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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 991128" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>Fwiw, my registered angus cows are running with horned hereford bulls... As a small time producer with no real reputation backing me it just turned out to be more profitable to get great baldie steers and heifers than it did to chase registered calves. By the time you factor in loss of heterosis, registering as a member of AAA, and individual animal registration fees, plus your time in taking measurements and reporting them, you can make grade cattle look pretty good. Especially when you factor in that not every calf is worth registering so all the registration fees have to be carried by a few good ones and IF you do raise a great one it will likely not be recognized as such unless you have the reputation as a breeder of good ones in place ahead of time. Now factor in the cost of feed. An average bull at eighteen months could very easily be more profitable as a steer at six months that you never pay to develop.</p><p></p><p>If what I just said didn't make you doubt yourself at all then GO FOR IT! :clap: Everyone starts somewhere. Every seedstock herd worth having was started by someone who wanted to produce great ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 991128, member: 14661"] Fwiw, my registered angus cows are running with horned hereford bulls... As a small time producer with no real reputation backing me it just turned out to be more profitable to get great baldie steers and heifers than it did to chase registered calves. By the time you factor in loss of heterosis, registering as a member of AAA, and individual animal registration fees, plus your time in taking measurements and reporting them, you can make grade cattle look pretty good. Especially when you factor in that not every calf is worth registering so all the registration fees have to be carried by a few good ones and IF you do raise a great one it will likely not be recognized as such unless you have the reputation as a breeder of good ones in place ahead of time. Now factor in the cost of feed. An average bull at eighteen months could very easily be more profitable as a steer at six months that you never pay to develop. If what I just said didn't make you doubt yourself at all then GO FOR IT! :clap: Everyone starts somewhere. Every seedstock herd worth having was started by someone who wanted to produce great ones. [/QUOTE]
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