I like her daddy...a LOT! He looks like a cow maker...small framed, big ribbed & long bodied. Arapahoe was a good cow-making bull, too, so your heifer has potential to be a good mama. Type-wise, I'd go the Simmental route and look for a homozygous black baldy bull so I could register the calf as a half blood if I was picking the bull for her. You can register cattle that are less than 50% Simmie as long as the sire is registered with ASA, but you may not be able to show it some places unless you show as commercial or AOB (% Simmie). There are a lot of baldy bulls coming out...the biggest problem I've had is finding one I like that ties together the pedigree, EPDs & type in a homozygous black, purebred package. Check out PRS Blazin Hot...I have a real nice half blood heifer out of him, and those calves come little. I also had a couple of nice Rendition heifers, but he isn't homozygous black OR homoz. polled, and his numbers aren't real strong. A lot of the baldy bulls aren't gonna have great numbers, but there are some out there. I realize a lot of show ring don't care anything about EPDs...I'm just not one of those guys. Built Right is another more proven baldy bull that can make a showy calf...homozygous polled but not homozygous black. But I've used him a little anyway & had good luck. If you don't mind the calf not being registerable as a half blood, look at Longs Shear Pleasure...3/4 blood baldy bull that will throw muscle, style & length, and he puts a nice front on em. You're calf would register as 3/8.
