It seems that Shorthorn bull sales are getting much better in this area. Up until 2 years ago, we sold almost all the bulls we kept by private treaty out of the yard, and for the past 15 or so years, we could sell 10-15 each year.5 years ago, I kept 25 Shorthorn bulls and managed to get 23 moved privately. When we added the Charolais cows we found that we sold 3 Charolais bulls to 1 Shorthorn, but 5 years later, we were selling 3 Shorthorn to 1 Charolais. Two years ago, we started the Sun Country Bull Sale, and quite frankly, even I was a little surprised that we could sell this many Shorthorn bulls. Our sale is held much later than many other sales but it seems many people were willing to wait. Last year I sold every bull born on the farm, except two, for an average of $2898.One did not pass his semen test, and one had a BW over 110 lbs so was steered.
Selling bulls is something I have worked on almost my complete adult life, and I am finally seeing some results. What is really exciting to me, is that we sold bulls into 3 outfits this year that run over 800 cows. If these guys are happy with how their Shorthorn bulls work for them, selling Shorthorn bulls could get even better.
In regards to Final Solution, I do not know of any bulls that come from the Trump line that I would call safe bulls to use on heifers. There are good heifer bulls in the breed, despite what some will tell you. One of the things we have to remember that if your heifers have some larger BWs in their genetic make-up, your choices of easy calving sires gets smaller.