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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1286478" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>It is amazing how there are such regional differences in demand for different breeds. In the Midwest the tides seems to be turning away from straight black angus and seeing a lot more demand for black baldies, Herefords, Simmental, and red angus and the state beef expo sales here have shown that trend too. Here's the sale averages by breed at the Iowa Beef Expo this past Feb, even broke down the bull averages in ( ) You can see the demand for Angus bulls around here show they are no longer top dog. In fact the Herefords have been either the top breed or in the top 3 over the Angus here for a few years now. 2014 sale averages Angus was $3567 while Hereford were $4662 which is quite a gap. Probably wasn't more than 10 years ago where Angus was almost always the top selling breed around here.</p><p></p><p>We sell all our bulls private treaty and most of our buyers are guys looking to breed for black baldies not only because of the heterosis you get with the cross but they know they'll get a better price at the sale barn for them too. One guy who has bought multiple bulls from us said he'd never use anything other than a Hereford bull again as he was getting an average of 100lbs more at weaning so it is crazy to think how in some regions like ours guys are seeing the value of using non-black hided breeds where other places black is still the king and anything non-black is getting less at the sale barn. I guess it's all about making decisions based on the demand in market conditions in your region. Some guys around here are even buying some black angus influenced heifers at a good price, breeding them to Hereford bulls and either selling them off as bred heifers in the fall or calving them out and sending the pairs the following year and most are probably making some good money doing it at the moment. These sale averages below the Simmental and Herefords sold the top selling females on the sale, Simmental set an all time record with a heifer selling for $30,500 and the Herefords set a breed record with a polled heifer selling for $23,000. In comparison the top Angus female was sold for $11,000. Anyone curious on how the breed sales have done here since 2012 can find the lists here too: <a href="http://www.iowabeefexpo.com/results.htm" target="_blank">http://www.iowabeefexpo.com/results.htm</a> Granted those are just the averages from breed consignment sales but a lot of commercial breeders do buy their herd bulls from those sales.</p><p></p><p>Simmental 130 lots @ $5658 (73/$5598)</p><p>Hereford 69 lots @ $5375 (37/$5123)</p><p>Limousin 36 lots @ 4639 (32/$4719)</p><p>Angus 100 lots @ $4626 (71/$4651)</p><p>Charolais 56 lots @ $4558 (33/$4702)</p><p>Gelbvieh 38 lots @ 4143 (10/$4785)</p><p>Red Angus 46 lots @ $4064 (20/$5055)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1286478, member: 20580"] It is amazing how there are such regional differences in demand for different breeds. In the Midwest the tides seems to be turning away from straight black angus and seeing a lot more demand for black baldies, Herefords, Simmental, and red angus and the state beef expo sales here have shown that trend too. Here's the sale averages by breed at the Iowa Beef Expo this past Feb, even broke down the bull averages in ( ) You can see the demand for Angus bulls around here show they are no longer top dog. In fact the Herefords have been either the top breed or in the top 3 over the Angus here for a few years now. 2014 sale averages Angus was $3567 while Hereford were $4662 which is quite a gap. Probably wasn't more than 10 years ago where Angus was almost always the top selling breed around here. We sell all our bulls private treaty and most of our buyers are guys looking to breed for black baldies not only because of the heterosis you get with the cross but they know they'll get a better price at the sale barn for them too. One guy who has bought multiple bulls from us said he'd never use anything other than a Hereford bull again as he was getting an average of 100lbs more at weaning so it is crazy to think how in some regions like ours guys are seeing the value of using non-black hided breeds where other places black is still the king and anything non-black is getting less at the sale barn. I guess it's all about making decisions based on the demand in market conditions in your region. Some guys around here are even buying some black angus influenced heifers at a good price, breeding them to Hereford bulls and either selling them off as bred heifers in the fall or calving them out and sending the pairs the following year and most are probably making some good money doing it at the moment. These sale averages below the Simmental and Herefords sold the top selling females on the sale, Simmental set an all time record with a heifer selling for $30,500 and the Herefords set a breed record with a polled heifer selling for $23,000. In comparison the top Angus female was sold for $11,000. Anyone curious on how the breed sales have done here since 2012 can find the lists here too: [url]http://www.iowabeefexpo.com/results.htm[/url] Granted those are just the averages from breed consignment sales but a lot of commercial breeders do buy their herd bulls from those sales. Simmental 130 lots @ $5658 (73/$5598) Hereford 69 lots @ $5375 (37/$5123) Limousin 36 lots @ 4639 (32/$4719) Angus 100 lots @ $4626 (71/$4651) Charolais 56 lots @ $4558 (33/$4702) Gelbvieh 38 lots @ 4143 (10/$4785) Red Angus 46 lots @ $4064 (20/$5055) [/QUOTE]
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