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I have a son I actually bred my black heifers too. Suppose to be the easiest calving Charolais bull around. Start off very small (almost disappointing) but grow like weeds. Nothing due until April though...

Taking the manure off of a calf I can see - make the calf look the absolute best they can to try and get interest. If i see a bull catalogue with a bunch of pictures of bulls with crap all over them I am not really interested in looking. If you cannot take the time to clean the bull up I am not...

Ok for example the Rimrock bull just posted on the site. Beautiful picture - but look at the background - to me that looks touched up or altered. See the waves on the straw pile in the back?  I am not saying it is or it isnt - I dont know.

As we begin a new year and a new bull buying season and a new breeding season we are all pouring over pictures of the new bulls. Whether it is in a bull sale book, on a website or in a print ad, I have noticed that the pictures have gotten better and better. Or so it seems... there is even a...

Actually I farmed with my dad just south of Innisfail but bought my uncle out in St Paul a few years back. My brother took over the home ranch and is still there today. Again I didn't mean to offend anyone. I actually used some of Sandans bulls with good results. My comment on the Vermilions...

Dory. I am not a purebred breeder - never owned a purebred and do not want to. I have gone from apologetic to pissed off. There is a reason why I buy bulls from your neighbour now and not you. You know those Rio sons I was talking about earlier. They are from your neighbours bull Quantum. And i...

Sjd You are right about the Sanchez comments. I again apologize as they were unfounded. I got the pedigree wrong - my bad. Again if I struck a nerve with someone my bad.

Dory Don't know what you are talking about a private message? Anyway your bull did the job - he bred the cows. I never said he didn't. His calves just didn't perform in the fall like I had hoped for. If you look back I said I might have been a little hard on Freedom given that I had one calf...

Sjd I checked the papers and you are absolutely right. Wrong bull I never had a Sanchez son. I should get my facts straight before I spout off on a bull. I have struck a nerve with some breeders and for that I apologize. I didn't mean to run anyones cattle down just give my personal opinion. I...

Glad to hear the Rawe bulls are working for you. He does buy a bunch of feeder calves from his bull customers out of Viking so that helps his average as well. I will keep them in mind this spring.

Intersting conversation for sure- Mark you sure know your pedigrees. At Sandan's sale last spring the Vermilion calves weren't great structurally - haven't seen many but just what I saw. I have heard of the Rawe guys thanks for the link. My neighbour has bought some bulls from them. Most horned...

Mark. I am new so I am just getting use to the conversations on here and am learning it is more about the Show Steer industry and less about the raising of beef.  Being a commercial cattleman myself I tend to not worry to much about the show ring. But I am pretty up on the Charolais industry in...

Mark H. The best Revelations I saw was in the Alberta Fall Harvest Sale and it was not Gerrard's. All Dory had was Freedom calves and a big tall Pilgrim heifer. The same guys had a bull calf on display there as well and he was awesome. They sold him out of the stall from what I heard. The...

The full french cattle had more of the heavy muscling then the purebreds in North America have today. As far as calving goes, you still have to watch your EPDs but there are very easy calving Charolais bulls. Bluegrass for example will calf on anything. Others on smaller cattle you have to be...