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He is a 2001 bull with 5144 daughters in production in the Angus database. ABS claims 30,000 progeny. He is too young for us to know anything about longevity, but his $EN is holding at +4.67 even though milk is high at +25 (with a gaudy 93% accuracy). Barring some startling revelation, I think he easily is going to top 10,000 reg. Angus daughters.
 
I have some first calf heifers from him getting ready to start calving, and they seem like the right kind. Pretty moderate and put together well. Time will tell for me.
 
I have an In Focus son that i use on my brangus cows. The calves are born small i have had calves that weight about 35-50 lbs ,just depends on the cow as well and hit the ground growing. They wean at about 600 lbs and this was from first calvers. You are talking about some thick calves that are correct. They are short and stocky. I am getting my second group of calves from him now. I selected my bull based on maternal traits and weaning and yearling weight traits.
 
Is that the Brahma influence causing such low birth weights? Seems very light to me. My calves on cows weigh 80-85 and my heifers calves are weighing between 65-75. Just curious that seems light. Are those calves vigorous? Guess it is just the difference in locations.
 
We just bought a MIF son a couple months back, plan to turn him loose with the heifers and a handfull of cows this weekend. Wife's wanted one for years, I didn't want one but couldn't afford what I was looking for and this one was in our price range. Personally, I think MIF's numbers are a bit high for what I need. Plus I think he's uglier than hell, but we've seen some of his sons that are rather attractive. Can't say that I'm very excited about the new bull, just like every other frigging black bull in the land.
 
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Saw a balncer out of him last summer in Ks that looked like a pot bellied pig, wouldn't give a nickel for him.

Saw another balancer out of him 20 miles from home last week that was one of the best lookin bulls I have seen in the last couple of years. In fact I made a deal with the fella to breed a couple of heifers to him, and maybe even swap him for my Angus bull in another year or two.
 
BRAFORDMAN":1d0z3lkj said:
I have an In Focus son that i use on my brangus cows. The calves are born small i have had calves that weight about 35-50 lbs ,just depends on the cow as well and hit the ground growing. They wean at about 600 lbs and this was from first calvers. You are talking about some thick calves that are correct. They are short and stocky. I am getting my second group of calves from him now. I selected my bull based on maternal traits and weaning and yearling weight traits.
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Did you weigh them on a scale?

If you can get 35-50lb calves to hit the ground growing you are a more talented stockman than most. (or a bigger bullshiter?)
 
KNERSIE":65tiolg7 said:
BRAFORDMAN":65tiolg7 said:
I have an In Focus son that i use on my brangus cows. The calves are born small i have had calves that weight about 35-50 lbs ,just depends on the cow as well and hit the ground growing. They wean at about 600 lbs and this was from first calvers. You are talking about some thick calves that are correct. They are short and stocky. I am getting my second group of calves from him now. I selected my bull based on maternal traits and weaning and yearling weight traits.
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Did you weigh them on a scale?

If you can get 35-50lb calves to hit the ground growing you are a more talented stockman than most. (or a bigger bullshiter?)
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:tiphat: :kid: :kid: :kid: :nod:
 
KNERSIE":1mv98m6j said:
BRAFORDMAN":1mv98m6j said:
I have an In Focus son that i use on my brangus cows. The calves are born small i have had calves that weight about 35-50 lbs ,just depends on the cow as well and hit the ground growing. They wean at about 600 lbs and this was from first calvers. You are talking about some thick calves that are correct. They are short and stocky. I am getting my second group of calves from him now. I selected my bull based on maternal traits and weaning and yearling weight traits.
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Did you weigh them on a scale?

If you can get 35-50lb calves to hit the ground growing you are a more talented stockman than most. (or a bigger bullshiter?)
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I will be honest i have never weighed them on scale but i know they did not weigh more than a bag a 50lb cubes and were more than 20lbs. I have to pick these calves up so they can be tagged and i am guessing the weight at about 30 lbs, but honestly these calves are small, i have never had calves that could walk right through the rails of our pens until this year.

35lbs is a good guess weight. I have picked up calves that i know atleast weighed about 50 lbs, and I know these calves i am getting now are nowhere near 50 lbs. NOt all my calves are 30-35 pounds but i am gettin some small babies this year. They are healthy and full of energy.

The majority of our commercial cows are smaller but milk heavily and keep their condition on grass.
TRUST ME THESE ARE SOME SMALL BABIES. I have a 50lb dog that i pick up and i know that these babies weigh alot less

I have no reason to BS about the size of the calves.
 
3waycross":2qn42lvq said:
Post some pics of the little shyts and let us see what they look like!
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OK i do not live at my farm, i will get some this weekend. I will though. They will be a little bigger in a week, but i will get pics.
 
My experience with MIF has been limited but I have made some observations from my MIF calves and from several others that I have looked at that belonged to others. Most seem to weigh between 60 and 70 pounds at birth. The seem to have small heads and short noses...sorta dished face. They grow out pretty well but seem to really take off between weaning and yearling. The ones that I have and have seen are all stocky built with reasonable length but not real long. Both heifers and bulls seem to be thick through the shoulders as yearlings but not real thick when under 6 months. I kinda like the look he gives his calves. I don't think I have seen a bad MIF calf.
 
I will get pics as soon as possible.
MOst of his(MIF son's) calves were probably 60-65 lbs last year, a few smaller but not like this year. This year is the second year i have used him. But not all the same cows are bred too him like last year they are a few different ones bred to him. MY cows have been on hay, salt and trace mineral, protein tubs and cotton seed hull and meal, for the last month just hay and salt and trace mineral. Last winter they were on hay and salt and mineral. I do not know why I have gotten some smaller babies this year, but they are full of energy and not slow at birth.

We fed a little more this winter because we had a hay shortage, I would have thought calves may have been bigger because of the feed.
 
Stocker Steve":1j935uo4 said:
I see a lot of them for sale in my area. How good of a cow maker is Mitty in Focus?
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Careful, a question like that is going to cause Doc Harris to get bent out of shape again :lol:
 
Stocker Steve":1rf2v081 said:
I looked at a pen of them at the Schiefelbein Sale tonight. Some were on the "smaller" side - - only 1200 lb yearling weights. Big enough for me.
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The question is did you like them?.. BTW 1200 yearling is "big enuf" for me too.
 
While Mitty in Focus sons were not the biggest nor the most consistent pen, I think he is a great heifer bull. The seed stock employees bragged up how easy his females are to work.

I think there are better bulls for a terminal cross.
 
Stocker Steve":18einoqv said:
I think there are better bulls for a terminal cross.
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Probably, but he is in the top 20% of active Angus sires for weaning wt EPD and the top 15% of sires for yearling weight so you shouldn't get beat by a lot of pounds on the scale by many Angus bulls. If his calves sell on a grid that emphasizes marbling he is well within the top 15% there too. Ribeye area is the big gaping weakness in Mytty In Focus's numbers not growth.
 

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