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Marbling...how much should you care?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1737710" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Were they valued by % marbling or by hide and breed? </p><p></p><p>I laughed that someone thinks that a higher % of slaughter cattle will improve the overall cow herd when folks will go out and buy the same type replacement heifers and bulls that they have always used. It is a never ending cycle of the same old, same old. We have been at the effort to improve the cow herd in the US for centuries. So far the modern answer has been "black hair". And that is after 100's of years. If, like GAR, you choose to chase a trait you will only have a limited # of bulls to use and you will be forced to ignore all of the other traits that are important. And I will say, more important. GAR is a feedlot and high turn over operation. I've seen enough to not need that in a forage based system. If you really want marbling, use Wagyu or % Wagyu bulls and be done with it. GAR has been working decades to "Wagyu-ize" their selection of Angus genetics. More power to them. you fund them in their work evertime you pay more than the local prices for breeder bulls or buy semen. But I stick by the old saying that maternal is 10X more useful and profitable than strict carcass selection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1737710, member: 24565"] Were they valued by % marbling or by hide and breed? I laughed that someone thinks that a higher % of slaughter cattle will improve the overall cow herd when folks will go out and buy the same type replacement heifers and bulls that they have always used. It is a never ending cycle of the same old, same old. We have been at the effort to improve the cow herd in the US for centuries. So far the modern answer has been "black hair". And that is after 100's of years. If, like GAR, you choose to chase a trait you will only have a limited # of bulls to use and you will be forced to ignore all of the other traits that are important. And I will say, more important. GAR is a feedlot and high turn over operation. I've seen enough to not need that in a forage based system. If you really want marbling, use Wagyu or % Wagyu bulls and be done with it. GAR has been working decades to "Wagyu-ize" their selection of Angus genetics. More power to them. you fund them in their work evertime you pay more than the local prices for breeder bulls or buy semen. But I stick by the old saying that maternal is 10X more useful and profitable than strict carcass selection. [/QUOTE]
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