The older I get- the lazier I get...And I'm getting too lazy to be running out and check cows or even heifers every few hours- or babysitting those big dummy calves in cold or nasty weather....
As long as I can get easy calving angus bulls that have heifers that calve out 70-85 Lb calves and cows that drop 70-90 lbers- I'm plumb happy....And they been averaging around 600-620 lbs for steers and 570- 580 for heifers when sold around 6 months-- with a lot more live calves than when I was running the simmi and simmi cross bulls...Too many of those calves just laid there in the snow, rain or wind and died if you weren't right there to babysit-- while the little angus jump up and are sucking in 5 minutes- sometimes even at 20 below.....