Romagnola Cattle

[HOSS]

Is anyone familiar with this breed of cattle? I met a man last night that has a registered herd as well as uses a Ramagnola bull on his 60 head of commercial angus. I was really impressed with the size and thickness of the calves. He said that even though the mature animals are very large, birth weights are very low in the 70 to 75 pound range. The 6 weight calves that he had were very muscular. The Romagnola and angus looked to be a good terminal cross.

 

[HOSS]

Is anyone familiar with this breed of cattle? I met a man last night that has a registered herd as well as uses a Ramagnola bull on his 60 head of commercial angus. I was really impressed with the size and thickness of the calves. He said that even though the mature animals are very large, birth weights are very low in the 70 to 75 pound range. The 6 weight calves that he had were very muscular. The Romagnola and angus looked to be a good terminal cross.

If you want to see some more or talk to a couple of other breeders. There's Cherokee hills at Paris landing Tennessee and Out Back Romagnolas in Paris Tn. also.

If you want to see another good cross of cattle look up Lazy Day farm in Paris Tn. Lots of Piedmontese being crossed and raised in that area.

guest25, have you any experience watching these calves go through a feeder calf sale? Do they really bring the premiums that the breeders claim? I am within a 2.5 hour drive of the Cherokee Hills operation. Just for amusement I may take a day trip over there and have a peek.

 

[HOSS]

Guest25,
I have heard that the pieds have problems calving. Is this a true statement? How do these pieds cross with british breeds?

Thanks

 

[novatech]

http://www.romcattle.com/breeder.html

 

[EKUgrad]

Hoss,

I looked into these as well. A member of this site looked into the Romagnola breed for use on his predominantly Angus herd a few years ago. His experience, which may not be typical or across the board, was not great. He went back to Angus bulls. The complaints put forth were wild calves and calves were bigger than advertised.

I am still interested in them as well. I am planning on taking a day trip down to Cherokee Hills to check them out at some point in the future as well -- but I cannot seem to get the business rolling well enough to be able to afford the time off.

Please report back what you find.

 

[Rangenerd]

We fell for the BS line that the Romos were low birth weight. THEY ARE NOT! We estimate that running 2 romo bulls for one season cost us $30000 in vet bills, lost calves, c-sections, pulled calves, not to mention the cows that we lost. What was sold as bulls that threw 75 lb calves was closer to 120 lbs.