Jeanne - Simme Valley
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For those of you that raise cattle that come in either red or black .. have you heard rumblings of a switch from the generally preferred black hides back to red?
Back to the original question. In the purebred Simmental breed, it started out that no matter what the quality was - a black Simmi brought big bucks. Than, all you could find in the sire books were mainly black bulls to use. Than, quality blacks brought the high dollar. Black was hot, hot.
Now, trend is changing. Cattle quality - not so much the color -dictates the high dollar. Red is getting much more popular in the PB Simmental business. Just my observation. Of course, a new RED breeder has started up, and went around the country paying boocoo bucks for top quality red cows, that tends to up the demand.
But, yes, red is back in favor in this breed.
Like I always say, I don't care if they are purple & polka dotted (wouldn't that be a site :shock: ) , I only care if they are good - phenotype, structure, fertility, temperament, etc. Color is the least of my concern - except, color dictates my sales, so I have to "chase" some of the fad. Actually, I just keep the "off" fad cattle & use them as my replacements, & sell the most recent "fad".