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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1597"><p>Crossbred cows make up the majority of our cowherds. Crossbred cows are more fertile, productive and long lived than straightbred cows. But many producers want purebred bulls to run with those crossbred cows. So you're looking at two different markets if you want to sell bulls and replacement cows. You could band the bull calves and retain ownership through the Ranch to Rail program. If the steers performed well, it might help sell the heifers as replacements. My state cattlemen's association sponsors a female replacement sale every fall. At the sales we've attended, the top selling groups have been sire-identified Angus heifers bred back to identified Angus bulls (sired by Rito 2100 sons, bred to EXT sons, for example). Some large Angus breeders are allowing their customers to bring bred commercial heifers to their production/bull sales to sell. Some of those brought $1800 last spring, I've been told. And some are sponsoring stocker calf sales. If you can get into one of those programs, it might pay you to buy top genetics. Is there a local cattlemen's group in your area? If they sponsor some kind of sale, attend it and see how it does. Be sure the breeds you start with are acceptable locally. We aren't getting rich, but we've done well with our Angus without showing. It seems to me that in the Angus breed, show business doesn't have much to do with beef business. We do performance test our bulls and have seen the prices we get for them go up as their performance on test goes up. Check with your local Extension folks for a bull test station in your area. Panhandle State University, Goodwell, OK has a testing station; but I don't know if the have a sale after the test. You're being smart by investigating alternatives and taking your time. Good luck…</p><p></p><p>> Sorry about the confusion, I</p><p>> didn't mean stocker cattle as in</p><p>> animals that are destined for the</p><p>> feedyard, I ment replacement</p><p>> animals (heifers and bulls) that</p><p>> are produced for commercial cattle</p><p>> breeders to replace culled</p><p>> animals.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:frankie@agdomain.com">frankie@agdomain.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1597"] Crossbred cows make up the majority of our cowherds. Crossbred cows are more fertile, productive and long lived than straightbred cows. But many producers want purebred bulls to run with those crossbred cows. So you’re looking at two different markets if you want to sell bulls and replacement cows. You could band the bull calves and retain ownership through the Ranch to Rail program. If the steers performed well, it might help sell the heifers as replacements. My state cattlemen’s association sponsors a female replacement sale every fall. At the sales we’ve attended, the top selling groups have been sire-identified Angus heifers bred back to identified Angus bulls (sired by Rito 2100 sons, bred to EXT sons, for example). Some large Angus breeders are allowing their customers to bring bred commercial heifers to their production/bull sales to sell. Some of those brought $1800 last spring, I’ve been told. And some are sponsoring stocker calf sales. If you can get into one of those programs, it might pay you to buy top genetics. Is there a local cattlemen’s group in your area? If they sponsor some kind of sale, attend it and see how it does. Be sure the breeds you start with are acceptable locally. We aren’t getting rich, but we’ve done well with our Angus without showing. It seems to me that in the Angus breed, show business doesn’t have much to do with beef business. We do performance test our bulls and have seen the prices we get for them go up as their performance on test goes up. Check with your local Extension folks for a bull test station in your area. Panhandle State University, Goodwell, OK has a testing station; but I don’t know if the have a sale after the test. You’re being smart by investigating alternatives and taking your time. Good luck… > Sorry about the confusion, I > didn't mean stocker cattle as in > animals that are destined for the > feedyard, I ment replacement > animals (heifers and bulls) that > are produced for commercial cattle > breeders to replace culled > animals. [email=frankie@agdomain.com]frankie@agdomain.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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