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Has anyone ever seen their program? What are their cattle like? I'm particularly interested in their heifers.
http://www.peakdotranch.com/06sale.htm
http://www.peakdotranch.com/06sale.htm
purecountry
Well-known member
I've never actually been to their sale, but they have great looking females. Their bull selction confuses me at times, and the pics of the herd bulls make them look absolutely hog-fat. But the camera always adds a few hundred pounds right? ;-) I've heard some purebred producers comment on how happy they were with the females they bought, but I've also noticed that you never seem to see their animals come back into the showring with huge success.
Now, I'm the last one to put weight in the value of the showring, BUT, if you sold as many bulls and heifers as they do in a year, to commercial and seedstock producers, don't you thin you'd expect to see a few more of them out doing something in the world? Do they fall apart 3 steps from the trough, or is it just coincidence? I don't know. But judging purely on phenotype by the catalogs, they have outstanding cattle. And judging purely by the structure of the structures in the pics, they have outstanding buyer support! ;-) [/i]
Now, I'm the last one to put weight in the value of the showring, BUT, if you sold as many bulls and heifers as they do in a year, to commercial and seedstock producers, don't you thin you'd expect to see a few more of them out doing something in the world? Do they fall apart 3 steps from the trough, or is it just coincidence? I don't know. But judging purely on phenotype by the catalogs, they have outstanding cattle. And judging purely by the structure of the structures in the pics, they have outstanding buyer support! ;-) [/i]
randiliana
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mfw074":32cep6o6 said:
We live about 1/2 hour from them. While we have never bought anything there, but, we have several good friends that won't go back and buy from them again, and their neighbours won't buy from them (but then again who knows with neighbours). One friend had a bull from them that wouldn't breed and they wouldn't do anything for him, another bought a yearling bull from them, and by the time he turned 2 he was the dinkiest ugliest bull I had ever seen.
I have seen a few animals that have come from their place, and the ones I have seen haven't impressed me. As well, we have 3 purebred cows with Peak Dot breeding, and well, they really aren't all that special. BUT, they do a lot of buisness and sell a lot of bulls, so they cannot be all bad or they would be out of buisness I would think.
seth
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Peak Dot Ranch has been banned from showing at Canadian Western Agribition for unethical behaviour. I'm not sure if the ban has expired or not. They have used pictures of animals in their catalogs and advertising that were not their own (pictures of calves artificially placed in front of the cows). I could go on ... They do seem to have a reputation problem.
