Steer Planet - Show Steers and Club Calves Forum

What's the herf bulls that are creating huge boned, thick, good hipped offspring?  Polled or horned, doesn't matter.. Maybe lean towards horned!

nothing yet.. just in learning process...  and pedigree searches...  still have your heifer in my mind though.. but unfortunately, that's where it stops...    

A very well respected evaluator of livestock told me that Reload was the best Herf bull he ever laid eyes on- while in the judging contest @ Denver as a 2 yo.  How has he been breeding in the last 2 or 3 years since that sighting?  If I recall, he was a super stout, sound, thick rascal!

What kind of birth weights does he (LaGrand) tend to throw. I have a cow due early spring with her third calf and am thinking of using him. Her numbers ce +1.7, bw +2.6, ww 38, yw 56. She has not thrown an extremely large calf so far. Her last heifer was just slightly above average but nothing of concern.I have heard numerous times he is not a safe choice for heifers, so I didn't know if anyone has had trouble using him on cows.

A great Hereford bull that produces great bulls and females is BP Robin Hood 86M.  This bull puts out plenty of muscle and growth.  High on birth weight but worth it on cows.  Check him out at: http://www.altabeef.com/SireDirectory/BreedFolders/HHHerefordH/114HH0704.html

had someone tell me that you can paper steer calves as long as their sired by a registerd bull!  Does this work visa-versa as well- with a papered cow??

What about Herf cross bulls... How bout someone tell me about J3's Big Jake bull.. remember him from denver last year.. would like to know the whole story behind him...

I am pretty sure you can have 50% steers. but they gotta look like herefords. i iknow at national level 3 guys stand out side the scales. if they say it dont look herford type it dont show.

If you are shooting for show steers I would not use Enuff--probably too big mature frame size. Reload and 146 both need to be used on deep, big ribbed cows that are super sound. Nitro can sure give them a cool look--not massive bone and thickness, but sure adequate, especially for breeding cattle. As of now you have to buy a $2500 semen package to use him. I have seen About Time a few times--he's a good bull, but he will not make them monster thick and huge boned. He will likely be the easiest calving bull of those mentioned above.        If you can live with some birth weight DB Hard Drive may work as well as any to add bone and thickness.    Of course these are just my opinions, but we have looked at alot of Hereford calves in the last few years--just ask my wife and kids!   LOL