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If you goal is in the end to produce club calves then I would lean hard to Troubador from Kris Black.  While he is a 3/4 and not a purebred he will sire much more style, look, and bone then more commercial oriented Char bulls. 

You can flush with sexed semen but your embryo recovery is about 40-50% of normal....same with conception rate.  During the centerfuge process there is some damage done to motility.  We flushed a cow this spring to sexed By-Product semen and recovered 11 grade ones and were very pleased with that. 

If you abort 4 months into pregnancy you will be adding a lot of complication....ask your vet but I would not reccomed it.

He wasn't freezing this spring, semen was too immature.  Since then Nathan Rhoades of Rhoades Cattle Co. bought Matt's interest out, the bull ran with cows this June/July and now is freezing high quality semen at Great Lakes Sire Service.

Depends on your goals and ingredients you have available to mix with.  If you are feeding a lot of calves and want to tweek the formulation as you go and have good ingredients to mix with then the Nutribase is a good avenue, you will need to be able to source cottonseed hulls and barley later...

It is a decent feed, we use there creep and starter feed.  Watch for consistency, this has been my biggest concern.  If you have access to Show-Rite I would go that direction for growing and finishing. 

Here is a Grizzly x Highlander we sold, she was a tick slower growing but came on late....good attitude, we will breed him again to the right cows.

What about the Royal???? In my opinion it is the toughest major followed by NAILE and then Ft. Worth. State fairs: Iowa, Ohio/Indiana followed by IL.

How is he on bw and calving ease?

Thanks for the positive feedback, she is for sale for now, otherwise will go in the keeper pen.

Troubadour x Highlander (Chinooks maternal sister)......we are pretty excited about this little girl.

Estrotechs r what we use, watch for tail swating and placement as this can give a false heat.  Prep the cow right and they stay on good.

I grew up showing with Shawn in Mo, great guy and very reputable & trustworthy

If u are looking only for heifers I would us GCC Wizard sexed semen....15 million cells total.  He will add both Maine and Simmi and make a nice cow family to breed clubby, should soften em up well.  Using sexed semen likely will result in less embryos but if u are only putting in a few a year u...

Monopoly x Friction (Chinooks Mother).  Pretty exited about what this one is going to do, for sale at farm.

Yes, Matt carries it and owns him with Rhoades Cattle of Indiana.  He is gonna add a ton of power and look with hair, structure and a great cow family behind him.  His mother is getting set up to flush as we speak. 

Of course I am biased but to do the things you are descriping hands dow use Matt Lautners Chinook. 

Are you looking to make heifers or steers?  Use a 1/2 blood or purebred?  On the pure side to mate HW I would use either Yardley High Regard or Chopper.  On the 1/2 blood side either Griswolds Whizard or Matt lautners Chinook.

He fed super good and came on strong with depth...cow family is packed with body.

Thanks...his mamma has a red Monopoly heifer this year that is fan freaking tastic!  Plan on getting a good picture tonight.