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Personal preference. Since reds pay as well as blacks there's no reason to have something that you don;t find appealing to the eye.
 
the average black will out sell the average red. at all the videos where i have bought for the last 3-4 years, a truly elite red will out sell an elite black truckload all other things equal. no bias, ill buy any yearling that makes money. infact, our mother cows are very nearly 100% black so if anything id be biased the other way.
 
Different markets have different preferences. The local market reds sell right along with the blacks. Yellow/smokes are discounted.
 
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dun":2sdbuknm said:
Different markets have different preferences. The local market reds sell right along with the blacks. Yellow/smokes are discounted.
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But isn't MO on the Mason-Dixon line and not north of it? :lol2:
 
sim.-ang.king":14j14rdq said:
dun":14j14rdq said:
Different markets have different preferences. The local market reds sell right along with the blacks. Yellow/smokes are discounted.
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But isn't MO on the Mason-Dixon line and not north of it? :lol2:
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Just goes to show how one size does not fit all. I've always been impressed with some folks idea thateverything is black or white (or black or red) in this case. Rather then realizing that there are varying shades of grey.
 
I'm a black and white type of guy. But good calves bring good money as long as their a solid color. And some of the smokey calves are bringing good money around here.
 
Black and black baldies will sell about even here. Smokes as long as they are good will not take much if any hit. Red will almost always take a hit, how much depends on quality of the animal.
 
Son of Butch":7lec7ppz said:
3waycross":7lec7ppz said:
Why not!
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Reds do not bring more than blacks.
All things being equal blacks bring as much or in some cases slightly more.
So other than personal color preference is there something I am missing?
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Another perspective.......take advantage of the fact that red calves sell for less, build your momma cow herd with the best quality reds you can find and then use a homo blk bull on them for terminal performance. You can still keep your best heifers knowing that they will end up being bred to a homo blk bull anyway.

....and the real bonus is I have never seen a lick of color prejudice when it comes to selling canners and cutters. So you get to make money coming and going.

..........and yes I like red cows more and no I don't have any more of them except for the 3 in the partnership in Missouri where red bulls still sell well.
 
Here good yellows and grays sell with blacks. reds, whites and Herefords all take about the same discount if they are of the same quality. I buy calves in TN and KYand it's very different, anything that's not black takes a good hit.
 
Here quality red calves will sell as well as blacks, especially if they're mixed with black. Like 3way said, you can buy the cows cheaper though and the bulls as well. If I wanted straight angus bulls I'd buy the red ones and save a couple of hundred bucks a pop.
All of my AI bulls are red this year and my balancer bull is out of a red cow. I kinda want to get to all red cows just because they're easier to see from a distance. :dunce:
 
I've noticed that since I've started looking at red bulls in the stacks of catalogs that I get from every semen company I can find three or four red angus bulls that are the complete package but still geared towards real ranch conditions. I can also always find three or four black bulls but the front half of the catalog is black and the reds only get two pages.
 
For some reason, flys don't seem to be as bad on our red cows in the summer. They'll be swarming the black cows but reds will hardly be bothered. I'm a greenhorn with cows so I asked a real cattleman. He's been raising beef cows for half a century. He said he has seen the same thing before but had no explanation why.
 
I was listening to Temple Grandin at a meeting this summer. She stated that cattle getting to hot in feed lots is one of the most serious problems. Black haired cattle have the greatest issue with over heating.
 

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