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Chambero - enjoyed your well-thought out excellent post - yep the sale barn cattle-trader culture that I also was exposed to as a kid does not bring back fond memories - I was at a large commercial cattle place a few months ago that was selling out that was very similar to what you described in...

Select Sires carries Grandmaster - I probably agree with his choice too as to me the heifer needs rib and body - Grandmaster calves are pretty functional as he is a different kind of Simmental bull, and I mean that in a really good way - heifers are really nice and the bulls will sure work too -...

consider SS Ebony's Premium Blend - will do all of what you want plus a different twist of genetics for marketing the offspring - Cattle Visions carries him -

How much less will the conception rate be by using sexed semen?  I know it is less but just how much.  Also what are the % of the desired sex?  With that information, except for perhaps a flush, someone please give me a situation where it would be an advantage to use sexed semen?  I have been...

kanshow - plenty of bone, lot more than you would expect and lots of body like the photos of the sire - I suppose that I don't get too excited over "numbers" although they are a plus and the calves do seem to have very good grow, but then, duh, I guess that if you have body and bone they should...

Interesting explanation on the Simmental epds answering several things that I have noticed, thanks for that - on Grandmaster birthweights - most we had were small to moderate but there were a few  larger ones, low 90s, too and I would not totally equate him to be a calving ease bull to replace...

I have not seen any comments lately regarding Grandmaster, the Simmental, or reports of the quality of the calves - I did note that in the "Dream Matings" thread that he was mentioned several times which I thought was very interesting - we have some  but they are at the stage that I am not sure...

You are costing your company sales, dummy - there are lots of semen companies to buy from - since your have identified yourself don't be at all surprised at all when you are contacted by Genex - good bye -

thanks for sharing the data, very interesting - we have also fed some clubby by-products with them too - ours with similar results as being below the PG goals of 70% Choice and 70% 1 & 2 YG but in 2 years you were pretty darn close - I note by the carcass weights that they had a harvest weight...

there is a relationship between the circumference of the tail at the base and the rib eye size - I forget the exact figure but it is like the circumference x .8 - we used to send quite a few to carcass contests before ultrasound was widely available and it was pretty darn close to being accurate...

Chap you are right on in my opinion - I am also guilty of the same stupid things that you mentioned - yep chasing another trend is the norm of cattle breeding I suppose - you have to have a cow base from somewhere and lots of the current club calf by-product females are dead end projects just...

if you can get a little bit out of San Jose two great options are - Gilroy, CA the garlic capital of the world - and then there is Watsonville, CA just to the west on the coast where many of the nations strawberries come from - all in that area are some amazing ag areas with large fields of...

that is a shame on being deemed too big at 1400 - I know that the judges figure that you shrink them a good bit and they are larger than that - but to me the university guys should at least consider that there are no discounts up to 900 pound carcass weights and some packers don't discount until...

I think that the sexed heifer semen is $70. or so - your rep probably has some wiggle room on that price depending upon the quantity -

frostback - I will probably travel to the sale and if not I know a couple of good cattlemen that will be going - the catalog is pretty impressive I agree - I have been there the last couple of years and the top end is as good as anywhere - the cattle are more 3-dimensional than most places -

we have 30+ - birth weights from 65 to upper 80s, larger weights out of big crossbred cows  - did not use on heifers but probably could depending on their breeding - lot of bone so be careful with clubby by-products - lots of vigor at birth and quite consistent - 1/2 to 3/4 Simmental calves with...

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your question is a contradiction in terms -  ;)

Chambero - I have an old 2006 PG sale catalogue and 5-1143 was a Magnum (Simmental) out of an Angus cow -

What did you think of the Ranch Hand son #131 that sold in the first pen of the PG sale - the ABS group?  Where did he go?