Double Trouble $?

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RMRW

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Have a buddy that has a little bit of semen that has been in our tank for quite some time, Need to go through all of what he has but I know there is 5ish straws of Double Trouble (shorthorn).
He has said he doesn't have a use for it anymore and to sell it for him.

Any idea what it would be worth?

 

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I purchased some from one of the semen companies and it was $50 a straw. There was an online auction recently it went for $40. That's about what i know for current market. I am not sure but he may have come up a PH carrier I know he was TH F.
 

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2 weeks ago it sold for 120 a straw in Top Sires online sale.
 

justintime

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He was a very early sire in the clubby deal, and one of the first Double Vision sons I know of that got pretty popular. He died very young so there never was much semen around and the price was jacked accordingly. It seems to me he was even pulled off the market for a few years.

I only had 1 Double Trouble calf that came in dam from a cow I purchased from Twig Marston. This heifer is the highest priced private treaty sale I have had off the farm for a heifer. She went to Texas and won many shows including San Antonio and  the Denver Junior show.  Here is a picture of her when she won at San Antonio.
 

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oakview

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The Double Trouble I used was sired by Double Stuff, I think.  I used Double Stuff, Double Vision, Double Down, and Double Trouble and liked the Double Troubles the best.  The PHA thing scares me now that we know about it, but I would not hesitate to use Double Trouble again if it were not for that defect.
 

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oakview said:
The Double Trouble I used was sired by Double Stuff, I think.  I used Double Stuff, Double Vision, Double Down, and Double Trouble and liked the Double Troubles the best.  The PHA thing scares me now that we know about it, but I would not hesitate to use Double Trouble again if it were not for that defect.

I was clipping sale bulls all day and I wondered to myself if I had typed Double Vision or Double Stuff?  My mistake as Double Trouble was definitelty sired by Double Stuff. Xbar, you are also correct, in that I really doubt if this heifer would have enough rib shape to do any winning today but she was shown over a decade ago and everyone thought she was pretty stout then. Just shows how things change over time.
 
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