KMacGinley
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Just don't forget that those heifers will weigh more, but as cows, they will eat more as well. Those bulls look pretty, amazing what a coat of fat will do!
KMacGinley":126vcz1o said:Just don't forget that those heifers will weigh more, but as cows, they will eat more as well. Those bulls look pretty, amazing what a coat of fat will do!
if they got the genetics to..Jovid":3qk38196 said:KMacGinley":3qk38196 said:Just don't forget that those heifers will weigh more, but as cows, they will eat more as well. Those bulls look pretty, amazing what a coat of fat will do!
If you can afford to feed the cows and creep the calves and then put the bulls on full feed a lot of cattle would look like that.Do you think the $285,000 was real money?
Brandonm22":c7vu7a3t said:I don't know; but crossing SAV cattle with Ohlde cattle is just about as close to cross breeding as you can get and stay within the Angus breed. The first generation ought to impress, but I don't know that I would want to use a bull like that in a registered herd.......on Simmentals or Herefords maybe. I think you would be adding too much genetic variation. Of course I can't say that with any degree of certainty.
Brandonm22":22s2jlku said:Jake":22s2jlku said:Top to bottom one if not the best set of bulls I have ever seen. The bulls averaged $10,475. The top seller brought $283,000 and was worth every penny.
He may be the greatest that has ever lived (I kind of doubt it though); but if you clear $10 a straw that is still 28,300 straws of semen you have to market just to be back at even (and I don't think any of the big four AI companies clear $10 a straw after all expenses).
I just can't understand how anybody can afford to spend that kind of money on a bull. I'm sure a lot of the buyers are probably in the seedstock business but that is a lot of dough.Jake":319cazmm said:The bulls averaged $10,475.
3waycross":20ht602o said:Brandonm22":20ht602o said:Jake":20ht602o said:Top to bottom one if not the best set of bulls I have ever seen. The bulls averaged $10,475. The top seller brought $283,000 and was worth every penny.
He may be the greatest that has ever lived (I kind of doubt it though); but if you clear $10 a straw that is still 28,300 straws of semen you have to market just to be back at even (and I don't think any of the big four AI companies clear $10 a straw after all expenses).
If I read the info coprrectly Mytty in Focus had approx 19,000 progeny on the ground, and he is 10 yrs old. This bull would have to exceed that by 50% just to break even at $10 a straw profit. Of course there is also the direct sales of offspring that generate a lot of money but this is assuming that he proves to be as popular as Mytty in focus and odds are (to me anyway) this ain't gonna happen.
3waycross":3ji3i6kf said:If I read the info correctly Mytty in Focus had approx 19,000 progeny on the ground, and he is 10 yrs old. This bull would have to exceed that by 50% just to break even at $10 a straw profit. Of course there is also the direct sales of offspring that generate a lot of money but this is assuming that he proves to be as popular as Mytty in focus and odds are (to me anyway) this ain't gonna happen.