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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1660067" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I had some SAF Focus of ER offspring and used two sons about 10+ years ago. Most of the calves I will refer to were sired by those sons, but like the few direct offspring I had, those calves really grew in both height and weight, It seemed like they added inches at weaning to even the calves out of my smallest cows. Semen is still available for just $10 a straw from Sydenstricker Genetics. Those calves also had some of the best dispositions I've ever encountered in the Angus breed. The cows weren't pretty, but good producers and easy to work with. His numbers aren't good by today's standards, but I have considered using him again. Most of my AI is done with the intention of making replacement females, so I have not used him again since females tended to be tall and somewhat narrow, but the calves were the kind most buyers like. SAF Focus was probably best know as the sire of Mytty in Focus. </p><p></p><p>I never really like the looks of many of the females. I think they would have been very impressive if they had been supplemented with grain, but I expect my cows to survive on grass alone except in winter. They weren't really thin, but tall and lanky. Most raised excellent calves. As a matter of fact I can remember at least four of those cows that became Pathfinders in my herd. A Pathfinder is a cow that produces 3 or more calves that wean at 105% or more of the herd average. They must have also produced their first calf by two years of age and continue to breed back within 365 days. I have one that will be 11 this year and is expecting her 10th calf in February. She has a weaning ratio of 112%. I have regretted selling her sire for years. When my two Focus sons were just 5, one tested as positive recessive for NH, a nasty defect. I decided to ship him and when I went to load him up the other Focus bull also jumped in the trailer. I suddenly decided it might be fun to get a new young bull in spring and to have one less mouth to feed through the winter. I have never had one since give me daughters that produced like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1660067, member: 9933"] I had some SAF Focus of ER offspring and used two sons about 10+ years ago. Most of the calves I will refer to were sired by those sons, but like the few direct offspring I had, those calves really grew in both height and weight, It seemed like they added inches at weaning to even the calves out of my smallest cows. Semen is still available for just $10 a straw from Sydenstricker Genetics. Those calves also had some of the best dispositions I've ever encountered in the Angus breed. The cows weren't pretty, but good producers and easy to work with. His numbers aren't good by today's standards, but I have considered using him again. Most of my AI is done with the intention of making replacement females, so I have not used him again since females tended to be tall and somewhat narrow, but the calves were the kind most buyers like. SAF Focus was probably best know as the sire of Mytty in Focus. I never really like the looks of many of the females. I think they would have been very impressive if they had been supplemented with grain, but I expect my cows to survive on grass alone except in winter. They weren't really thin, but tall and lanky. Most raised excellent calves. As a matter of fact I can remember at least four of those cows that became Pathfinders in my herd. A Pathfinder is a cow that produces 3 or more calves that wean at 105% or more of the herd average. They must have also produced their first calf by two years of age and continue to breed back within 365 days. I have one that will be 11 this year and is expecting her 10th calf in February. She has a weaning ratio of 112%. I have regretted selling her sire for years. When my two Focus sons were just 5, one tested as positive recessive for NH, a nasty defect. I decided to ship him and when I went to load him up the other Focus bull also jumped in the trailer. I suddenly decided it might be fun to get a new young bull in spring and to have one less mouth to feed through the winter. I have never had one since give me daughters that produced like that. [/QUOTE]
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