Brandonm22
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KMacGinley":24iy1v34 said:I disagree completely with what has been said about these bulls. If you pushed them with corn and made them hog fat like apparently most of you think bulls must be raised and then took a picture of them. You would all be gushing over them. Genetics are genetics. The difference is that bulls that have been raised slowly on forages usually last longer and have less fertility problems.
That's the problem. Most of us learned to judge cattle looking at show steers and bulls on a hot ration or even bulls that were weaned to lush rye grass and oats pasture. I will be the first to admit that I have a hard time really evaluating a bull that looks entirely "wrong" to my eyes for his age. They have a WDA of ~2. Most yearling bulls are 200 to 400 lbs heavier at this age. I am not willing too endorse them; but I don't necessarily believe that they are as bad as we are making them out to be either.