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    Who to breed this Simmental heifer to?

    wypeterson, All three bulls are availbe from Bouchard Livestock:https://bouchardlivestock.com/semen_beef.php Another bull that would work for you is SVS Captain Morgan 11Z.  He is available fro bull barn.
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    Who to breed this Simmental heifer to?

    If you want to moderate birth weight: Mr CCF Vision If you want to go for power either 3D BLK Full Throttle 483X or LFE The Riddler 323B would put out some great calves
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    Best Clubby Bulls for Charolais Cow

    Monopoly is worth considering. Tim Bullock has had good luck with him on Charolais cows.
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    Firewater vs Outsider char bulls?

    What bulls gave you a rat tail? Also what kind of cows were they out of?  Were the cow, the bull or both slick haired?
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    Firewater vs Outsider char bulls?

    Rat tails caused by th diluter gene in Simmentals or Charolais  hasn't been an issue in years. The animals that caused this issue have largely been culled out since the early 1990s.
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    Firewater vs Outsider char bulls?

    Both bulls are big time show ring sires.  Which one you use would depend on what  you need improve to get the calf you want?  What is the end use? steers? heifers? Firewater is definitely a harder calving bull, but puts power into his offspring.  I like his females better than his males despite...
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    Best Charolais bulls for temperment

    Before you can narrow your choices down.  What type of cows are you gong to be breeding?  I think you want to retain some heifers but how important are the steer calvws? How much calving ease do you need?  Would it be nice to have the cows keep their coat colors? I am thinking of some all around...
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    LOW Birth Weight Sire Suggestions for First Time Heifer

    AJ is right. Concentrate pn getting a live, functional calf for any heifer.  Thar said enough calving ease bulls are available in many breeds to allow you to choose a bull that fits you selection criteria, management capabilities and pocket book.  Just don't expect drastic improvement to the...
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    LOW Birth Weight Sire Suggestions for First Time Heifer

    I am not a Hereford guy so I didn't take any pictures.  I saw the calves when they were calving out a few hundred commercial black Angus heifers bred to his sire UPS Domino, a calving ease Ulrich bull, and Sensation (UPS Domino is his sire). Al the heifers calved easy with few problems.  The...
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    LOW Birth Weight Sire Suggestions for First Time Heifer

    If you want red cattle with plenty of chrome anf a white face why not use a calving ease hereford like Churchill Sensation: http://genex.crinet.com/beef/index.php?action=DETAIL&code=1HH00109  he would improve this heifer and provide the needed calving ease.
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    Need bull suggestions for Char composite heifer

    Here is with the spelling mistakes corrected: by much.  All three bulls have sired progeny successfully shown.  Another bull that may work is Cedardale Zeal-high quality calves in a calving ease package.  For more performance look at Pleasant Dawn Chisum. All thee bulls should be easy to get.
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    Need bull suggestions for Char composite heifer

    If you are lookig to get a 3/4 recorded Charolais calf out of her I would consider using LT Rushmore. WCC Big Ben or WR Wangler.  Rushmore and Big Ben are easier claving than Wrangler but not by much.  All thtee bulls have sired progeny successfully shown.  Another bull that may work is...
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    Simmental breeding opinions

    I would consider WLB Bounty Hunter 365C: http://www.semexusa.com/beef/i?lang=en&beef=view&view=0200SM30721 Another Simmental bull worth looking at is hart State of War.
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    ANGUS PEOPLE!! I need help!

    I want more performance and better everything else here: For an Angus I would look at Yong Dale Excalibur 32X: http://www.bjcattlecompany.com/xcaliber.html For a simmental LFE The Riddler:https://www.issuu.com/bouchardlivestock/docs/gtmad_cndcataloguecomplete3.1.1/9 Both these bulls are high...
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    Red angus bulls for shorthorn cows

    For the Bieber raised bulls on AI  I like Bieber Stakhouse and Deep End.  I also would like XC Declaration.  You do not need a heifer bull since you are breeding to cows and they have shown enough performance to expoit these three bulls.  For heifer I would use something like conqueror. I would...
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