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<blockquote data-quote="BRG" data-source="post: 668182" data-attributes="member: 2397"><p>Red Angus</p><p></p><p>We sell around 170 bulls a year. But the number that we cull varies from year to year. We have been at it for 30 years now and we feel the cattle are pretty good. I say the number of culls vary, it all depends on the quality of each animal. We don't have a set percentage that has to be culled each year. Each animal is individually looked at and is either cut or fed with the bulls at weaning, then the same at about 10 months of age for the spring born bulls and when the summer born bulls gets turned to grass. Then again right before the sale, the all get looked at and weighed again. We cull hard on the cow herd and this in turn makes better bulls. The herdsires we use are not just used because they have a pretty picture or have good numbers, we actually chase down the bulls mother and see if we want her genetics in our herd. We see every bull and every bulls dam (if she is alive) and hopefully some sisters or daughters as well, before we make the plunge and use him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRG, post: 668182, member: 2397"] Red Angus We sell around 170 bulls a year. But the number that we cull varies from year to year. We have been at it for 30 years now and we feel the cattle are pretty good. I say the number of culls vary, it all depends on the quality of each animal. We don't have a set percentage that has to be culled each year. Each animal is individually looked at and is either cut or fed with the bulls at weaning, then the same at about 10 months of age for the spring born bulls and when the summer born bulls gets turned to grass. Then again right before the sale, the all get looked at and weighed again. We cull hard on the cow herd and this in turn makes better bulls. The herdsires we use are not just used because they have a pretty picture or have good numbers, we actually chase down the bulls mother and see if we want her genetics in our herd. We see every bull and every bulls dam (if she is alive) and hopefully some sisters or daughters as well, before we make the plunge and use him. [/QUOTE]
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