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Interesting Longhorn article.

Denny

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It says longhorn breeders dont spend alot of time pulling calves :roll:

I dont either have'nt pulled any this or last year and I have a marketable product.

Take some longhorns to a salesbarn and see what you end up with.They should call them twofer's.You need to sell 2 fer a check = to one angus or baldy.
 

Jinglebob

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Denny said:
It says longhorn breeders dont spend alot of time pulling calves :roll:

I dont either have'nt pulled any this or last year and I have a marketable product.

Take some longhorns to a salesbarn and see what you end up with.They should call them twofer's.You need to sell 2 fer a check = to one angus or baldy.

I gotta throw the BS flag on that one Denny. Purebreds are sure lighter and if they are colored up, they will doc the price. Cross any English or Continentel bull on them and they will weight right up with the average. And the cows last longer.

I take it you haven't dealt with any or if you did they were scrubs.
 

andybob

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I have always felt that a great oppertunity was lost when the Longhorn was at its peak population, and nobody thought to select improved strains.
Consider the breeds we bred from native African cattle which are both environmentally adapted and sought after by the modern markets for their meat quality. The selection for better conformed Longhorns is resulting in some impressive adapted cattle, low maintenence adapted breeds are always a good basis for profitable crossbreeding programs, it will be interesting to see how the increased cost of feeding affects the demand for breeds capable of thriving off forage.
 

IL Rancher

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When we were looking at a place to buy the folks there ran about 20-25 Longhorn cows that they used to produce straight longhorn bulls to use on their Angus based heifers.. After a few years of doing this they kept back a few of the half bloods and there calves looked pretty darn nice.. i would never want to run straight bloods, because I think you would take a beating, but a half long horn half Angus or Hereford cow crossed with a good black continental bull.. Well.... it worked for these folks.. The Longhorns they did have were mainly solid colored critters..

There are some folks that have put more into putting beefier bodies on longhorns and than of course there are those who are trying to get 12 foot horns with crazy hides who probably don't give a rip about carcass because there is more money in the ornamental value... I'm not a particular big fan of them but I have to admit I liked some of those half blood cows I saw...
 

Denny

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Jinglebob said:
Denny said:
It says longhorn breeders dont spend alot of time pulling calves :roll:

I dont either have'nt pulled any this or last year and I have a marketable product.

Take some longhorns to a salesbarn and see what you end up with.They should call them twofer's.You need to sell 2 fer a check = to one angus or baldy.

I gotta throw the BS flag on that one Denny. Purebreds are sure lighter and if they are colored up, they will doc the price. Cross any English or Continentel bull on them and they will weight right up with the average. And the cows last longer.

I take it you haven't dealt with any or if you did they were scrubs.

I have a friend who bred all his herefords and black baldies to Longhorn the proceeds from the sale of those calves was 1/2 of what straight herefords would have brung.

Sorry if I dont agree but for the hobby sector they may be fine kind of like Llama's or Emu's.

You could cross them and with all the color the most they would bring is holstein steer price.If people want to raise them more power to them but I would'nt try them in a million years.Their a Novelty nothing more.
 

Northern Rancher

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I sold a angus steer out of a Hereford/Longhorn cow and he was a yield grade one-choice-almost a $200 buck premium. There's a big differance between what used up dogging steers are worth and what decent longhorn cross cattle will bring. Once they're fed and the hides off they can pay off very well. My neighbors run about 200 1/4-1/2 Longhorn cows and breed them Angus or Galloway-they finish them all and sell on a carcass grid. Everybody laughs at them too but they do ok on them. Some of the plus 30 milk Angus cattle are frailer harder doing cows than his are-sad but true. I only have a handful of them came out of some Herford/Longhorn cows I bought but they are useful ranch cows.
 

Jinglebob

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I can make money on a $300 calf and lose money on a $600 calf. It ain't what they bring it's how much you make off from them.
 
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