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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 948892" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Thanks guys for all your comments. We are very picky about keeping bulls, since steers are so much cheaper and easier to to deal with (straight to the auction 30 days post weaning, versus bulls you have to feed for 10 to 12 months, and have a lot invested by the time they can be sold as breeders). We mostly AI, and almost never use a bull because of this. It is a pain to keep a bull around if you do not need one. Case in point, we are weaning all our springs this weekend (if we do not get too flooded by the rain expected - YIPEE!). My biggest issue is where to put the bulls. We currently have two fall bulls (one is sold and going to KY next week) and this spring bull. I have to keep them away from the cows and heifers, so they need a pasture of their own! We have not had enough rain to get good grass growth, so each pasture is hay. Three young bulls damage more of a bale of hay then they eat! So, a bull has to be pretty special to stick around here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>Here are some of our bulls: This one we sold this summer, he is 12 months old in this picture. Sired by STF Dominator out of a Built Right cow</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/dudley_side.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>This bull we just sold a week ago. He is 9 months old in the pic. He is a 3/4 blood by Mo Better out of a 1/2 blood Macho cow. He won tons this year, including champion percentage and champion bred and owned bull at Missouri State Fair.</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/mo_LCF_2012_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Here is a bull we currently have, and is just weaned in this pic. He is by Rendition out of a Westfall Crossfire cow. I am eagerly looking forward to how he develops this fall!</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/bolt_0712.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>And lastly, here is a bull that DID NOT make it. We cut him because we did not like his attitude (very up-headed, and would run to the other corner and look like he was going to jump the fence if you came near him!). We decided to keep this one back, since he was bred and owned, and raise him for the freezer. Glad we did! He finished out at 1324 pounds at 14 months old (and we held him for three months so our daughter could show him at the regional junior show), hung on the rail at 890 pounds, and graded choice plus YG2. Oh, he won the carcass county contest too! Also, he is a half brother to the oldest bull pictured above, same AI sire. Best thing, he tastes GREAT!</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/charlie_low_res.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>And his rib eye:</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/charlie_rib_eye.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 948892, member: 18809"] Thanks guys for all your comments. We are very picky about keeping bulls, since steers are so much cheaper and easier to to deal with (straight to the auction 30 days post weaning, versus bulls you have to feed for 10 to 12 months, and have a lot invested by the time they can be sold as breeders). We mostly AI, and almost never use a bull because of this. It is a pain to keep a bull around if you do not need one. Case in point, we are weaning all our springs this weekend (if we do not get too flooded by the rain expected - YIPEE!). My biggest issue is where to put the bulls. We currently have two fall bulls (one is sold and going to KY next week) and this spring bull. I have to keep them away from the cows and heifers, so they need a pasture of their own! We have not had enough rain to get good grass growth, so each pasture is hay. Three young bulls damage more of a bale of hay then they eat! So, a bull has to be pretty special to stick around here :D Here are some of our bulls: This one we sold this summer, he is 12 months old in this picture. Sired by STF Dominator out of a Built Right cow [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/dudley_side.jpg[/img] This bull we just sold a week ago. He is 9 months old in the pic. He is a 3/4 blood by Mo Better out of a 1/2 blood Macho cow. He won tons this year, including champion percentage and champion bred and owned bull at Missouri State Fair. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/mo_LCF_2012_small.jpg[/img] Here is a bull we currently have, and is just weaned in this pic. He is by Rendition out of a Westfall Crossfire cow. I am eagerly looking forward to how he develops this fall! [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/bolt_0712.jpg[/img] And lastly, here is a bull that DID NOT make it. We cut him because we did not like his attitude (very up-headed, and would run to the other corner and look like he was going to jump the fence if you came near him!). We decided to keep this one back, since he was bred and owned, and raise him for the freezer. Glad we did! He finished out at 1324 pounds at 14 months old (and we held him for three months so our daughter could show him at the regional junior show), hung on the rail at 890 pounds, and graded choice plus YG2. Oh, he won the carcass county contest too! Also, he is a half brother to the oldest bull pictured above, same AI sire. Best thing, he tastes GREAT! [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/charlie_low_res.jpg[/img] And his rib eye: [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/charlie_rib_eye.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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