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I realize that with only about 50 head this is not a good check but I have some registered Charolis cows and some registered Angus cows.
I ran two angus bulls on them all last year as I wanted some Angus heifers to keep back and wanted the smokey calves as the feeders around here like them and I thought I would get bigger calves.
I sold the calves in two groups the first group about 6 weeks ago and when I sold them I weighed the blacks separate. The blacks went about 15# heavier than the smokies but I thought I might just have had a couple that did great and never thought much of it.
I sold the second group today and again weighed the blacks separate and this time the blacks outweighed the smokies by about 35#. I am getting rid of the Charolis as I feel they eat to much anyway but until I weighed the calves separate I would have sworn the smokies would have been heavier.
Now I wonder if my plan of using a Charolis bull on the Angus cows when I get changed over is a good idea or not. I think I will try running an Angus and Charolis together and see which calves weigh the most then go from their. At $1.00 a pound an extra 35# is enough to make me pay attention. ( $35.00 X 26 = $910.00 )