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Stirring the pot on the LH/corriente topic
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<blockquote data-quote="Little Joe" data-source="post: 1835666" data-attributes="member: 39122"><p>[ATTACH=full]39318[/ATTACH]Want to say thanks again for all the opinions.....I agree with every comment you guys had as having validity......as a small background on myself & therefore how I've came to this opinion ....ive had quite a few Corriente & Longhorn cows bred both ways over the years.....for the last several years I've only had lightweight steers of all kinds & in the past I've been in the order buying lots of classes of mostly calves & some cow deals....so I think I have a little bit of a unique view of the question I asked......I'm personally a huge fan of Corriente cattle in general & for all the popular reasons crossing them with beef bulls .....I really like the Charolais crosses for what I do.....& yes there are all quality degrees represented in these beef corriente crosses.....ive seen them as sorry as you can imagine & ive seen them so good they stand with any number 1 feeder calves made & everything in between......I also totally agree calves sold at auction are bid on based on their individual merits of bone ,frame,condition, health & all the little fine points of most calf orders & like lots of ya'll said its buyer beware at auction ....in my opinion they have to sell themselves......another angle I'd like to point out to any detractors is the fact that you can drive thru the countryside all over the entire US & see some little small fine boned small framed beef breed cows that have absolutely no Longhorn or Corriente breeding at all & lots of them will never see 900 lbs on the best day of their lives......so to me what's the difference & like so many people point out you can run more smaller cows on same country thereby theory wise more total calves to sell......& again like some of you guys point out its super important to have great bulls on these cows.......& just like you guys I think the packer funded info being put out for the desired cattle types is a recipe for ranching headaches from fertility to longevity etc etc to the point you breed the cow out of the cow......I saw it put one time to breed for the heifer & deal with the steer......again im totally a fan of it all in its entirety & tks again</p><p></p><p></p><p>I ran across this post on Facebook on a group I'm in thought I'd share the answer the op shared, there were a lot of opinions on the matter but most aligned with this guy's opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Joe, post: 1835666, member: 39122"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="A2FD23BC-5EED-401A-9236-2CE2A0133D0B.png"]39318[/ATTACH]Want to say thanks again for all the opinions.....I agree with every comment you guys had as having validity......as a small background on myself & therefore how I've came to this opinion ....ive had quite a few Corriente & Longhorn cows bred both ways over the years.....for the last several years I've only had lightweight steers of all kinds & in the past I've been in the order buying lots of classes of mostly calves & some cow deals....so I think I have a little bit of a unique view of the question I asked......I'm personally a huge fan of Corriente cattle in general & for all the popular reasons crossing them with beef bulls .....I really like the Charolais crosses for what I do.....& yes there are all quality degrees represented in these beef corriente crosses.....ive seen them as sorry as you can imagine & ive seen them so good they stand with any number 1 feeder calves made & everything in between......I also totally agree calves sold at auction are bid on based on their individual merits of bone ,frame,condition, health & all the little fine points of most calf orders & like lots of ya'll said its buyer beware at auction ....in my opinion they have to sell themselves......another angle I'd like to point out to any detractors is the fact that you can drive thru the countryside all over the entire US & see some little small fine boned small framed beef breed cows that have absolutely no Longhorn or Corriente breeding at all & lots of them will never see 900 lbs on the best day of their lives......so to me what's the difference & like so many people point out you can run more smaller cows on same country thereby theory wise more total calves to sell......& again like some of you guys point out its super important to have great bulls on these cows.......& just like you guys I think the packer funded info being put out for the desired cattle types is a recipe for ranching headaches from fertility to longevity etc etc to the point you breed the cow out of the cow......I saw it put one time to breed for the heifer & deal with the steer......again im totally a fan of it all in its entirety & tks again I ran across this post on Facebook on a group I'm in thought I'd share the answer the op shared, there were a lot of opinions on the matter but most aligned with this guy's opinion. [/QUOTE]
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