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<blockquote data-quote="sunnyblueskies" data-source="post: 1753695" data-attributes="member: 39112"><p>Granted I'm north of the border, in Canada. Specifically in NE Alberta, so I'm not sure if the situation is comparable to yours. We've thrown a Shorthorn bull into our mix in the last few years. Main influence is Charolais. I'm very happy with the influence of the shorthorn cross. We've been getting good replacement heifers and the calves look good and chunky too. Having said that, everybody is different in what they consider a satisfactory calf I suppose. We sell our calves straight off of the cow at about 6 months of age through the same auction barn each year and usually end up in the higher percentile of price paid that day. </p><p>As in Shorthorn availability, here they are hard to find too and I don't quite understand it. It's a good breed, beef influence or milk influence, why have they become so underrated and hard to find?</p><p>In our province most of the breeders are down south, too far away from us really. Had one breeder about 1 1/2 hour drive from us, but the family experienced a tragic loss of the father of the family and I haven't been able to pick up a bull from there since. I hope they will continue with their purebred herd and offer the bulls again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sunnyblueskies, post: 1753695, member: 39112"] Granted I'm north of the border, in Canada. Specifically in NE Alberta, so I'm not sure if the situation is comparable to yours. We've thrown a Shorthorn bull into our mix in the last few years. Main influence is Charolais. I'm very happy with the influence of the shorthorn cross. We've been getting good replacement heifers and the calves look good and chunky too. Having said that, everybody is different in what they consider a satisfactory calf I suppose. We sell our calves straight off of the cow at about 6 months of age through the same auction barn each year and usually end up in the higher percentile of price paid that day. As in Shorthorn availability, here they are hard to find too and I don't quite understand it. It's a good breed, beef influence or milk influence, why have they become so underrated and hard to find? In our province most of the breeders are down south, too far away from us really. Had one breeder about 1 1/2 hour drive from us, but the family experienced a tragic loss of the father of the family and I haven't been able to pick up a bull from there since. I hope they will continue with their purebred herd and offer the bulls again. [/QUOTE]
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