Northern Rancher said:
Geez the few calves we got off him look pretty good-what was the problem there-lin gering leachmanitus lol.
NR:
Are these your first calves off ML? We have our third calf crop off of him on the ground now, we used the rest of our semen this year, and likely will not buy more. In my opinion, Major League is a damn good heifer bull. His calves generally look good now, but pretty much fall apart as they age. We actually have gotten along decent with him, but for a bull that has probably sired calves out of the best cows down here, you sure don't see anything too spectacular. We had one pretty good bull out of him last year, and I've seen a really good heifer calf raised by Tim Schick, that sold in the Bet on Red Sale last fall in Reno.
After those, most are pretty plain. Have you seen the bull himself??? I have, and I'd say there is a reason Genex is still using his calf picture. Further, his feet are horrid...a general problem the Red Angus breed needs to fix, and Major League sure isn't helping the problem. Actually
generally speaking, Cherokee Canyon isn't helping the feet problem.
There are better Cherokee Canyon sons out there...LCC New Chapter being one of them.
I'm glad he's worked out good for you...I hope they stay that way.
Cheers---
TTB :wink: