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I had an interesting chat with a commercial breeder and he had just the opposite thoughts of what has been posted on here in the past.
He is a larger cow calf producer that feeds and backgrounds and finishes quite a few calves and is tired of dealing with calves who's feet go bad when they get fed grain in a real world cattle feeding situation.
His thoughts were that he wanted to buy that good footed bull that has been pushed. He feels that if he can find that bull that has been put to the test and is still sound that his steer calves will be sounder and more efficient in the feedlot.
He also feels that when a bull loses weight during breeding season that he is doing his job and is not bothered by feeding bulls a little extra during the off season to keep them in shape.
Again this is a little bit different from what has been posted in the past but still interesting.