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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 144379" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I am assuming that Fred is half Angus/ half RED Beefmaster, so you know he is heterozygous for color from the start. Having not seen him I can't say that he won't work; but why go through all the hassle of raising a bull? If he weans off at 700 pounds, you will have to have or build a pen or pasture for him so you can feed him without feeding the whole cow herd or your current bull for ~7 months while you take him to 1200++ pounds. To me raising a bull is as much hassle as raising 5 or 6 bulls and with one there is no payday at the end of feeding him out. Ideally you should raise your heifers seperately from your cows and have another paddock for your bull when not in use and now you want ANOTHER paddock to raise bulls in. I am old school. I like to let the other dude have to grow out the bulls, then I go to his place and pick them apart after he has been babying them for 16-24 months. You can usually buy a bull for little more than the cost of raising your own (when you factor in the lost $700 payday by not selling the calf at weaning) and there is the risk that your Fred will not grow out well. Remember the hatchet as*ed bull? Somebody who sells bulls for a living has to run those duds to the sellbarn and hope they bring more than the bologna bulls before his buyers see him and run back to the coffee-house telling tales. When you add in the lack of predictability in a crossbred bull, I don't see how you make money on this deal. If you want a pet, steer him and let him die on the place after 20 years. If you want a bull, let 20 other guys raise them then pick out the best one you can find at a price you can live with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 144379, member: 2095"] I am assuming that Fred is half Angus/ half RED Beefmaster, so you know he is heterozygous for color from the start. Having not seen him I can't say that he won't work; but why go through all the hassle of raising a bull? If he weans off at 700 pounds, you will have to have or build a pen or pasture for him so you can feed him without feeding the whole cow herd or your current bull for ~7 months while you take him to 1200++ pounds. To me raising a bull is as much hassle as raising 5 or 6 bulls and with one there is no payday at the end of feeding him out. Ideally you should raise your heifers seperately from your cows and have another paddock for your bull when not in use and now you want ANOTHER paddock to raise bulls in. I am old school. I like to let the other dude have to grow out the bulls, then I go to his place and pick them apart after he has been babying them for 16-24 months. You can usually buy a bull for little more than the cost of raising your own (when you factor in the lost $700 payday by not selling the calf at weaning) and there is the risk that your Fred will not grow out well. Remember the hatchet as*ed bull? Somebody who sells bulls for a living has to run those duds to the sellbarn and hope they bring more than the bologna bulls before his buyers see him and run back to the coffee-house telling tales. When you add in the lack of predictability in a crossbred bull, I don't see how you make money on this deal. If you want a pet, steer him and let him die on the place after 20 years. If you want a bull, let 20 other guys raise them then pick out the best one you can find at a price you can live with. [/QUOTE]
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