Want to know what people think of this shorthorn bull

Good point Knabe but do you think he would've sold him if he knew what he could become ? Dustin has bred him to all kinds of cattle with a lot of success. It takes a special bull to work on so many different types of cattle. I just don't think there are many bulls out there as versatile as he is - and that will work on heifers. He brings calving ease back to the breed and lowers the frame score of those 1800-2000 cows.

I think 70% of calving ease ability is the length of gestation. Thats what it is. How may times have you heard" well it was a 115# calf but it was 10 days past due". SHAZAM! I kow dad had 5 bulls on over 100 head of cows in 5 pastures. He had one ohlde bull......something like the first 14 calves were from the olhde bull. I don't think you can breed the performance out of the current shorthorn breed......and certainly not in one generation. My average used to be 100# with the bell curve usually ranging from 90-110#. I finally got ticked off and used an extreme Red Angus calving ease special bull and a low weight Shorthorn bull I raised. I don't have the records in front of me but after maybe 6 years my average is down around 90#. I still bang in a calf over 100# but I am getting some 70 some pounders also. Also my older bigger cows are gradually coming out of production. I think the big Shorthorn cows are bred up from the old milking Shorthorns and the bigger Irish genetics. I pulled off a yearling half-shorthorn,half red angus bull calf. He had been out breeding 20 heifers and cows. I put him on show feed to get him ready for a show and he just exploded. I think he grew a foot longer and 4 inches taller in about 4 weeks. I don't think man could destroy mother earth if we tried and I don't think we could breed performance out of Shorthorns if we tried. It will sure take more than one generation. I would think that jpj would increase marbling ability and carcass traits. I think that there is agroup of breeders that fight him cause they have been breeding cattle differently for the past 15 years.jmo

I'll be in his corner until he's dead and all the semen is gone.

As I was typing the message above Dustin called me so I just asked him who deserved the credit. He said they both did - one for raising him and the other for getting him to where he is today. So there you go straight from the owner.

I'll be in his corner till the mafia pries the semen from my dead cold hand. ;D