Knersie; I see all 3 bulls having the same purpose in our breeding program. To produce daughters that complete the yearly production of a cow, on forage alone, and to produce bulls for the commercial cattleman.
You might say that we are very narrow minded. The only reason to raise purebred cattle is to supply commercial ranchers with quality bulls. Easy fleshing, structurally sound, good tempered bulls. This our only source of income from the purebred herd (other than culls). We don't sell females for breeding purposes. We believe very strongly that the shorthorn breed is a maternal breed. The bulls we sell are bred to go out and sire cows that produce on a minimal amount of inputs.
All of our mature bulls get grass in the summer and hay in the winter. Nothing else. If a bulls can't hold his condition eating that, then his daughter's won't either.