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Older hereford cows breed for heifers or buy heifer calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Starting late" data-source="post: 584956" data-attributes="member: 8634"><p>My goal is to produce "baldie" calves with an Angus bull, finish the calves and direct market the beef. From my limited experience this seems to be the best profit margin. I eventually want to breed for top performance (marbling and growth rate) on grass and legumes only, no grain. This bunch of old Hereford cows do very well on grass only, and the calves look better on pasture alone than any of my purchased steers do on high dollar feed. I intend to breed some Devon genetics into the herd at some point, or possibly some Murray Gray. For now though, I am just looking for Hereford/Angus calf production with a good carcass quality in a 1,200 lb animal at about 24 mos. age or a little less on forage only. Any additional input would be appreciated. Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starting late, post: 584956, member: 8634"] My goal is to produce "baldie" calves with an Angus bull, finish the calves and direct market the beef. From my limited experience this seems to be the best profit margin. I eventually want to breed for top performance (marbling and growth rate) on grass and legumes only, no grain. This bunch of old Hereford cows do very well on grass only, and the calves look better on pasture alone than any of my purchased steers do on high dollar feed. I intend to breed some Devon genetics into the herd at some point, or possibly some Murray Gray. For now though, I am just looking for Hereford/Angus calf production with a good carcass quality in a 1,200 lb animal at about 24 mos. age or a little less on forage only. Any additional input would be appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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