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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1290468" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>I'm looking at the same situation you are. Here in this region there are a few options that seem to be the best. Either go with a good Angus bull either black or Red. Red Angus are selling with the blacks here and so are black baldies. Red Angus and Black baldie replacement heifers and cows are topping the market. I've seen a few good polled Herefords but overall I agree with a previous post that if using Herefords go horned. They will carry more muscling. With all that being said I did help select a balancer bull to try last Jan. His first calves will be arriving in a month. So too early to judge. Will see how he continues to develop and also what his calves do. I'm like several I've seen too many problems in the past with Simmis and Charolais for me to feel to comfortable using or recommending either. I look at the Charolais cross as more of a terminal cross and not a replacement type deal. I've seen a few black Simmis I liked but feel you had better do your homework when selecting one. I've heard of instances of breeders having to pull a few calves from grown cows. Again bloodlines I would say is very critical. But unless the Balancer cross really impresses us we will continue to use an angus (either red or black) or Hereford cross. It produces the overall best product we can raise that meets our criteria at least to this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1290468, member: 22295"] I'm looking at the same situation you are. Here in this region there are a few options that seem to be the best. Either go with a good Angus bull either black or Red. Red Angus are selling with the blacks here and so are black baldies. Red Angus and Black baldie replacement heifers and cows are topping the market. I've seen a few good polled Herefords but overall I agree with a previous post that if using Herefords go horned. They will carry more muscling. With all that being said I did help select a balancer bull to try last Jan. His first calves will be arriving in a month. So too early to judge. Will see how he continues to develop and also what his calves do. I'm like several I've seen too many problems in the past with Simmis and Charolais for me to feel to comfortable using or recommending either. I look at the Charolais cross as more of a terminal cross and not a replacement type deal. I've seen a few black Simmis I liked but feel you had better do your homework when selecting one. I've heard of instances of breeders having to pull a few calves from grown cows. Again bloodlines I would say is very critical. But unless the Balancer cross really impresses us we will continue to use an angus (either red or black) or Hereford cross. It produces the overall best product we can raise that meets our criteria at least to this point. [/QUOTE]
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