Terminal phase of beef production, very LARGE cows don't fit into that protocol easily. A producer must carefully WATCH the Genetics and Phenotype of his seedstock in order to balance his future producing herd members - and not JUST the BREED or COLOR! ...Unless he is raising Registered Seedstock, or "Spit and Polish" FFA Show Babies - so that "Suzie and Sammy" can learn what the heck REAL life is all about!

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I have a few maine-angus cows left from my past life,most were out of show type cattle crossed on ohlde bulls.The ones that didn't fall apart in the first couple of years have turned into pretty nice comm.cows.
 
I've got 3 heifer calves out of Angus heifers and Maine bulls (Ali & Ice Chest). I really like the way they look at 6 months. To me better than their mommas. However, I've been told by a few that they don't do well in the heat that we have in the South. Also, heard by some that they're hard doers. Like all calves, they were born w/ tons of hair, however this summer they have about the same amount as their Angus mommas. They were born late Jan/early Feb. Here's some pics

Ali heifers
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Ice Chest heifer out of Hereford cow
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It seems like Maine cattle have slightly bigger ears than other similar cattle?
Is that a common trait? (That heifer in the first picture looks like she has bigger than average ears)
 
I think that maybe just the angle of the picture. The only other pic I have of her is this one that was taken a while back

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