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<blockquote data-quote="cowrus" data-source="post: 80371" data-attributes="member: 1486"><p>thank's for all the responses. I will post a picture if I can figure out how. The bull calf is out of a our current bull that I bought half a share in, he is 8 years old and we got him he was 5. This bull is by far the best bull I've used. He was bought locally from one of the best producers of reg. angus in our area. The farm is know for bulls that are bred for gentleness and are good for commercial producers. He throws very good calves that average 640 at weaning without creeping and is very gentle along with his calves. My biggest question is how much of a gamble is it to keep him by his cartertics and that of his parents. I do not keep any heifers for replacements so inbreeding will not be a issue but with his mother. I stumbled on to my current bull that at sale time was way out of my price range and I would like to keep his genes around.</p><p>Cost wise it is very hard to justify a 3 or 4 thousand dollar bull with 30 cows. One response was to sell 2 of my cows for the money. In my opinon that would not be a sound business descion because I don"t see a purchased bull making up the difference in pounds of sold product that the 2 cows would produce . Thanks everyone for your input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowrus, post: 80371, member: 1486"] thank's for all the responses. I will post a picture if I can figure out how. The bull calf is out of a our current bull that I bought half a share in, he is 8 years old and we got him he was 5. This bull is by far the best bull I've used. He was bought locally from one of the best producers of reg. angus in our area. The farm is know for bulls that are bred for gentleness and are good for commercial producers. He throws very good calves that average 640 at weaning without creeping and is very gentle along with his calves. My biggest question is how much of a gamble is it to keep him by his cartertics and that of his parents. I do not keep any heifers for replacements so inbreeding will not be a issue but with his mother. I stumbled on to my current bull that at sale time was way out of my price range and I would like to keep his genes around. Cost wise it is very hard to justify a 3 or 4 thousand dollar bull with 30 cows. One response was to sell 2 of my cows for the money. In my opinon that would not be a sound business descion because I don"t see a purchased bull making up the difference in pounds of sold product that the 2 cows would produce . Thanks everyone for your input. [/QUOTE]
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