callmefence said:
You'd think they'd be more worried with what grows along the backbone....
In all seriousness. Does anyone see the advantage in trying to turn the Angus breed into these giant and overweight outlier's. That for the most part are going to be of poorer quality than their smaller counterparts.
I mean we already have large framed heavy muscling cattle to fill this niche.
Where the black Angus has long been known as a moderate framed animal that produces a quality and perfect sized steak. The Angus had reined king of that. I would say if you want to improve on the black Angus. Make him smaller.
With the even better marbling waygu
They were small at one point, and people complained, and worked tirelessly to make them big, now that they are big, they want them small, or they cross them with other breeds to put "muscle" on them.
It's ridiculous.
I've yet to talk to anyone in commercial that has ever asked. "Do you have a bull that will assure me of low weaning weights?" Never! In fact it's the first thing they ask about. You guys must be a different group entirely. When someone comes out to look at a bull, they sure don't gravitate towards the smallest bulls of the bunch. In fact the smaller ones are the hardest ones to sell.
