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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1286581" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>Quality and performance are the main two reasons I hear. Also there are black heifers on every corner and at least 40% of them should never of been bred. Commercial breeders are learning just because they are black doesn't mean they are good and will perform well. Another reason I hear is the Angus push on CE and moderation has decreased the size and performance of many especially those sired by AI poster child bulls. These are just a few of the reasons. A sale barn manager in this region stated two years ago that a good Black baldie would bring a 250-300 premium. This year he said the Red Angus females had joined them. Said he had way more requests for them than the black ones. I contacted a heifer developer recently. Had his Red Angus heifers priced at $2,250, his Black Baldies at $2,225 and his purebred Angus at $2,150. They all originated in NE many from the same ranches. He sold his Red Angus and Black Baldies the first day he had them advertised. I contacted him and he sent an email back saying they were sold but that he still had all of his Angus heifers and they were just as good. I told him I wasn't interested. Then 4-5 days later he called to see if I would be interested if he would lower the price. I said no. Last I knew he still had all of them. I looked at another group of around 160 outstanding black heifers that have been for sale for over a month and last I knew none had sold. These are typical of what I'm seeing here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1286581, member: 22295"] Quality and performance are the main two reasons I hear. Also there are black heifers on every corner and at least 40% of them should never of been bred. Commercial breeders are learning just because they are black doesn't mean they are good and will perform well. Another reason I hear is the Angus push on CE and moderation has decreased the size and performance of many especially those sired by AI poster child bulls. These are just a few of the reasons. A sale barn manager in this region stated two years ago that a good Black baldie would bring a 250-300 premium. This year he said the Red Angus females had joined them. Said he had way more requests for them than the black ones. I contacted a heifer developer recently. Had his Red Angus heifers priced at $2,250, his Black Baldies at $2,225 and his purebred Angus at $2,150. They all originated in NE many from the same ranches. He sold his Red Angus and Black Baldies the first day he had them advertised. I contacted him and he sent an email back saying they were sold but that he still had all of his Angus heifers and they were just as good. I told him I wasn't interested. Then 4-5 days later he called to see if I would be interested if he would lower the price. I said no. Last I knew he still had all of them. I looked at another group of around 160 outstanding black heifers that have been for sale for over a month and last I knew none had sold. These are typical of what I'm seeing here. [/QUOTE]
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