HPF Optimizer A512 Simmental bull

Anyone have any thoughts on this bull? Anyone have any calves on the ground yet?

His semen was just released by SS, so i doubt there is many, if any, calves on the ground yet.

I thought I would bring this thread back up, since I am super happy about our results with this bull and his offspring. I was looking at the July/August copy of the Register, and noticed a little Optimizer heifer on the back cover in the Living Legacy ad. Pretty darn impressive! The two below are also sired by him. The first pic I took last night, in the pasture, of a June bull calf. Yes, he is just a June, and LOOKS THAT GOOD! We were going to show the pair at State Fair, but the cow came into heat right before leaving, so I chose to AI her and leave her at home. He was 82 pounds, out of a 5 year old cow that has had a calf every year and he is her smallest. And no he is not creep fed, but every now and then I will take a bucket to the pasture with me so I can get them up and get some pictures.
The second pic is our son's bred and owned heifer, a November born, that was 19th overall at Nationals (in Bred and Owned). I bought the pic, just waiting for Pearl to send my flash drive back to me (so I did not steal the pic!). She was out of a first calf heifer, who calved at 22 months old and the heifer calf was 50 pounds.
The thing I like best? They have the best darn docility of any cattle we have had born here! They are born practically wanting to follow you around everywhere!
Always good to hear about good Simmi bulls. I only wish he was purebred, but 3/4 is still good!

That sure is an impressive June bull calf! Wow! Keep us posted on that one please. The hfr looks really nice also!

Here is a better picture of the heifer....

She is a doll! Is she purebred? Did u picture her to sell her?

Gargan said:

She is a doll! Is she purebred? Did u picture her to sell her?

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Yep. Her dam is an embryo we purchased from Mark Benes (Gateway Genetics), Steel Force x REN Extra Nice. She is the first calf that dam had. Select Sires rep asked us to picture her so they might use it in the semen catalog. She is not for sale, my son would kill me if she left! She is bred and owned for him, and will be shown next year likely.
I got got my Illini Elite sale catalog in the mail, and there are several of HPF Optimizer sired heifers for sale in it. The more I see of his calves, the more I like him! He is doing all the right things.