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Is anyone here familiar with the Oak Hollow Angus farm in Kentucky?
If Kenneth is selling them directly I'd take him at his word that they will be what he says they are.I wasn't aware of them until I ran across some bred heifers on CL. Although purebred they are selling as commercial. They do have registered for sale. Looking at their bull battery most of them are made up of bulls with a large majority of oak hollow breeding in their pedigree. Looks like they've been doing their own thing for a long time. Very interesting.
It appears the lower end gets sold as commercial, the better ones are sold registered. He has 4 bred heifers due around Feb. for $7500. I wouldn't hesitate on them except that I'm phasing out commercial and replacing with registered.If Kenneth is selling them directly I'd take him at his word that they will be what he says they are.
Is anyone here familiar with the Oak Hollow Angus farm in Kentucky?
They have some private treaty breds that aren't priced too high. Cost more than sale barn junk, but I'm sure it would be money well spent.Yes, we get their sales books. They have nice looking animals. We would definitely purchase animals from them if we were big timer rich folks.
They have some private treaty breds that aren't priced too high. Cost more than sale barn junk, but I'm sure it would be money well spent.
That being said I have a few sale barn cows that have done me a good job over the years, but they weren't bottom end either.
Thanks for the input. You and Eb seem to know a lot about the kind of cattle I lean towards.Mr. Lowe and his son are honest, no-nonsense, hard working folks, and breed with purpose and vision. I haven't sampled their genetics, but have spent a day touring their herd. They are one of the few breeders left carrying forth the original Graham Angus genetics in those pedigrees. I would imagine Ebenezer knows more about the herd than I do, but they seem to hit a nice sweet spot between economic terminal traits, and cows not completely propped up to support those same traits.
I get about 50 sale catalogues a year. First thing I do is open them up and see how many cattle in the breeding tree have their own names in the pedigrees. I throw 45 or more directly in the trash. Besides buying the Senepol bulls a couple years ago for a cross breeding program, haven't brought in an outside bull in 6 years.I wasn't aware of them until I ran across some bred heifers on CL. Although purebred they are selling as commercial. They do have registered for sale. Looking at their bull battery most of them are made up of bulls with a large majority of oak hollow breeding in their pedigree. Looks like they've been doing their own thing for a long time. Very interesting.