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<blockquote data-quote="RVF" data-source="post: 513712" data-attributes="member: 7960"><p>In my opinion the best range cows are not purebred cattle, but grade cattle. A registration paper does not make an animal breeding quality. A quote I herd one time is "the purebred industry is about selling change". I think this statement is very true. The purebred industry always has to be making the animals "better", be it taller, shorter, fatter, thinner etc. whereas the commerical industry just wants a good cow. Therefore, if these crossbred heifers are good heifers that you would be proud to own, yes, they can be sold as replacement females.</p><p></p><p>As for crossbred bulls, it is a little more of a problem. There are producers selling "Hybrid" bulls in western Canada. They tell you what the cross is and they have a program that they produce that cross. The bulls sell with performance numbers. For example, a common cross would be a 1/2 Simi, 1/2 Red Angus or 3/8 Simi, 5/8 Red Angus. All the bulls would be the same percentage and the producer would have 20 or more of them. If you are planning on just selling one or two good looking bulls, I would tend to stay away from it. However, if you want to develop a hybrid bull program, there is no problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RVF, post: 513712, member: 7960"] In my opinion the best range cows are not purebred cattle, but grade cattle. A registration paper does not make an animal breeding quality. A quote I herd one time is "the purebred industry is about selling change". I think this statement is very true. The purebred industry always has to be making the animals "better", be it taller, shorter, fatter, thinner etc. whereas the commerical industry just wants a good cow. Therefore, if these crossbred heifers are good heifers that you would be proud to own, yes, they can be sold as replacement females. As for crossbred bulls, it is a little more of a problem. There are producers selling "Hybrid" bulls in western Canada. They tell you what the cross is and they have a program that they produce that cross. The bulls sell with performance numbers. For example, a common cross would be a 1/2 Simi, 1/2 Red Angus or 3/8 Simi, 5/8 Red Angus. All the bulls would be the same percentage and the producer would have 20 or more of them. If you are planning on just selling one or two good looking bulls, I would tend to stay away from it. However, if you want to develop a hybrid bull program, there is no problem. [/QUOTE]
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