Matt,
We got a fall heifer here due to calve in spring. Her mother is as good of an In Dew Time as I have seen and Trifecta made her better. Cleaned her up, deeper, and all in all prettier....but! She is wilder than a deer.
Kept a herd bull back and used last year out of a 3/4 blood cow. Could have been a frame score or so bigger as he was shorter than his Shear Force brother. Must of had around 20 calves out of him and a bunch of them are going to be show calves. Really nice bull, excellent breeder, had alot of muscle shape and made right.......but! at 18 months old put him on fall cows and the son of a gun started sucking cows so down the road he went.
2 bad deals for me don't mean he bad bull. I will use rest of my semen next year I guess but with only 19 calves registered now with 6-7 calf crops makes me wonder how many do work out?