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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1780844" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>There are many factors that come into play, on people's experiences with cattle breeds. I believe genetics is a definite factor as well as management be it our own and that if where they were bred and raised.</p><p>My experience with Gelbvieh is similar to that of Limousin. Purchased stocker sized calves, some crazy and the ones that were not were very good.</p><p>There's quite a few Simmental and Simx cattle around here, and over all I'm not impressed with their dispositions. I like them as far as look as long as they are not too short. The last couple years I bought 5weight calves I tried to stay away from anything that didn't look Angus or Angus x Hereford, because those black continental crosses were always a roll of the dice as to how they were going to work for what I wanted as bred heifers where disposition was a major factor in selling them.</p><p>I bought a Simmental bull and he was not a good fit either, Only had four calves by him as he got injured, one calf was just like him and was sold, the other 3 seem pretty good. </p><p>I know Charolais got a bad reputation years ago for being crazy, but overall with only a few exceptions I have found them to be sone of the best cattle to work with of any breed. Again there were exceptions that were batxxxx crazy. </p><p>Herefords can have flighty cattle too. </p><p>I've often said that if it's a good all around animal I'd just as soon have an Angus as anything. </p><p>There are some lines of Angus that I would not want in the place, and I've seen from some breeders that I wouldn't want any of their animals disposition wise. </p><p>There's good and bad in all breeds.</p><p>I believe too much reliance on somebody else's cattle via AI has really hurt cow calf producers across the board with what they have to work with and especially so in regards to Angus due to their popularity. The issues are not likely to be corrected any time soon being as there is no real competition or incentive to change what they are doing because the money is still being made by the movers and shakers and AI companies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1780844, member: 24816"] There are many factors that come into play, on people’s experiences with cattle breeds. I believe genetics is a definite factor as well as management be it our own and that if where they were bred and raised. My experience with Gelbvieh is similar to that of Limousin. Purchased stocker sized calves, some crazy and the ones that were not were very good. There’s quite a few Simmental and Simx cattle around here, and over all I’m not impressed with their dispositions. I like them as far as look as long as they are not too short. The last couple years I bought 5weight calves I tried to stay away from anything that didn’t look Angus or Angus x Hereford, because those black continental crosses were always a roll of the dice as to how they were going to work for what I wanted as bred heifers where disposition was a major factor in selling them. I bought a Simmental bull and he was not a good fit either, Only had four calves by him as he got injured, one calf was just like him and was sold, the other 3 seem pretty good. I know Charolais got a bad reputation years ago for being crazy, but overall with only a few exceptions I have found them to be sone of the best cattle to work with of any breed. Again there were exceptions that were batxxxx crazy. Herefords can have flighty cattle too. I’ve often said that if it’s a good all around animal I’d just as soon have an Angus as anything. There are some lines of Angus that I would not want in the place, and I’ve seen from some breeders that I wouldn’t want any of their animals disposition wise. There’s good and bad in all breeds. I believe too much reliance on somebody else’s cattle via AI has really hurt cow calf producers across the board with what they have to work with and especially so in regards to Angus due to their popularity. The issues are not likely to be corrected any time soon being as there is no real competition or incentive to change what they are doing because the money is still being made by the movers and shakers and AI companies. [/QUOTE]
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