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That is a nice list Joe, good work keep it going.  I harvested a strait native steer this fall out of a Albaugh cow and DMH Minn Max Leader that hung a 67% hanging weight.   

I think that sounds like a good thing.

To increase the visibility and utilization of Heritage Shorthorns in the cattle industry it is paramount to have a Registry that is focused both on preserving Heritage genetics, and on the utilization of Heritage genetics within modern Shorthorns (Heritage Influenced).

The Heritage Shorthorn is on the critical list with the Livestock Conservancy.  We feel that there are more Heritage Shorthorn cattle, but trying to work with 2 different registries it is hard to know just how many there are.  With one registry to serve the Heritage Shorthorn it can make a difference.

Heritage Shorthorns are in a favorable position compared to other heritage breeds of cattle because of the tremendous genetic diversity & attributes that still exist in Shorthorns through the extensive number of Heritage Bulls that had semen collected on them in the 1950�s, 1960�s, and 1970�s.  At that time Shorthorn popularity was still extremely high and Shorthorns had not yet been openly �contaminated� by other cattle breeds such as Maine Anjou or Red & White Holsteins.  This �semen reserve� has maintained a rich genetic diversity that can be used today to produce any type of Shorthorn.  As an example, there is semen from Heritage bulls that weighed 1800# and bulls that weighed 3000#, bulls who�s daughter�s milk production reached 20,000# on a 305 day milk test period, and bulls that had carcass data/growth rates that are on a par with Modern Beef Shorthorns.

The significance  of Heritage Shorthorns can be measured in two ways.  First they literally could be called the �mother of all breeds� because at least 38 other cattle breeds have used Shorthorn blood as part of their formation.  Since the heritage lines can all be traced to the Coates herd book of 1822, their purity as a cattle breed is unparalleled.

Be cool to see the list of heritage bulls broken down into which are relevant for production use versus those that are more novelty/preservation

To be verified as a Heritage Shorthorn the animal has be 100% full blood Shorthorn (no outside blood can be incorporated into the pedigree), and all ancestors must trace to the 1822 Coates Herd Book.

The only list that is on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website are those that are verified as a Heritage Shorthorn.

Breeders that are searching for Heritage Shorthorn before there was any outside influence can find them with the Heritage Shorthorn.

Who would be qualified to make a list of bulls that are "relevant" and those that are not?  Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.  I know of no one that could make such a list based on the bulls of today of any breed, let alone those of 40+ years ago.  If one person sees a use for any bull, then he is "relevant."

My sentence didn't end with the word relevant.   What I said was, "relevant for production use."   Implicit there was beef cattle production.  3000 lb bulls have no relevance in beef cattle production.   Bulls that are frame 0 w/ 2 inches of backfat at 800lbs aren't relative for production use. 

Quote from: oakview on January 10, 2020, 02:28:24 PM

Who would be qualified to make a list of bulls that are "relevant" and those that are not?  Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.  I know of no one that could make such a list based on the bulls of today of any breed, let alone those of 40+ years ago.  If one person sees a use for any bull, then he is "relevant."

I agree, I recently harvested a steer sired by  a not quite frame score 4 bull out of a cow that might weigh 1200 lbs.  He weighed 1250 and hung an 830 pound carcass.  That is profitable even though some people would think that is too small.

Sounds perfect to me.   The economics of the matter make the strongest case for whats relevant and whats not.