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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 13263"><p>Shannon,</p><p></p><p>As usual Jason has brought up a lot of good points. One more item to keep in mind is that "as a rule" Charolais tend to produce large calves. This means that unless the bull that you pick throws smaller calves you will need to only breed to mature cows that can handle the larger calves. Using Angus cows, these calves could be a problem especially if the cows are small or young. As everyone is expecting that has seen my responses in the past, now is when I will put in my vote for Salers. If you have your heart set on using a Charolais bull I would seriously consider looking at using saler of salerX (probably salerXangus to get the increased marbeling)cows. These cows will be bigger and better able to handle the larger calves so you will not have nearly as many pulled calves or possibly injured (or dead) cows as with a small breed. They will also produce a much larger calf at weaning as using straight angus (again I am generalizing). As far as worrying about marbeling, unless you are retaining ownership this has much less importance than weaning weight. In short the increased poundage will bring more at the sale barn than the Angus premiums will bring on smaller calves. Just my 2 cents worth, hope it helps.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:snefstea@conagrabeef.com">snefstea@conagrabeef.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 13263"] Shannon, As usual Jason has brought up a lot of good points. One more item to keep in mind is that "as a rule" Charolais tend to produce large calves. This means that unless the bull that you pick throws smaller calves you will need to only breed to mature cows that can handle the larger calves. Using Angus cows, these calves could be a problem especially if the cows are small or young. As everyone is expecting that has seen my responses in the past, now is when I will put in my vote for Salers. If you have your heart set on using a Charolais bull I would seriously consider looking at using saler of salerX (probably salerXangus to get the increased marbeling)cows. These cows will be bigger and better able to handle the larger calves so you will not have nearly as many pulled calves or possibly injured (or dead) cows as with a small breed. They will also produce a much larger calf at weaning as using straight angus (again I am generalizing). As far as worrying about marbeling, unless you are retaining ownership this has much less importance than weaning weight. In short the increased poundage will bring more at the sale barn than the Angus premiums will bring on smaller calves. Just my 2 cents worth, hope it helps. [email=snefstea@conagrabeef.com]snefstea@conagrabeef.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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