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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 1286209" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>OT, part of what you are saying is true but part isn't. Yes they will cut out a red steer if in a load of blacks, that part is true. But you watch Superior or go to a barn and watch a load of Red Angus heifer calves sell, and they out sell the blacks by a ways. Your neighbors sold 300 head on Superior this summer weighing 510 lbs and got $3.43/lbs. You will not see black heifers bring that. So no, it isn't a regional thing, it is an industry thing. The demand comes from a few things. 1. For years, Red Angus took a back seat and had to scrape and claw to sell a Red Angus bull, while the blacks were selling bull after bull for more money, so more black bulls were kept which resulted in selling bulls that probably should have been cut. 2. CAB turned all breeds black so now we don't know if a black set of heifers is Angus or some other breed, while the Red Angus developed the Red Angus tag which is the only way Red Angus sired calves can qualify for Angus type grids, so Red Angus stayed true. 3. Supply and demand, when you can't find a Red Angus heifer on every corner like you can a black heifer, demand kicks in and people from all over the country are chasing these girls. My phone is busy with buyers from the states of Missouri, TX, KS, and OK who are in the hunt to refill their pastures with Red Angus heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 1286209, member: 2397"] OT, part of what you are saying is true but part isn't. Yes they will cut out a red steer if in a load of blacks, that part is true. But you watch Superior or go to a barn and watch a load of Red Angus heifer calves sell, and they out sell the blacks by a ways. Your neighbors sold 300 head on Superior this summer weighing 510 lbs and got $3.43/lbs. You will not see black heifers bring that. So no, it isn't a regional thing, it is an industry thing. The demand comes from a few things. 1. For years, Red Angus took a back seat and had to scrape and claw to sell a Red Angus bull, while the blacks were selling bull after bull for more money, so more black bulls were kept which resulted in selling bulls that probably should have been cut. 2. CAB turned all breeds black so now we don't know if a black set of heifers is Angus or some other breed, while the Red Angus developed the Red Angus tag which is the only way Red Angus sired calves can qualify for Angus type grids, so Red Angus stayed true. 3. Supply and demand, when you can't find a Red Angus heifer on every corner like you can a black heifer, demand kicks in and people from all over the country are chasing these girls. My phone is busy with buyers from the states of Missouri, TX, KS, and OK who are in the hunt to refill their pastures with Red Angus heifers. [/QUOTE]
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