3 M L & C said:
There are a couple things that make me wander about this outfit. My wife's step dad buys bulls from this guy and they actually look good when you feed them. But they just refuse to feed them anything. Also there are so many cooperative producers how does he know what's going on. I have looked at one of their sale catalog's and the cattle are registered but no epd's are given and it seems they just give the info that makes the bull look better on paper instead of giving all the info avalible. They would rather promote hair coat and fly resistance instead of weight or other things most people look at. Just for kicks I looked up one bull that had a 60 lb birth and 5 star calving ease rating on the red angus wed sight by his reg number. His BW epd was in the 35th percentile. All the info would suggest he would be in the top 5 percent. ?????
All things in moderation is a pretty safe way to go.
I went to a KP sale severalyears ago and there is no way I could buy one of those coming 2 year old forage raised bulls. But they really sold. Like $5000... :shock:
A friend bought some but they all died...not all in the first year of course
but he didn't get a lot of use out of them. When you short cattle like
they had been shorted, something has to give and I guess it is
longevity. Maybe his were just an exception, I have no idea.
The next year I bought one (Mr. FH does not like attending bull sales)
because he was a Rito F0203 (closely related to Rito 707). He was
a yearling and one of the bigger framed bulls (like a 4.5 or a 5). He
turned out fine and he lasted as long as any other bull now that I
think about it. Very seldom did we keep bulls past their 4 year old year
as we had their daughters in the herd by then.
One rancher here bought one for a heifer bull and he sure sired calving
ease, but the rancher kept him hid so no one could see him.
I did like the way the bulls sold, no auctioneer. Just raise your hand
if you want a bull and the last one with his hand in the air got the bull.
At that time, Kit was a low-cost seller. No lunch, no delivery and no
auctioneer. :lol: :lol: :lol: Ya gotta give him credit for getting it done
the way he does. And yep, he has a lot of cooperators but when I was
paying attention, he didn't have the same ones for very long. Anyhow,
didn't seem to me like he did.