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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 269616" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>WORANCH wrote:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1 It all depends on what breed of heifer you breed the Longhorn bull to. There's not going to be a big difference in weight of a crossbred, maybe you're thinking of straight Longhorn? Remember that you get heterosis (hybrid vigor) when crossing two different breeds. Now, there's skinny, small framed Longhorns as well as other beef breeds. I'm assuming that the bull is a good, beefy type bull as well as the heifers.</p><p></p><p>2 That too depends on what breed you cross with. When bred to Charolais, there shouldn't be any difference in price. The Char x Longhorn crosses that I've seen look like any other breed that's been crossed with a Charolais, yellow to cream color. 80% polled if the Char is a true polled animal. These usually bring the same as any other Char cross at the sale barn. Longhorns also cross well with Angus, Brangus, Beefmaster. Use a solid red or black Longhorn bull to get more solid colored calves. In most cases they're only going to bring less if they can figure a way to get them for less. They use spots, speckles and horns to dock you.</p><p></p><p>3 How many calves can you afford to lose? I hate to lose one, two really bites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 269616, member: 440"] WORANCH wrote: 1 It all depends on what breed of heifer you breed the Longhorn bull to. There's not going to be a big difference in weight of a crossbred, maybe you're thinking of straight Longhorn? Remember that you get heterosis (hybrid vigor) when crossing two different breeds. Now, there's skinny, small framed Longhorns as well as other beef breeds. I'm assuming that the bull is a good, beefy type bull as well as the heifers. 2 That too depends on what breed you cross with. When bred to Charolais, there shouldn't be any difference in price. The Char x Longhorn crosses that I've seen look like any other breed that's been crossed with a Charolais, yellow to cream color. 80% polled if the Char is a true polled animal. These usually bring the same as any other Char cross at the sale barn. Longhorns also cross well with Angus, Brangus, Beefmaster. Use a solid red or black Longhorn bull to get more solid colored calves. In most cases they're only going to bring less if they can figure a way to get them for less. They use spots, speckles and horns to dock you. 3 How many calves can you afford to lose? I hate to lose one, two really bites. [/QUOTE]
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