What to breed to

[ty378]

Hey I bought 30 gelbvieh most are straight gelbvieh some have a bit of simi, would like to raise calves and mabey retain one or 2 females a year. Would like to buy a bull but not sure which breed dose anyone have any suggestions or experience with a cross?

 

[Redfern]

My preference would be Red Angus on the Gelbvieh cows.  I have seen some really good Ruger sired calves out of gelbvieh cows.

 

[OH Breeder]

I like the red angus idea as well. But is color important to you?

 

[ty378]

Would sure like to get tan or creme calves

 

[RyanChandler]

Only one option then.

 

[ROMAX]

If you breed them angus you get Balancer calves.

 

[ty378]

What colour are the balancer calves if you use a red angus heifers are tan or gold colour? Do they sell well?

 

[RyanChandler]

Depends if your Gelbvieh are black or red. If black, them it depends if they are homo black or not. If homo black, bred to a red angus, all your calves will be black. If not, half your calves will be red.  If your Gelbvieh are red, and you use a red angus bull, all your calves will be red. The only option to get tan calves out of black or red cattle is to use a Charolais bull.

 

[SpiceCattleCo]

We bought a small herd package of commercial Gelbveih/Red Angus cows and they are really good mothers. The Gelbveih are VERY protective when they calve for the first couple days. We breed them to a Limousin bull and have had good luck producing feedlot cattle. The person buying the calves love the muscle that Gelbveih and Limousin puts on the calves.