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<blockquote data-quote="itsawayoflife" data-source="post: 116292" data-attributes="member: 2241"><p>Gelbvieh cattle, IMHO are excellent cattle. Especially when used on british breed cows. They have definitely produced some very functional cattle in recent years. great udders, lots of milk (maybe too much in certain lines or environments). One thing alot of people forget (myself included in the past) is that alot of cattle are bred for the showring and managed in such a way that they cannot thrive or sometimes even survive in a commercial or "real world" environment. Those cattle have their place on tanbark beside a 4-H-er or a wealthy man, but alot of times they have a hard time making it on their own. Gelbvieh cattle definitely have a place in our industry's future, and all this coming from someone that runs Simmy bulls! Now for my opinion on the calves:</p><p>I will start with the heifer by saying she has a nice front end. smooth through the shoulders and decent neck extension that extra leather tells me she should be an easy keeper in the future. However, behind the shoulders she begins to dissapoint me. She lacks the overall volume and depth of rib and flank that I like to see in a brood cow. She could use alot more thickness in her hind quarters. she could use a slightly higher tailhead set and be a little more level from hooks to pins. She seems to be just a touch cow hocked but that could be an illusion.</p><p>The bull:</p><p>Once again, very nice front end lots of extension and looks very smooth through the shoulder, but beyond that he leaves me wanting. He needs a stronger top alot more volume and rib, a straighter hip, deeper flank a world more thickness. Please remember that these are my opinions, no matter what breed it would be. The bottom line is if the cattle work for you and your customers don't change a thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="itsawayoflife, post: 116292, member: 2241"] Gelbvieh cattle, IMHO are excellent cattle. Especially when used on british breed cows. They have definitely produced some very functional cattle in recent years. great udders, lots of milk (maybe too much in certain lines or environments). One thing alot of people forget (myself included in the past) is that alot of cattle are bred for the showring and managed in such a way that they cannot thrive or sometimes even survive in a commercial or "real world" environment. Those cattle have their place on tanbark beside a 4-H-er or a wealthy man, but alot of times they have a hard time making it on their own. Gelbvieh cattle definitely have a place in our industry's future, and all this coming from someone that runs Simmy bulls! Now for my opinion on the calves: I will start with the heifer by saying she has a nice front end. smooth through the shoulders and decent neck extension that extra leather tells me she should be an easy keeper in the future. However, behind the shoulders she begins to dissapoint me. She lacks the overall volume and depth of rib and flank that I like to see in a brood cow. She could use alot more thickness in her hind quarters. she could use a slightly higher tailhead set and be a little more level from hooks to pins. She seems to be just a touch cow hocked but that could be an illusion. The bull: Once again, very nice front end lots of extension and looks very smooth through the shoulder, but beyond that he leaves me wanting. He needs a stronger top alot more volume and rib, a straighter hip, deeper flank a world more thickness. Please remember that these are my opinions, no matter what breed it would be. The bottom line is if the cattle work for you and your customers don't change a thing. [/QUOTE]
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