Wanna thank everyone for the excellent input on my thread. I never intended for this to be a debate on whether Black Herefords are a breed or not. Or their merits or negatives. I remember the same things being said and written about Brangus, Brafords, Beefmasters, and Santa Gertrudis when they first appeared on the scene here in GA. But, I did get the feedback I was looking for, and most answers kind of confirmed what I already thought to myself. With this herd of 120 registered, top-line Brangus cows, about 90 AI-ed to about 6 different registered, proven Black Hereford sires (The other 30 or so, they AI-ed to 4 registered high Chianina percentage Chi-Angus bulls. They wanna see if they can get a "super" or "mega" Ultra Black as another replacement alternative) I think that it wouldn't hurt a thing, and may help at the time of sale..for the heifers, at least.. for them to offer to the buyer a document with a copy of the sire's and dam's papers, and the birth and weaning weights recorded. It will cost a few pennies worth of ink and paper, and about 3 minutes to click, drag, save and print for each one. I agree, and always thought, no one would pay a couple hundred or more per head for this. But, if I were a buyer, looking at sets of Brangus Black Baldy replacement heifers or cows for $XXX a head, and these were available with this info for the same price of $XXX a head.... I think I myself, and most others, would probably pick these, if other factors were equal as far as the quality of the animals. I wanna see these calves myself, once they start dropping late fall. I will get some pics of them. They had also put together a herd of about 20 registered Black Hereford cows. They bred 10 of these to 2 of their own reg Brangus bulls in June for some spring calves, so will be interesting to see if there is a discernable difference in the 2 crops. The other 10, they bred to a Reg Brahma. Wanna see if the can get some F1 BLACK Brafords, that aren't tiger striped. Anyway, thanks for the feedback!