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I just told a friend I was going for a CT Scan today then a bull sale tomorrow. Her reply ' You need a Cat scan before going to a bull sale?' I guess that's where the 'He should get his head examined' phrase comes from.
 
These guys that are buying these finished yearling bulls,do need a cat scan.I can't believe people are that stupid,but go to any bull sale and the crowd is full of them.$6000 for a yearling bull,that they are going to be selling in a couple of years because the animal can no longer walk or it's guts are shot because the hot feed they got there bulls on.I don't get it :roll: !!
 
3words said:
These guys that are buying these finished yearling bulls,do need a cat scan.I can't believe people are that stupid,but go to any bull sale and the crowd is full of them.$6000 for a yearling bull,that they are going to be selling in a couple of years because the animal can no longer walk or it's guts are shot because the hot feed they got there bulls on.I don't get it :roll: !!
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I don't get it either, but after years of head scratching IMO it boils down to GOOD LOOKS SELL.

Fat animals LOOK more impressive then animals not as fat.

Conciously or subconsciously good "LOOKS" assumes "goood" quality.
 
I phoned a lady yesterday that is selling simmental bulls,she had just finished talking to a guy on the phone with that brain dead mentality.So she was still pretty hot when she answered the phone and said hello.The guy that had just talked to her,told her he can go to any good simmental sale and buy yearling bulls that are weighing 1400 to 1600 pounds.And if her bulls were only weighing 1100 pounds as yearlings,that she should maybe give up raising bulls and switch to just selling steers.Like i said she was some HOT :mad: ,she said she told the guy that there bulls were wintered on strictly good grass hay and no grain and they were raised to grow up,not grow fat.The guy told her he can find better genetic's else where,and hung up on her.So she told me if i was looking for fat bulls that looked all pretty,that there place was not for me.And i told her i wasn't looking for a finished bull i wanted a bull that wanted to work and wasn't worried about when his next pail of grain was coming.Once she heard that she calmed right down,and was a very nice Lady to talk to for the next 1/2 hour.
 
Faster horses said:
Our neighbor used to say, "FEED'S THE BREED."
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Indeed, indeed,
The faster they go
The more they need
The money is better
It fuels your greed
The fatter they are
The more you'll succeed
That is until...
It's time to breed! :lol:
 
RSL said:
Faster horses said:
Our neighbor used to say, "FEED'S THE BREED."
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Indeed, indeed,
The faster they go
The more they need
The money is better
It fuels your greed
The fatter they are
The more you'll succeed
That is until...
It's time to breed! :lol:
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AMEN-- the generation of the "bigger, better, fasters"-- and so many don't/can't realize they are actually going backwards chasing that fad...
 
Oldtimer said:
RSL said:
Faster horses said:
Our neighbor used to say, "FEED'S THE BREED."
Click to expand...
Indeed, indeed,
The faster they go
The more they need
The money is better
It fuels your greed
The fatter they are
The more you'll succeed
That is until...
It's time to breed! :lol:
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AMEN-- the generation of the "bigger, better, fasters"-- and so many don't/can't realize they are actually going backwards chasing that fad...
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There is always hope, but I am not holding my breath.
 
To me a good looking bull is easy fleshing, well muscled and has all the traits I want passed onto my future young stock.
I do not want a skinny bull or a big fat pig ever, but if they get nice and fleshy while just on hay or even green feed over a winter where record below zero temps were just made then those are just what I am looking for. :wink:
 
The problem is the terms everyone uses which mean very little.


Common words some use to describe their operation:

Just hay, there is a heck of a lot of difference in Hay.
Just a little grain, how much is just a little.
No creep, but the crawl through the raised fence and graze wheat. Roughage based feed, I've seen some high fat high protein based roughage feeds..
I don't feed a lot of grain, but the neighbor does.




Until someone give me feed analysis and quantity of feeds consumed words are useless
 
Do they have a phone number-I'll have to stop in and check them out. One of the most practical looking Simmental outfits I've been at was Arnold Brothers at MacIntosh, South Dakota. The bulls looked to be not overfed and their cows grazed out quite late. It will be interesting to see what bloodlines the Peters are running. The cattle that actually work on a lower input deal are different than a pail fed fatty that the adds purport to be easy fleshing.
 

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