No we did not raise him. We bought both from a bull breeder in Alabama. Ray sales 65 plus bulls a year. He is brangus plus. These are the first bulls we have ever had a BSE and vet check before purchasing.
The part about wanting to make sure we were keeping him is because he did not want to get on the truck. They "zapped" him and he caught his foot on trailer. He limped a couple days but not now. He is quite gentle now. That was a concern for me also. In retrospect, I have had the friendliest, gentlest cows also that that were a PIA to get on trailers. Ray gave us a straight up guarantee on all purchases.