Recent content by Durham

The 23J cow looks to be the real deal. She is still in production, calf at side, and being flushed. You should post a picture of your 05X, he looks good

Interesting to see that Conquest rises to the top again for calving ease. Yet so many parties claim to have the "best" shorthorn heifer bull. I say that 71 is a pretty high number. Not to mention top 1% for the maternal index and still maintaining a top 25% for $F. What am I missing? Thanks for...

  This bull is an anomily. He weighed 1860 on the 29th of Feb in a group thataveraged 1420.He is still gaining 3.8 lbs. /day and has done so since weaning on a ration targeted for 3/day. His back feet are nearly flawless in design. It is just interesting to me as how many people are unwilling to...

Lot 13 sold for 12,500 to Merle Welch in MO. Yep, the same Merle Welch of Green Ridge. He is still running around it sounds like. He bought 2 bulls I think.

  Interesting. I have never known many OCC bred cattle that had anything but average milk. The word holstein certainly doesn't come to mind. They usually are on the lower end of the growth curve as well. Always offering adequate performance, adequate milk and exceptional phenotype and...

i I double dog dare anyone to use him on heifers. I guess a -4 CED is nothing to worry about? I personally would prefer to use a bull that weighed 100 lbs. at birth with a double digit calving ease direct than a negative number CED and a 70 lb. actual. But I make mistakes every day too... FWIW

Interested in thoughts on this bull. He is an EXT son out of a cold pedigreed, low numbered, pathfinder cow. His numbers are mostly below breed average in most traits. He has individual performance that is way above average for the herd he was raised in and posted a 17.8 REA that adjusted to...

  I guess I will add a bit here. He does look really thick, deep and even pretty soggy. However, it appears that he is extremely short hipped and very rounded in his rump structure. I am not familiar with this in many Angus cattle. Simply an observation.

Another one...

I found a few pics of Conquest sons we have sold. I will post them for you all to see.

Garybob, I enjoy selling bulls like this, I am not really sure he is the best red bull we have on offer. I have a cherokee canyon son that is pretty solid, but this bull is so good in the front. I have had really great acceptance with the half blood bulls. I will certainly keep a semen interest...

Yep, that would be a true statemnet.You at least need to wear reading glasses!

The JR Adelaide 31G cow is still alive as well. She doesn't winter as well as she used to, but then not too many 14 year old cows will that recieve nosupplement at all. She grazed out all winter on stalks and froze out hay regrowth. Perhaps I should breed her to Medicine Man for one last shot...

A true heifer bull. -5.7 BEPD and +14.3 CED.

I still am a believer in JR Conquest 62K for shorthorns. Thay are not big and get up and go. Females make nice cows that mature early and don't get so darn big. Two pics attatched. The first one is the day I bought him back from a commercial customer that used him 3 years and realized he was...