What would you do?

[LRTX1]

Here's the deal, culled the herd pretty hard this past year to help make ends meet from unemployment and some unforseen emergency type expenses.

What I have left,

(4) brangus cows heavy bred, 8-10 years old

(1) braford cross cow, heifer calf on ground, 8-10 years old

(2) baldys heavy bred, 3 years old

(1) Angus/Brangus cross Bull/ 1 year old, retained from previous Reg. Angus bull and a brangus cow. Decent looks no proof on performance.

All of this years calves would not be related to my new bull.

I am looking to increase the size and quality of the herd to 25-30 head. Interested in baldys as they do well in the salebarn here. Found a local fellow who has good looking purebred herefords and another that raises nice reg. hereford bulls who also does A.I. work.

Should I start slow buying young hereford cows/heifers and sell existing herd to buy those and upgrade my Angus type Bull, or the other way around. I am not in a hurry, within a 5yr period I would like to be close to my goals. Any advice, pros and cons, would be appreciated.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

sell the bull and replace him with a good quality hereford,, slaughter bulls are bringing good money right now.. you might have to throw a steer in for the balance, maybe 2.. if you cull hard to get the quality you want it'll take longer than 5 years, to reach that #. aleast for me it never runs smooth. so i wouldnt be disapointed or discouraged... might cheaper on you and easier to replace as you can, but id keep a 1/4 ear in my replacements

 

[bigbull338]

as said cull the bull you have now an buy a hereford bull.an cull your heifers heavy keeping only the best heifers.an if you have money left from your sales buy herefod cows.then every 3yrs you can change bulls going between hereford an angus bulls.so you can always have some purebred herefords to replace cows as they get old.

 

[LRTX1]

My original plan was to buy 3-4 young bred hereford heifer/cows this spring or early summer. From this years calf crop should be able to buy a few more come fall. Thought I would like to keep a Brangus Bull and A.I. to a Hereford as needed to get replacements.