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We sent a bull out to Hawkeye earlier this year to be collected.  We were treated very well, our bull was treated and managed as good or better than we could have done.  I would be hard-pressed to use another.  Their quality standards are very high and unless you would specify differently, it's...

The last I saw sell at auction was almost $8000 per unit

Quite a few years ago now a friend flushed a really good Ali/Kadabra/Total Play cow to Who da Man. They sold all of the bulls off and most of the heifers, one of those back to Winegardner and she was the Champion Chi in 2012. The following year the put the last heifer calf through an online...

Medium Rare, we had a really nice Wynne in Doubt calf and as we weaned him and put him over on to full feed he fell apart.  Really looks more Angus as he matures and has no chest floor. He is growing well and will finish nice as a beef steer, but not as a show steer.  Tons of hair though, used...

We have one at Donor Solutions now and they found a cyst last time she was set up and would not flush her.  They set her back up and are breeding her now for collection next week.  They said the cyst was gone and they won't try if she is cystic at the time.  Limited experience with IVF if you're...

There is a ton of good information in that episode.  That's also the first time I've heard of the Dominant Follicle Removal, which allows the cow to produce a greater number of quality eggs.  I would not hesitate to send cows to him, seems to have a really good common sense approach to the whole...

I think you are absolutely right.  Find someone near you that you can trust and learn from.  The good breeders always offer extra service after the sale, if they just load them and that is the last time you have any contact with them, they probably won't have the repeat business.  We have had...

I agree, it is an investment and you just have to figure out what works best for you and your goals.  We use embryos a lot to protect our genetic investment, especially as a cow starts to age.

Why not embryos?  I think with just a few cows you could increase the quality of your genetics exponentially with buying embryos and putting them in.  Sell your steers and keep the good heifers.  Some low birthweight heifer safe embryos for your first timers would be good too. 

We haven’t had any Onset calves this year, but have a couple in production and they are doing a great job. This one’s out of our Sooner herd bull.

Thanks. We have semen available on him already, stored at Hawkeye. Going to try and get him ready to picture and hopefully take to NAILE. He’s getting used on some really good cows, be interesting to see what he works on.

We got 5, 6-1 sexed embryos out of the deal. 2 dead’s and 16 unfertiles. Flushed her to Dual Threat conventional and froze 19, 2 unfertile an 8 dead. Pretty happy with that.

Sublime.... Dual Threat (I-80 x WDM x Ace) x Maternal Perfection x WDM x Kadabra x Ali. 70 lb birthweight. He’s been covering cows at home.

I'd have a vet check it, looks kind like a stray testicle.

If you go back through the archives, I think the one he did on calving and dystocia was very well done and organized.  Its like a warm up for calving.

Going back to the original post, There also seems to have been a trend for extreme body and flank depth.  How much is too much?  Bulls like Colburn Creed and Duff Palermo seem to be extreme examples

Knabe, there is the Solid Gold Bull of Brandon Horn’s that was a clone of a champion show steer and has gone on to be a big part in their program.

Make sure they have a lot of experience and they suture well. This is what a cosmo should look like. Unless you looked for the scar you never would have found them.

I'd like to make that happen.  He's a May also and has some performance, was over 1200 at 10 months.  He should be coming home in the next week or so, but we'll keep collecting him as long as he is out there.  Last week he gave us 153 units from one collection.  Going to try and get him some...

We’ll price him at $30. We want him to be used. We just bred a small group to him, so if they took we’ll see what they’re going to do. The cow families are very consistent in his pedigree.