Fire Sweep Ranch":5r1m63ve said:cowpunk'd":5r1m63ve said:You will not be doing yourself or your heifers any favours by breeding a.i. to a Simmental. You are new to this and so are your heifers and the last thing you need to be doing is worrying about dystocia and pulling calves. Your little bull looks like a heifer bull to me! He will do the job, he will not injure your heifers or you, and you can monitor the calf weights, let us know if the w/f heifers' calf out performs the straight Angus calves.
Really? Simmental are just as easy (and hard) calving as Angus, or any other breed. It depends on the sire you use. Our little Angus heifer was AI'd to a Simmental bull, and she had no problems calving, though the calf was a little small for my likings! Please don't stereotype the Simmental breed into a calving nightmare for heifers, because they are just like any other breed; there are good ones and bad ones out there.
As for the OPs original question, the best place to look for simm-angus heifers is the breeders in your area. Here is a web site that lists breeders in TN for you.
http://www.breedingcattlepage.com/TNSim ... embers.htm
Hope that helps you, what ever you decide to do.
I'm not going to bash Simmentals, but the same hybrid vigor that makes a crossbred calf grow faster also translates into a higher birth weight.
I'd stick with a purebred bull on purebred heifers, preferable one that you know actual birthweights. That applies to almost any breed. After the first calf, then consider a different breed to get the crossbreds you want.