I guess it takes purebreds to make cross-breds?

This report doesn't surprise me with the selection that has gone on within the various breeds. I sat through a large dispersal a while back of cows all bred on one ranch, there were straight black angus cows, black baldie cows and charolais cross cows. Their weights were in that order too - the straight blacks were around 200lbs heavier than the charolais xs and the baldies were in the middle. The Charolais xs were the only ones that scraped under a 1300lb average  :shock:  Who'd ever have thunk it when the "huge" exotics were brought in all those years ago to cross onto the smaller, maternal type british breeds.