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Purebred herd verses commercial herd??
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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 346151" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Donnie, if you're still learning the cattle business, stay away from the purebred side. If you're anxious to begin making money _right away_, stay away from the purebred side.</p><p></p><p>My family has been in the commercial cattle business since the 1800s, and I continued that trend when I took over. 4 years ago, I became disappointed with the trend that purebred cattle had taken and decided to get into seedstock operations on my own. In those 4 years, I have yet to make a nickel on my purebreds because I've been building my own herd up, attending PB sales, and getting myself better known to the breeders and commercial cattlemen that wish to use Shorthorns in their breeding program. This will be the first year I will have bulls for sale, and I have exactly 2 that I feel are worth having my name attached to.</p><p></p><p>As someone mentioned, very few of your calves will actually make the grade for purebred stock. It will vary from year to year and bull to bull, but don't count on more than 30% of your offspring to make the grade. Or at least don't count on more than that if you wish to be a responsible breeder who is concerned with improving (or at least maintaining) your selected breed. The other 70% will simply be market calves, and they will be smaller than good commercial calves from a proper crossbreeding program.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 346151, member: 2862"] Donnie, if you're still learning the cattle business, stay away from the purebred side. If you're anxious to begin making money _right away_, stay away from the purebred side. My family has been in the commercial cattle business since the 1800s, and I continued that trend when I took over. 4 years ago, I became disappointed with the trend that purebred cattle had taken and decided to get into seedstock operations on my own. In those 4 years, I have yet to make a nickel on my purebreds because I've been building my own herd up, attending PB sales, and getting myself better known to the breeders and commercial cattlemen that wish to use Shorthorns in their breeding program. This will be the first year I will have bulls for sale, and I have exactly 2 that I feel are worth having my name attached to. As someone mentioned, very few of your calves will actually make the grade for purebred stock. It will vary from year to year and bull to bull, but don't count on more than 30% of your offspring to make the grade. Or at least don't count on more than that if you wish to be a responsible breeder who is concerned with improving (or at least maintaining) your selected breed. The other 70% will simply be market calves, and they will be smaller than good commercial calves from a proper crossbreeding program. Rod [/QUOTE]
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