daydreamingacres said:
I guess a combination of both and looking for cattle that may be eaiser for me to handle by myself. I was just thinking that you can buy a pretty good ( on a local level) heifer for less then $2000 of another breed where as the lowlines seem to be on the higher side. Everyone is looking for ways to cut their feed costs! I have a smaller cow that takes less to feed then my larger cow and I feel more comfortable working her if no one is around....and they dont have horns. and to go back to everyone elses posts to me ( and again no offense to anyone) I dont think that there is an animal to me worth $30,000. I used to work with one and when I first saw her she was in a pen with another heifer that was home grown and I had to ask which one was the expensive one. You see whenever I buy anything for more then I would usually pay it goes horribly wrong and I lose out! Is it because that they are still new and kind of rare?
Sounds like Lowlines would be perfect for you & they are all polled... even the percentage Lowlines.
Email Cindy Jackson at...
[email protected] ...and tell her that " TJ " told you to email her. She has some big Angus, but she is converting over to strictly Lowline and Lowline crosses. She doesn't have a lot of pasture & she can tell you about her stocking rates & how much less her Lowlines eat than her bigger Angus. Plus, Cindy does everything with her cattle all by herself. Her husband has had health issues for a while now & isn't able to help. For that matter, Cindy has had a couple rounds with cancer, but she tries to do everything all by herself. Cindy has been in the Angus business for a while & she's had some State Fair winning animals, yet she said that she's made more $$$ with Lowlines than with any other breed.
I know a couple of places where you could find some fullblood heifers for around $2,500 (priced for a "quick sale"). However, most are currently $3,000+. I also am pretty sure that you live in the northeast... those do tend to be pretty pricey & I think that you'd probably find them considerably cheaper in the midwest or the southeast. If $3,000 is a little too pricey, I'd consider registered percentage Lowlines. They aren't quite as small as the fullbloods, so they are actually more "commercially accepted", yet they are still considered small by many. If you were willing to spend $2,000 a piece for percentage Lowlines, you could probably put together a pretty nice herd of registered 1/2 bloods. You probably wont dominate any Lowline shows with $2,000 percentage animals, but you could compete. You can show percentage Lowlines & people will buy them as seedstock or as feeders for grassfed beef.