Well it looks like we've bought the bull.
He will be used very light this year, have a couple black SimAngus heifers due this fall that I'd like to have bred to him eventually.
We have been using low BW Angus bulls for a long time, and a few breed average Herefords. Just thinking along similar lines as the calving ease thread.
With one of our bulls throwing 50-60 pound calves and 8 month weights from his barely averaging 500, that's leaving a lot growth off.
I used to have Charolais with BW of mostly over 100 and same age weights of hardly ever under 700, and several well over 800.
@greybeard the way he is standing in the picture does affect it some as he looks some different in person, but you are right in your observations. He isn't as smooth and long. He actually looks more massive and thick in person to me.
It's been a long time since I've seen one with that much rear end. He was the thickest made bull there except for a couple high percentage Simmental, SimAngus that were going to be used in their herd. Those two were pretty thick and well made bulls.
Pinkeye can be a major problem here too, I've had a lot Charolais and Herefords so used to watching for it. Some years have major outbreaks and others just a handful of cases.