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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 661585" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>I learned that you can buy good, milky longhorns and breed them to charolais bulls and they will raise yellow calves that will sell very, very well as feeders. I have about 70 longhorns that I paid an average of 350 each for and I sell a 500-700 lb calf each year from them. They take very little care, eat most everything, travel for feed, and are very gentle. I cut the horns off about 2 inches from the head, so there are no horn problems and no problems for them eating out of round bale feeders. Most longhorn breeders have a different business purpose than I do, but I can do better with a 300 dollar longhorn cow than I can buying a 1200 dollar angus heifer when it comes to selling feeder calves and running more cows on the farm and not having to buy the better feed it takes for the angus. I am in the process of changing over my angus and cross cows to longhorns as I find longhorns for a cheap price. The key is the good quality charolais bull that you breed them to. The longhorn calf will sell very cheap, but the Charolais calves sell very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 661585, member: 1150"] I learned that you can buy good, milky longhorns and breed them to charolais bulls and they will raise yellow calves that will sell very, very well as feeders. I have about 70 longhorns that I paid an average of 350 each for and I sell a 500-700 lb calf each year from them. They take very little care, eat most everything, travel for feed, and are very gentle. I cut the horns off about 2 inches from the head, so there are no horn problems and no problems for them eating out of round bale feeders. Most longhorn breeders have a different business purpose than I do, but I can do better with a 300 dollar longhorn cow than I can buying a 1200 dollar angus heifer when it comes to selling feeder calves and running more cows on the farm and not having to buy the better feed it takes for the angus. I am in the process of changing over my angus and cross cows to longhorns as I find longhorns for a cheap price. The key is the good quality charolais bull that you breed them to. The longhorn calf will sell very cheap, but the Charolais calves sell very well. [/QUOTE]
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