Aaron said:
Settle down, jigs. The ABHA is just a group of Hereford boys that couldn't raise quality Herefords to capture a decent price at the market. Plain and simple. Good Hereford cattle sell nearly as well (and in some cases, as well) as Angus. The key is quality, not quantity. In the spring of 2003, we sold a group of 9 7-weight straightbred Hereford steers for $1.37. Good growthy, lean cattle will never be passed up by a cattle buyer. Poor cattle will be though.
I agree good cattle sell, but I have a GREAT problem with people going to this Oreo version just because they can not select bulls that create good calves.
instead of falling down and saying how can we change to compete, they need to be saying, this is why we are competative, and keep pursuing those genetic lines.
this red hyde discount is fictional. we get top or near top everytime we sell. and we are in a black cattle dominated area.
makes as much sense as me getting a tatoo on my ass because everyone that has one gets a bigger check than me.