Yellow Jacket

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DSI

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What is everyones opinion of Yellow Jacket? What has he worked best on?
 

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hes my favorite bull out there period. use him on your extremely clubby females that you want to make a little more functional. breed him to deep soggy cows because the problem i have seen with the calves is they do not get fat as fast and they do not gut up a whole lot as much as they clubby steers do. good side though is they seem like they walk on air, they are freaky freaky boned. and have necks like giraffes and grow hair like a yak (better than our two monopoly steers we have on feed).and the heifers will actually make mamas and breed when you would like them too. and they are just as good as any cows around, this is my county steer out of a godfather cow. he shows in june
 

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DSI

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So breeding him to more maternal cows wouldnt work? Or do you think just think he is more of a steer producer than female producer? Thanks for the info!
 

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Breed him to puds, they tend to get to big before they are fat.  They are nice functional cattle however, and they make good mothers.
 

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no he is both but its totally what hamburgman said. they just get bigger and if used on a big cow you would have a gigantic calf
 

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DSI said:
So breeding him to more maternal cows wouldnt work? Or do you think just think he is more of a steer producer than female producer? Thanks for the info!

His females are great.  But if you are trying to win a really competetive steer show with one, his calves can be bigger framed and heavier than what judges are really wanting right now.  Frankly I love them, but I'm not a judge.

I used him for three years on one of our best Cunia grandaughters, two good steers and one good heifer (that is bred now).  We showed the first steer and he didn't finish till he was around 1450, but he was a hoss at that weight.  His little brother born this fall is just as good.
 

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Here is my double bred lifeline calf sired by Yellow Jacket
 

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LittleHeifer

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wow another bull named after another famous bucking bull, Bodacious, yellow jacket, whos next Red Rock. lol
He looks like a good producer.
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There is a Hereford marked red rock that latter owns I believe.  I do really like YJ,  I was wonder how his calves compare to troubadours
 

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Rockstar said:
I do really like YJ,  I was wonder how his calves compare to troubadours

Yellowjacket - sires extreme muscle, bone, and a little more frame probably - at least at a young age.  Calves are harder to finish.  A Yellowjacket steer "wants" to finish out at around 1400 lbs.  They can carry that weight well though.  Half your calves will be black out of black cows.

Troubador - From mine so far, I think Troubador makes them significantly prettier.  Probably need more muscle from the cow relative to YJ.  Frame is probably exactly the right size.  Troubador can probably more likely offset structure/movement issues than YJ.  All calves would be white/smoke/yellow.
 
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