Belgian Blue cross

I was watching the Cattle Show today and there was an old Belgian Blue producer who has a big crossbred program. He said alot of his cross calves had BW's in the high 70's low 80's I kinda found this hard to believe and was just wondering if anyone had any idea if this is really the case.

Belgian blues don't have a high bw its just the extra muscle that the cow and calf both have that makes it almost impossible for purebreds to have there own calves,when you crossbreed the calves are born easier and the muscle develops after a couple of weeks.

There is a blue breeder up by my parents and he flushes his cows and implants the embryos into dairy cows.  While the extra muscle does produce a bit more dystocia on the calf side, I think the main reason is a small pelvic girdle in the cows. Muscle will stretch, fat will not and a small pelvis makes parturition tough.  He does run some F1 blues and he calves them out just fine.

Okay that makes sense, it was a pretty neat video. I have never seen commercial BBs just the monster show kind. They had one hanging on the rail next to an average steer and compaired the different cuts. big difference

The Belgian Blue carcass is different.  When I was in college I was told that the amino acid profile of the Belgian Blue beef was closer to that of fish than beef.  I never did verify my professor's claim, who also happens to be a Red Angus and Duroc breeder, so take if for what its worth.

does the same hold true for Piedmontese?

PIEDS muscle doesn't develop for about a month after birth,so pied cows can have there own calves.