Mar 23, 2021 | 06:14
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Took our stockers out last week and was quite happy with the returns. The Limo influence (which I'm not fond of) showed up pretty good in their butts and backs.
Package of black and red steers 879 @ $1.735. A few heifers - a straight up, snot-slinging Limo 810 @ $1.47 :-( , couple of nice thick girls 845 @ $1.58. One hermaphrodite, really square (she was the bull of the bunch) 910 @ 1.19.
But between her and her twin brother, their momma returned well over $2500 for her keep and their winter's feed.
So I brought a few black calves back home and am sorting out what they might be - black calves with plenty much leg for pasture calves, and a touch of white on their belly or navels.
So by the pics below, what would you guess them to be?
I'm leaning toward Angus-Holstein, but if they are, I've seen the Holstein show up a lot more in some than what these show. Can an Angus sire take the horns off of a Holstein dame?
Leaning toward leaving them in the barn and starting to push the barley to them in a couple of months for a late fall butcher date.
I think these will really end up nice, putting a bit more meat on the hooks than the straight Holsteins that I usually feed for freezer orders.
Mar 23, 2021 | 06:57
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Full Angus over anything horned will knock the horns off.
Questionable angus leaves it open for horns to appear. There seems to be more and more questionable angus appearing, despite being touted as full.
Can’t say I see much Holstein in them, other than the fella with horns maybe. White on belly can be an Angus sign, Holstein you’d expect to see at least one or two white socks on the back feet.
Who knows, but if they keep growing out with those butts you’ll be good. Won’t matter if there’s Holstein in them if you can’t really see it!
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