randiliana said:Aaron said:randiliana said:Thanks NR. That is the sort of info I was looking for.
We are heading for the Hill 70 Quantock sale. Have been going there for years.
I am also heading to the Hill 70 sale, and maybe take a peek at what Oddan's have at Misty Valley.
Bill bought the 5P bull after using him A.I.
Randi, whats the weaning weights like out of those 03L calves?
I don't know if you got the DVD, but H-431 and H-432 are two bulls I am looking at.
Well, hopefully we will see you there. I've never been to Misty Valley.
Average 205 day weights were 579 lbs on 26 calves. Couple of old cows brought it down a bit, but overall we are quite happy with the calves. 10 of the 12 heifers are in our replacement pen.
We did look at the video, but didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the Herefords as we aren't in the market for one this year. We have too many Hereford marked heifers this year, and don't want to breed those ones Hereford. Too much of a price dock here for Hereford calves.
Those 2 bulls have some pretty good #'s behind them, if we were looking for a Hereford, I am sure they would be on our list. The pic in the catalogue of #432 makes him look pretty good to me.
Did the calves reflect their sires weaning weight fairly closely?
Hoping to make it. Depending what the weather is like. If it's -40 like it was this past week, then no.
We were really happy with the calves off the bull from Misty Valley. Increased weaning weights across the board by 50 to 100 lbs. Our average 205 across all calves was about 570 lbs, with a fair number of steers and heifers above that. Only problem is the the bulls are pricier there than other places, due to competing with some big names to buy them, like Douglas Lake Ranch.