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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1508943" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>I feel that the two good hand in hand. My sire choice is influenced by my cowherd and the direction I feel it needs to go. Like I've stated we experimented for a few years with a Balancer. Now back to Angus and bought one Hereford bull this year. Angus will always be our base. May try to add another Hereford in the future and at some point may try a Simm Angus or some other continental breed. At this point I'm saying it will likely be a Simm/Angus but might go the Balancer route again as the heifers are looking ok that was docile enough to keep. But if I do I will contact some reputable breeder before selecting bloodlines. The reason is the feeder buyers and feedlot managers I know keep saying they prefer no more than a 1/4 continental influence. And at the sale that is what brings the most money. So my plan is to keep an Angus base and use mainly Hereford bulls for outcross and to make baldie cows and then will let the cowherd tell me what route to take. So sire selection will be mainly based on cowherd. This still produces a nice steer to sell and a nice replacement heifer to either keep or sell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1508943, member: 22295"] I feel that the two good hand in hand. My sire choice is influenced by my cowherd and the direction I feel it needs to go. Like I've stated we experimented for a few years with a Balancer. Now back to Angus and bought one Hereford bull this year. Angus will always be our base. May try to add another Hereford in the future and at some point may try a Simm Angus or some other continental breed. At this point I'm saying it will likely be a Simm/Angus but might go the Balancer route again as the heifers are looking ok that was docile enough to keep. But if I do I will contact some reputable breeder before selecting bloodlines. The reason is the feeder buyers and feedlot managers I know keep saying they prefer no more than a 1/4 continental influence. And at the sale that is what brings the most money. So my plan is to keep an Angus base and use mainly Hereford bulls for outcross and to make baldie cows and then will let the cowherd tell me what route to take. So sire selection will be mainly based on cowherd. This still produces a nice steer to sell and a nice replacement heifer to either keep or sell. [/QUOTE]
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