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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jul 6, 2019 18:33:22 GMT -6
I reckon mine is Angus/Hereford, but have always thought that Charolais cross well with anything.
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Post by jehosofat on Jul 6, 2019 18:51:04 GMT -6
Beefmaster bulls on Angus and Hereford mama's. That's what I'm doing right now, it's working out pretty good.
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Post by simangking on Jul 6, 2019 19:55:03 GMT -6
Sim-Ang with maybe some lim, or char thrown in the mix, make some fine cows. 1/2 Sim- 1/4 Ang- 1/4 Char (or 1/2ang-1/4 sim- 1/4 char) are my favorite cross steers to feed. Purebred bulls either Angus or Simmental ONLY!  |
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Post by smokinm on Jul 7, 2019 5:56:41 GMT -6
I have some sim-angus now and some char cross smoke cattle. I am really wanting to try some lim flex and pure limo to make lim flex’s. Supposed to pick up some limflex heifers in a couple weeks still looking for the purebred limos. Not a lot around here. Really like what I see in them.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Jul 7, 2019 5:58:56 GMT -6
If I ever get where I want, I plan on making some Super Baldy's. Covering a brangus cow with a herford.
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Post by 1982vett on Jul 7, 2019 6:25:16 GMT -6
If I ever get where I want, I plan on making some Super Baldy's. Covering a brangus cow with a herford. My best selling calves. Next would be Brangus covered by Charolais. For putting back back in the herd, if it had to be a cross, Brangus/Angus F1’s |
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Post by randy on Jul 7, 2019 6:37:18 GMT -6
I have some sim-angus now and some char cross smoke cattle. I am really wanting to try some lim flex and pure limo to make lim flex’s. Supposed to pick up some limflex heifers in a couple weeks still looking for the purebred limos. Not a lot around here. Really like what I see in them. I am not a big fan of the Limflex bull deal. The Limflex cows work pretty well. |
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Post by talltimber on Jul 7, 2019 10:01:06 GMT -6
If I ever get where I want, I plan on making some Super Baldy's. Covering a brangus cow with a herford. My best selling calves. Next would be Brangus covered by Charolais. For putting back back in the herd, if it had to be a cross, Brangus/Angus F1’sI've been thinking about this myself. Have to be careful with ear around here though. |
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jul 7, 2019 12:17:38 GMT -6
I have some sim-angus now and some char cross smoke cattle. I am really wanting to try some lim flex and pure limo to make lim flex’s. Supposed to pick up some limflex heifers in a couple weeks still looking for the purebred limos. Not a lot around here. Really like what I see in them. I am not a big fan of the Limflex bull deal. The Limflex cows work pretty well. I am not real fond of the Angus Limousin cross bull either. I would prefer to use a straight Limousin bull, if I were going that route. We used a red Limousin a few years ago on Angus, and Hereford cows, had some good calves by both types of cows. |
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jul 7, 2019 12:21:14 GMT -6
I'm also a fan of some "ear" on cattle too, just have to be careful here about too much or they get docked.
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Post by JMJ on Jul 7, 2019 12:27:38 GMT -6
Here, Brangus cows and a Hereford Bull is the best for me. Heifers are dang good replacements and the steers sell at the top.
I also like my purebred Brahman cows bred to a Hereford bull. Heifers make top notch replacements but the steers take a big hit.
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Post by okie on Jul 7, 2019 13:51:30 GMT -6
If I ever get where I want, I plan on making some Super Baldy's. Covering a brangus cow with a herford. I think you'd be pretty happy with the outcome. If I lived any further south of where I do that would be one of my top picks. It just flat works. |
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Post by okie on Jul 7, 2019 14:00:34 GMT -6
I like purebred limousin. Red ones with two copies of muscle. Put that over baldie cows and it works all the way around. They grow like weeds, you can keep the heifers, the steers sell well. I like hereford in the mix somewhere. It doesn't take a whole lot to go a long way, they cross well with anything.
I've never understood why all breeds seem to want Angus influence. Seems to me that it makes more sense to use a different breed to make the percentage cattle like limflex or balancer so that when you cross with angus it's a double whammy on heterosis but you still get the industry standard calf of 1/4 continetal, 3/4 english and half angus.
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Post by randy on Jul 7, 2019 14:01:15 GMT -6
I am not a big fan of the Limflex bull deal. The Limflex cows work pretty well. I am not real fond of the Angus Limousin cross bull either. I would prefer to use a straight Limousin bull, if I were going that route. We used a red Limousin a few years ago on Angus, and Hereford cows, had some good calves by both types of cows. The problem with the Limflex bull is the F94l gene. The limflex bull can at best only have one copy. He can only pass on the gene to about half his calves unless he is bred to cows with two copies. |
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jul 7, 2019 16:11:04 GMT -6
Beefmaster bulls on Angus and Hereford mama's. That's what I'm doing right now, it's working out pretty good. That was the same plan I was going to try for this year, but the Beefmaster bull I found got hurt before he even went out with cows. Really hated that was hoping to have some good replacement heifers from it. |
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