Bought a yearling simmental bull this weekend. Picked him out of a group of 12-13. Only one bull had already sold in the group, and it had easily the poorest phenotype of the bunch. It didn't even seem to fit in with the others at all. It was the only bull however that had a white face, and apparently that was all the buyer wanted, even after he came and looked at the bull and recognized that it was the worst of the group. The difference was enough to almost make me mad at the stupidity of people.
Do some folks think that a blaze face makes for a better animal? Are they hoping that the blaze is passed on to the calves and that they can sell some high $ replacements? If that's the case, I think Hereford will give a white face much more often than Sim, but maybe they are selling purebreds.. weird.
I have a blaze face Sim bull that I should be marketing.. maybe I should collect him.. Naw, too much trouble.
Do some folks think that a blaze face makes for a better animal? Are they hoping that the blaze is passed on to the calves and that they can sell some high $ replacements? If that's the case, I think Hereford will give a white face much more often than Sim, but maybe they are selling purebreds.. weird.
I have a blaze face Sim bull that I should be marketing.. maybe I should collect him.. Naw, too much trouble.