straight charolais

[DRB]

i plan to put a charolais bull with my charolais cows this year and keep the heifers...they will all be registered stock, but i don't want to be in the "seed stock", or "registered" buisness..it is just something i like to keep..my question is this...has anyone had experience with straight bred charolais steers in the fed lots, or sale barns? in the past i have crossed my cows with herford and had good success, but now i want to increase my herd...just wandering how my straight bred cattle will do relative to my previous cross bred cattle..

 

[MikeC]

i plan to put a charolais bull with my charolais cows this year and keep the heifers...they will all be registered stock, but i don't want to be in the "seed stock", or "registered" buisness..it is just something i like to keep..my question is this...has anyone had experience with straight bred charolais steers in the fed lots, or sale barns? in the past i have crossed my cows with herford and had good success, but now i want to increase my herd...just wandering how my straight bred cattle will do relative to my previous cross bred cattle..

You will lose the huge advantage of heterosis is the main downside.

There are several bloodlines of straight Char cattle that do extremely well in the feedlot and on the rail and there are some bloodlines for maternal, conformation, and growth only. There are also lines that put on lots of hair for cold climates and vice versa.

Choose the sires you use carefully and you will do fine.

Lee Eaton in Montana, and others, have fed 1000's of straight Char cattle with big success.

They are just like any other breed and can grade anywhere from Standard to Prime.

 

[KNERSIE]

good quality straight charolais steers will out perform just about any other straightbred steers of any other breed in the feedlot.

if I were to crosbreed I would rather use a Charolais bull on mature hereford cows than the other way around.

 

[MountainFarmChar]

i plan to put a charolais bull with my charolais cows this year and keep the heifers...they will all be registered stock, but i don't want to be in the "seed stock", or "registered" buisness..it is just something i like to keep..my question is this...has anyone had experience with straight bred charolais steers in the fed lots, or sale barns? in the past i have crossed my cows with herford and had good success, but now i want to increase my herd...just wandering how my straight bred cattle will do relative to my previous cross bred cattle..

You will lose the huge advantage of heterosis is the main downside.

There are several bloodlines of straight Char cattle that do extremely well in the feedlot and on the rail and there are some bloodlines for maternal, conformation, and growth only. There are also lines that put on lots of hair for cold climates and vice versa.

Choose the sires you use carefully and you will do fine.

Lee Eaton in Montana, and others, have fed 1000's of straight Char cattle with big success.

They are just like any other breed and can grade anywhere from Standard to Prime.

I was at the farm a few days ago feeding the cattle some grain and noticed that some of our Charolais cows really had a heavy winter coat and others didn't look much different than they do in the summer. I guess some of that cold climate breeding is showing up from somewhere? Sure don't need it here this winter (so far) and I'm not complaining.

 

[C HOLLAND]

I only know one thing,,,I really like the looks of my Angus sired Char steers. I used my low BW Angus bull on my Char heifers this past year and I am very pleased with the growth of these compared to the Angus calves.

I was told by several people that I was going backwards on the breeding and should be using the char bull on the Angus cows. I will have more to compare them to this year and then I will have a better idea if my plan works for me.

 

[mnmtranching]

Those all white cattle do real well at the feeder auctions up here.

 

[Johnny]

Around here pink nose charolais calves get discounted a little, maybe a nickle a pound, but usually make up for it in extra pounds.

Currently running angus bulls on my charolais cows and the smokeys sell real good.

Johnny