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Cross breeding a mixed herd ???

A friend of mine that lives about a mile down the road has a herd of about 50 momma cows that are mixed with most being black and some red and some white cows. He has been running Angus bulls for as long as he can remember. He bought the place and the cows from his grand father. They have been keeping heifers to replenish culling losses. He is trying to grow the herd and is currently developing 19 or 20 new heifers. About half of those heifers look like pure Angus and the other half are baldes with 2 red and 2 white heifers.
Well this year he needs a new heifer bull. He has two Angus bulls to breed the main herd but they are the sires of his heifer crop. He still wants to run an Angus bull on the heifers and I agree with that. But I think he needs to replace his oldest bull as he ain’t much of an Angus bull. His granddaddy bought him from at weaning about 5 years ago knowing he was not much but he was cheap.
So if he replaces this bull what bred should he buy to help cross up his cows and add pounds at weaning without having calving trouble. He told me yesterday that he can never remember having to have a calf pulled on his place.
I should also add that he will be keeping the heifer calves from the bull. Now, he was thinking Brangus bull but I am not so sure. It would add a little ear but not much to Angus cows. About ½ his cows show a little ear but not much.
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