Pharo's sale in Burlington, CO was last Saturday.
I had been planning to go and buy a bull for the last few months, but I must admit after reading all the posts on here a week or so ago about what most of you thought about his program, I wasn't too sure I wanted to go.
Well, I did, and the only negative thing I found about it was having to go through Kansas to get there. I've never been through so much wind in my life. I had a guy lose his pickup and camper in front of me. Somebody ought to get that place some trees or something.
Anyway, back to the bulls. Those of you who said the bulls were starved, stunted, malnourished and whatever else you said, don't know what you're talking about. I saw bulls there that looked as good as the bulls at any registered Black Angus sale I've been to and I've been to quite a few, just ask my wife! Muscled up, fleshy, just like they should look. Sure, they weren't all prettied up like those other sales, and I realize that has a BIG impact on next year's calf crop, but I guess I can't have it all. Some of their sires were there on display and they were some powerful looking animals, just shorter in height. I'm glad to say I was able to get one bought and can't wait to start using him.
It's becoming more and more accepted that big huge mama cows bred to big huge bulls just aren't going to be as cost effective as smaller cows. Leachman's last catalog had a write up saying the same thing. It just makes sense. I just moved from the east coast and brought some cows with me to the mid-west. While my state fair champions were standing at the fence waiting for a handout, the plain ole cows I bought out here were making their way past them saying, "excuse me... pardon me..." while putting away ankle deep green grass. It didn't take long to figure out which were going to be making me the most money.
Moral: if some of you that were criticizing him have never actually been there, maybe you got your cart before your horse because what I saw and what you said made you look pretty bad.
I had been planning to go and buy a bull for the last few months, but I must admit after reading all the posts on here a week or so ago about what most of you thought about his program, I wasn't too sure I wanted to go.
Well, I did, and the only negative thing I found about it was having to go through Kansas to get there. I've never been through so much wind in my life. I had a guy lose his pickup and camper in front of me. Somebody ought to get that place some trees or something.
Anyway, back to the bulls. Those of you who said the bulls were starved, stunted, malnourished and whatever else you said, don't know what you're talking about. I saw bulls there that looked as good as the bulls at any registered Black Angus sale I've been to and I've been to quite a few, just ask my wife! Muscled up, fleshy, just like they should look. Sure, they weren't all prettied up like those other sales, and I realize that has a BIG impact on next year's calf crop, but I guess I can't have it all. Some of their sires were there on display and they were some powerful looking animals, just shorter in height. I'm glad to say I was able to get one bought and can't wait to start using him.
It's becoming more and more accepted that big huge mama cows bred to big huge bulls just aren't going to be as cost effective as smaller cows. Leachman's last catalog had a write up saying the same thing. It just makes sense. I just moved from the east coast and brought some cows with me to the mid-west. While my state fair champions were standing at the fence waiting for a handout, the plain ole cows I bought out here were making their way past them saying, "excuse me... pardon me..." while putting away ankle deep green grass. It didn't take long to figure out which were going to be making me the most money.
Moral: if some of you that were criticizing him have never actually been there, maybe you got your cart before your horse because what I saw and what you said made you look pretty bad.