Shorthorn bull pictures

We don't take the camera out very often, but we do when bull sale time comes around.  Here are a few of the pictures we took here in the last few days.  The bull sale catalogue should be done in 2-3 weeks.  If you want to see video of some of the bulls in the sale go to http://www.youtube.com/user/whosyourdaddybull?ob=0
Coyote already posted a few of his pictures and some of his videos are on youtube as well.  There is one more set of bulls that are yet to be put on youtube, so check back in a week or two if you like.

And a few more.

Can you tell us which sires are represented here?

The red bulls are all sired by Saskvalley Ramrod 155R.  The roan bull is sired by Saskvalley Pioneer 126P.

turning grass into beef said:

The red bulls are all sired by Saskvalley Ramrod 155R.  The roan bull is sired by Saskvalley Pioneer 126P.

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(thumbsup) Those Ramrods sure are something. Looking good!

Looking good! That roan 131X is out of Ramrod's full sister (thumbsup)

First off let me say the bulls show true masculinity IMO. They look like a bull should. the first bull is my pic.

By the looks of the pictures Im guessing they have been in a feedlot? Just the mud on the back is why I am saying this. What are they fed? Are these 2 year olds? sorry for the questions, just curious. They sure seem to be ready for heavy service. Ramrod can sure stamp them. Maybe just the pictures but some seem a little longer then others? Not a slam just a observation. I think the breed could use lots and lots more bulls that show this type of masculinity and muscle.

Just a opinion from some fella in Ohio who has never seen western canada. <beer>

The bulls winter on about 10 acres.  It has been a very mild winter so the manure on the bedpack has not frozen very quickly, and thus the amount of tag on the bull.  These are bulls that were born in April/May 2010.  They are fed a ration of rolled barley, barley silage, and mineral.  These bulls were weaned sometime in November 2010.  They were put on the ration mentioned above.  It has a NEg of 50 Mcal/cwt.  They were put out on grass around May 15 2011 and ate only grass, no other feed.  We brought them in sometime in November 2011 and put them on the same ration as they had the first winter, and that's what they are getting now.
If you are not familiar with Mcal/cwt I will give you some sort of a frame of reference.  We feed our heifer calves a ration that is 40 Mcal/cwt and we expect them to gain somewhere around 1.75 pounds per day.  Feedlots in Western Canada will have steers on finishing rations of about 62 - 64 Mcal/cwt and expect those steers to gain around 4 pounds per day.  Mcal/cwt is a unit measure that measures the energy content of a ration.

Looking good  (clapping)

I'll have to sort through my pictures from last spring and see how my picks turned out

Thanks for the pics!! I love to see more pics of the Ramrods-- I have a supply of embryos sired by him and don't have any calves on the ground out of those yet, so it is good to see what he can do.
Also-- I appreciate very much your pictures for showing those bulls in their natural conditions-- no clipping, appears to be no photoshop, etc. 
That's how I like them-- show them to me in their working clothes so I know what I am really getting and getting into!
I hope that I am not alone on this opinion.

EF

Very nice bulls! You got my undivided attention; Very masculine, thick, and balanced.  They look well fed and converting feed efficiently is their job.  Our shorthorn breed needs more like these guys...

Shorthorns4us said:

That's how I like them-- show them to me in their working clothes so I know what I am really getting and getting into!
I hope that I am not alone on this opinion.

EF

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Nope, not alone there.  I am liking that roan one myself.  .  I hope to get into Shorthorn so am looking.

Chris

trevorgreycattleco said:

First off let me say the bulls show true masculinity IMO. They look like a bull should. the first bull is my pic.

By the looks of the pictures Im guessing they have been in a feedlot? Just the mud on the back is why I am saying this. What are they fed? Are these 2 year olds? sorry for the questions, just curious. They sure seem to be ready for heavy service. Ramrod can sure stamp them. Maybe just the pictures but some seem a little longer then others? Not a slam just a observation. I think the breed could use lots and lots more bulls that show this type of masculinity and muscle.

Just a opinion from some fella in Ohio who has never seen western canada. <beer>

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i agree that first bull looks like a brute! i also like the last 2 (thumbsup)

O yea! I like the 12x bull myself he looks jus like his daddy

I like the 65x bull the best by far.  I would only lengthen his spine and breath a tad into his quarter.  His head is interesting looking.  Great topline, love the positioning of the crest, how the neck comes out of the withers and blends into the poll almost like a famous quarterhorse wimpy. The spine comes out of the withers nicely.  To me, just a balanced bull.  Nice. After looking at him again he has no noticeable break in his chine

I don't know if you are saskvalley or not but if you are you have the best consistent program in the breed.  I wish you would linebred buster and cross that on Bonanza.  The sask sires are prominently featured in many herds.  You seem to have a program rather than matings.

Those are herd blls!!!!

First off let me say that I think that we need more bulls like these in the shorthorn breed. However, as I looked the first two up ( 33X and 65X) in the ASA data base I noticed that they each had over a 104 lb actual BW. I know that it has been discussed on here many times that because of the bulls location in Northern Canada that can be expected. I also read several articles about the University of Nebraska research on temperature and its affects on BW. My question is how does someone in the central United States who has a  legitimate interest in these bulls and their genetics convince themselves that these numbers are OK. At my place a bull born with these BW meets a sharp knife rather quickly. What Kind of BW could be expected in Illinois? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Wiseguy that is a good question.
We sold a bull to ILL. that had a birth wt. of 108 lbs. I figured out on the ASA site that the 27 calves that were sired by him in ILL. had an ave. Bw of 85 lbs.
We had 7 calves by him the year before and they ave. 91.

I know the bull you speak of very well. He is the Bonanza 103U bull that our friends the Moore's are using. I think his calves are great and the (Joker bull ?) that you have out of him for sale looks great? I only hope that if I buy one of these bulls that I can expect the same result?  Convincing my dad otherwise is going to be quite the chore. He thinks buying a bull with those actual numbers is setting ourselves up for a train wreck.