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<blockquote data-quote="angus9259" data-source="post: 518725" data-attributes="member: 7398"><p>I used a cross bred bull because it was cheaper. Bought bulls from "the guy down the street". Just paid the price later in calves though. Bad choice on my part. I had to switch to a registered bull from a bonafide bull producer because I couldn't find a crossbred bull. Paid an extra $800 for the bull and was ticked about it. The bull added 50 lbs of wean weight to each calf and dropped my calving problems to near zero . . . even on heifers. The payback was less than one season.</p><p></p><p>That said, just because a bull is NOT crossbred doesn't mean it should be breeding your cows. Talk to whoever is supplying the bull and ask questions about how much they've been paying attention to genetics over the history of their herd - whether F1 or purebred - and why they're offering this particular bull as a bull. People who know what they're doing, know what they are doing (whether crossbred or purebred). Just remember the lesson I've learned over and over and over and over and over again . . . cheaper is not always cheaper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus9259, post: 518725, member: 7398"] I used a cross bred bull because it was cheaper. Bought bulls from "the guy down the street". Just paid the price later in calves though. Bad choice on my part. I had to switch to a registered bull from a bonafide bull producer because I couldn't find a crossbred bull. Paid an extra $800 for the bull and was ticked about it. The bull added 50 lbs of wean weight to each calf and dropped my calving problems to near zero . . . even on heifers. The payback was less than one season. That said, just because a bull is NOT crossbred doesn't mean it should be breeding your cows. Talk to whoever is supplying the bull and ask questions about how much they've been paying attention to genetics over the history of their herd - whether F1 or purebred - and why they're offering this particular bull as a bull. People who know what they're doing, know what they are doing (whether crossbred or purebred). Just remember the lesson I've learned over and over and over and over and over again . . . cheaper is not always cheaper. [/QUOTE]
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