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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 769634" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>Unless you are buying registered pedigreed animal (and even then it is not a guarantee), you can't really know the animal's background for sure such as who the sire was and whether or not it is related to other animals you own.</p><p></p><p>If buying from the livestock auction you will not get much if any information on the cattle besides age and pregnancy status.</p><p></p><p>But if you are buying registered animals you do get some reassurance that the animal you are buying comes from certain parentage and the breeder usually stands behind their quality, and can guarantee fertility and such.</p><p></p><p>My advice would be to ASK A VET or stockman YOU TRUST THAT KNOWS CATTLE who he/she recommends that sell/breed good cattle, and go visit farms. You will pay a little bit more buying from an individual than from a weekly livestock auction. But you will get more assurance about what you are buying. People gotta figure that if they sell you a load of crap, you do know where they live! You can't say that about the auction, it is buyer beware.</p><p></p><p>Unregistered angus-looking black cows can certainly be bred to make black baldy-type calves, but again, you might be getting cows with no angus blood whatsoever.....they could be black jerseys mixed with who knows what. It all depends on how much you want to spend, and what type of program you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 769634, member: 14261"] Unless you are buying registered pedigreed animal (and even then it is not a guarantee), you can't really know the animal's background for sure such as who the sire was and whether or not it is related to other animals you own. If buying from the livestock auction you will not get much if any information on the cattle besides age and pregnancy status. But if you are buying registered animals you do get some reassurance that the animal you are buying comes from certain parentage and the breeder usually stands behind their quality, and can guarantee fertility and such. My advice would be to ASK A VET or stockman YOU TRUST THAT KNOWS CATTLE who he/she recommends that sell/breed good cattle, and go visit farms. You will pay a little bit more buying from an individual than from a weekly livestock auction. But you will get more assurance about what you are buying. People gotta figure that if they sell you a load of crap, you do know where they live! You can't say that about the auction, it is buyer beware. Unregistered angus-looking black cows can certainly be bred to make black baldy-type calves, but again, you might be getting cows with no angus blood whatsoever.....they could be black jerseys mixed with who knows what. It all depends on how much you want to spend, and what type of program you want. [/QUOTE]
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