Posted by JD Seller on December 08, 2015 at 20:16:13 from (208.126.198.123):
In Reply to: Another cow question. posted by JayinNY on December 08, 2015 at 19:48:34:
The finished beef is as much how it is fed/finished as the breed, as long as it is a beef breed. I had Hereford for years. They are hardy and a good cow. They also where not a large framed cow or calf 30 years ago either. Other breeds where larger and that is what the market was wanting. The Hereford breeders did not wake up fast enough and the larger breeds replaced them on many farms.
When finishing calves I can get an equal rate of gain from Hereford and Angus calves IF the Hereford calves are the "right" blood line. If it is the old Apple butted Polled Hereford they will finish at 1100-1200 Lbs. and lose me money. I would not even consider a Charolis or Highlander calf to feed for a money making enterprise. The Charolis can be a high strung CRAZY breed. The Highlanders are a novelty breed here in the US.
IF your friend is jumping cows/bull breeds around he will have a hard time establishing much of a track record to see how his breeding program is doing.
I had all registered Horned Hereford cattle 30 years ago. The market made me change. I got tired of losing money because my finished cattle where the "wrong" color. It was just appearance not performance. If I had the graded beef market back then that I do today, I would have kept the registered Herefords. I switched to Angus bulls and the black/white faces calves where worth more money than any that calved red/white calves. So I most of my cows have some Hereford in their blood lines. I actually bought some pure blood Herefords heifers last year to get more of the Hereford back into my Angus cross cattle.
A good Hereford brood cow can raise a calf to half her size in a normal season on pasture that would have an Angus cow skin and bones.
The fact is the Angus breeders have done a much better job of promoting their breed. To many consumers Angus beef is the only high quality beef out there. They will pay more for it just because it is Angus beef.
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