Thanks for the kind words Sue! Just thought I would post one last picture from this years Red Angus show in Iowa- GMRR Valentine 106C was Reserve Champion Foundation female. Sired by LGL Bluey (Red Lowline) out of SAR Roxie 904W (Red Angus)
Lowlines crossed to commercial sized cattle will result in a 25-30% smaller calf than the dam. That said we fullblood lowlines (DNA verified 100%) that weight between 800 -1100 lbs. We just had a Fullblood cow calve a Hoover Dam heifer the resulting calf will be a half blood. These half blood...
"The original imports from Glencarnock Stud, Canada, included the bulls Glencarnock Revolution and Brave Edward Glencarnock, 17 heifers and a cow and calf. These cattle came from show quality stock, continuing to win championships when competing in top Australian cattle shows."
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Not sure what Aussie means as we're seeing more and more commercial cattlemen using lowlines in their herds. Also, just another note, at the stock show in Denver this year the pen of commercial heifers was won by 1/2 lowlines. So really don't understand Aussie's comments.
The Australian...
Thanks,thunderdownunder. Lowline cattle are slowly but surely getting taller, and our full brother to Low Beau, who sired this top-selling bull, stands around 48 inches and weighs 1600 + lbs.
Here's an interesting article from the Stock Journal about this bull and Duff's theory on using lowlines:
http://www.stockjournal.com.au/news/agriculture/cattle/beef/trust-me-lowline-makes-us85000/2692120.aspx
Lowlines are angus from a herd in Australia that were eventually used for research. The herd was closed in the early 1960's.
XBAR - in theory they should type the same as modern angus, assuming there were no other breed-types crossed with today's angus.
CAB - Not sure why they're calling it...