Just because a calf has Angus in it doesn't make it grade good. We have been putting our Charolais Bulls on test with Angus bulls and all have ultrasound at end of test. Even though the top marbling bulls are Angus the top Charolais bulls will beat 75% of the Angus. There are always some Angus bulls that are as low as the lowest Charolais. So if you want cattle that marble well you better look at more than the color of their hair.
> Frankie is a lady and I was only
> adding to her comments, not
> disagreeing.
> The only recip mentioned in my
> post was the Simmental. She had
> her calf and was too dangerous to
> keep around. The neighbors heifers
> were mixed breeds, and preg
> checked by a 'rookie' one might
> have been bred and aborted, one
> was traced to being a twin with a
> bull, one was bred but very late,
> and a couple mistaken for bred in
> the fall. The rest of the animals
> shipped were either bulls or
> steers, they all graded, they all
> were straight Angus. To get a bull
> to grade is apperantly rare, but I
> have only ever had one swing less
> than select.
> Jason
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