New ( to me) use for Corriente Cattle

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

Welcome back, @Mountaintown Creek Ranch !! I was beginning to wonder if y'all had been swept away during a storm this spring! Seem like the thing to do would be use Japanese Black bulls on Akaushi cows, don't it? What do you think about this dude buying all of these Corr cows to breed with his Akaushi bulls? Hat do you know about this program where by the association (dunno what association) pays to get the price of your calves 20 cents higher than the top selling calf on a given day?

I don't know anything about that program.

As far as putting Akashi on Cor cattle, I would guess the frame size might be an issue due to the large birth weight that most of the Big reds are famous for.

Yes we see great benefits from mixing the Jap Black with the Reds.

I'm getting ready to send that Red Bull down to box springs to my buddy Tom. Bull is a virgin his first job is going to be covering a bunch of embryo cows.
We should get a pretty good idea in 3 years of what his calves looks like because I'll be able to breed him too a large number right away makes a huge difference in determining his net value.
In my opinion one good carcass doesn't give you much information,
20 to 30 good carcasses gives you great information.
We will keep him for a few years use him in our and our friends herds, then we'll sell him hopefully for a few dollars.

 

[rocfarm]

Well @Warren Allison,

I think I'm a believer in Corriente cattle. My Corriente mama just had her second calf. She dropped her first calf as a heifer on October 11 last year. So she actually moved up a month after her FIRST calf! And that was after having been weaned at 2 months as a calf and growing up with bad grass belly.

Her first calf was a little heifer and she raised it well. It's about 75lbs lighter than its herd mates, but gentle and likely to make a good replacement cow.

This second calf is a little bull. It weighs about 50Lbs. It will be interesting to see what it averages for ADG. I'll be selling it next July.

I think the father is most likely a red angus x akuashi cross, so we'll see how it plays out on the genetic side.

 

[Warren Allison]

Well @Warren Allison,

I think I'm a believer in Corriente cattle. My Corriente mama just had her second calf. She dropped her first calf as a heifer on October 11 last year. So she actually moved up a month after her FIRST calf! And that was after having been weaned at 2 months as a calf and growing up with bad grass belly.

Her first calf was a little heifer and she raised it well. It's about 75lbs lighter than its herd mates, but gentle and likely to make a good replacement cow.

This second calf is a little bull. It weighs about 50Lbs. It will be interesting to see what it averages for ADG. I'll be selling it next July.

I think the father is most likely a red angus x akuashi cross, so we'll see how it plays out on the genetic side.

Good looking calf. I don't think we are gonna make no where near the money on those f1 BrahmaX heifers, as we have the Corrs. They sure won't bring 2-3 times what their mommas cost. Plus, we are raising the Brahmas on fertilized Bermuda/alfalfa, have them on a vax program, etc. The Corrs are zero inputs. Yu ought to look into that Wagyu price-support program. I am going to keep up with how the guy that bought those 130 Corrs from me does. It might be the way to go after this coming price drop.

 

[rocfarm]

Good looking calf. I don't think we are gonna make no where near the money on those f1 heifers, as we have the Corrs. They sure won't bring 2-3 times what their mommas cost. Plus, we are raising the Brahmas off of fertilized Bremuda/alfalfa, have them on a vax program, etc. The Corrs are zero inputs. Yu ought to look into that Wagyu price-support program. I am going to keep up with how the guy that bought those 130 Corrs from me does. It might be the way to go after this coming price drop.

Learning that the cattle business is slow when one is a cow/calf producer. Definitely going to try it if we can work out drought destocking, guarantee to buy calves, and only having the bull out there for about 70 days. If he wants me to feed through droughts or keep a bull out there most of the year, I'm less inclined. Don't think my current bull is much better than a black Wagyu on weight, but he's definitely heifer safe, which is what I need.

If his calves average 1.8 to 2 lbs ADG on tubs and grass, I'm content to use him for a few more years if the Wagyu price-support program doesn't work out.

Just got 2 inches of rain. Doesn't look like I'll need a tub til first frost around Nov. 15. Last year the cattle didn't finish their winter tub til June, so inputs are low! Going to hold her for a while and see what the market does.