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<blockquote data-quote="Stickney94" data-source="post: 1573504" data-attributes="member: 37941"><p>Jeanne -- honestly you might be summing up the genetic influence quite succinctly. We have several more this year that share the "ugly" phenotype. It will be interesting to see if the next group's carcasses perform similarly. I also have two steers out of Hoover Dam daughters that are F1 Wagyu and they look pretty comparable to some purebred Hoover Dam steers in the same pen. </p><p></p><p>Is the premium worth it? Time will tell. If we would have had to find and buy a quality Wagyu bull we likely wouldn't have tried the experiment. But, ABS/OriGen/SelectSires -- all have Wagyu semen, so that made the decision simpler and less risky. </p><p></p><p>If you do opt for Wagyu, I'd recommend buying a jersey cow or two. They make the Wagyus look thick by comparison, haha. (My daughter's first 4H calves were twin Jersey heifers. She implored me to keep them. Turns out they are fertile and they apparently have a taste for Canadien thistle, so they remain brown eyesores in our otherwise black herd <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stickney94, post: 1573504, member: 37941"] Jeanne -- honestly you might be summing up the genetic influence quite succinctly. We have several more this year that share the "ugly" phenotype. It will be interesting to see if the next group's carcasses perform similarly. I also have two steers out of Hoover Dam daughters that are F1 Wagyu and they look pretty comparable to some purebred Hoover Dam steers in the same pen. Is the premium worth it? Time will tell. If we would have had to find and buy a quality Wagyu bull we likely wouldn't have tried the experiment. But, ABS/OriGen/SelectSires -- all have Wagyu semen, so that made the decision simpler and less risky. If you do opt for Wagyu, I'd recommend buying a jersey cow or two. They make the Wagyus look thick by comparison, haha. (My daughter's first 4H calves were twin Jersey heifers. She implored me to keep them. Turns out they are fertile and they apparently have a taste for Canadien thistle, so they remain brown eyesores in our otherwise black herd :-) [/QUOTE]
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