hornedfrogbbq
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We all want to produce good tasting beef (first assumption...hopefully true). But as we have discussed before, that can be an antagonistic trait to weight gain, large rears, etc. How do you consider carcass merits when selecting an AI sire? SAV is known for phenotypically attractive cattle but they tend to have lower marbling scores. Gardiner and a few other ranches specialize in marbling and producing high grade carcasses.
Do you balance them out or do you care? We know many producers down here that sell at 800lbs and never care what the carcass merits are. They sell pounds...and figure/assume/hope the angus genetics in the cattle will marble on their own.
If you balance them out, do you try and find sires that do both or do you alternate in less carcass focused bulls that tend to really grow and then switch back to a higher carcass merit sire? How do you attack it?
Do any of you think you have AI sires that do both well. Are there sires out there that you really like the look of the cattle, that marble well and have good enough feet that they aren't standing in a foot of hay for their celebrity pic for the AI houses?
Do you balance them out or do you care? We know many producers down here that sell at 800lbs and never care what the carcass merits are. They sell pounds...and figure/assume/hope the angus genetics in the cattle will marble on their own.
If you balance them out, do you try and find sires that do both or do you alternate in less carcass focused bulls that tend to really grow and then switch back to a higher carcass merit sire? How do you attack it?
Do any of you think you have AI sires that do both well. Are there sires out there that you really like the look of the cattle, that marble well and have good enough feet that they aren't standing in a foot of hay for their celebrity pic for the AI houses?