elwapo, sorry I did not see this, sometimes the yellow don't show for some reason. I haven't really tried to sell that many balancer bulls. Most of them end up being to a neighbor, someone who came and helped brand or saw the cattle sometime. The last two years we have not been keeping many bulls, mostly enough for our own use, and I have had people calling and emailing all year wanting to know if I have any, most want Balancers. This year we are keeping more, by the time they are grown up, nobody will want them

Tim Sheifelbein (Swift) says that the best all around animal for the feedlot, the rail and for making a profit is a 1/4 to 1/2 GV and Angus. With our Montana Branded Beef, for us the 50/50s have made the most profit for the last two years. They have the carcass quality and size to make the most profit. As you would expect, the Angus sired have a higher marbling score but are smaller, the GV are bigger but have more selects. The balance between the two breeds works. I think that as more and more people see what the Balancers can do for them, there will be a bigger market for them. Too many people are getting straight Angus genetics in their commercial cow herds and forgetting about heterosis and complimentary traits. The black is beautiful mentality I think is also the reason why we still are getting so many YG 4s and 5s and seeing a decline in the amount of choice cattle in the mix, anyone who claims that an Angus sire with a negative EPD for marbling is a carcass sire is full of it. I can see a market for the balancers on these herds that are straight Angus or Herefords that want to put some exotic back into the cows.