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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1396545" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Few to no Shorties in this area, but we've been using a number of solid red Shorthorn sires, by AI, over SimAngus and high-% Angus cows... and the results have been far better than we'd anticipated. We were mainly going for half-SH females, and they are working out nicely, but the steers were something of a surprise. Steers have been great - and performed well in feedlot trials for ADG/WDA, REA/cwt, profitability, and most graded low Choice.</p><p></p><p>I'm convinced that commercial cattlemen with black cow herds are missing the boat by not using the right sort of Shorthorn bulls. Calves by Roans & RWMs would likely get docked pretty heavily at the salebarns here - and I get a significant number of red calves, which sometimes take a hit, but in these commercial herds around here that are for all intents and purposes a purebred Angus herd due to multiple generations of using Angus bulls... most of those calves by a red Shorthorn sire are gonna come out solid black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1396545, member: 12607"] Few to no Shorties in this area, but we've been using a number of solid red Shorthorn sires, by AI, over SimAngus and high-% Angus cows... and the results have been far better than we'd anticipated. We were mainly going for half-SH females, and they are working out nicely, but the steers were something of a surprise. Steers have been great - and performed well in feedlot trials for ADG/WDA, REA/cwt, profitability, and most graded low Choice. I'm convinced that commercial cattlemen with black cow herds are missing the boat by not using the right sort of Shorthorn bulls. Calves by Roans & RWMs would likely get docked pretty heavily at the salebarns here - and I get a significant number of red calves, which sometimes take a hit, but in these commercial herds around here that are for all intents and purposes a purebred Angus herd due to multiple generations of using Angus bulls... most of those calves by a red Shorthorn sire are gonna come out solid black. [/QUOTE]
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