Thanks to Gabe Weaver of Moville, IA for reserving the first ten units collected in 2011 on the Bojo bull from Christo's. Gabe likes to plan ahead.Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
Our evaluation of Last years new bulls
In our travels 4 bulls from last years new bulls have identified themselves as consistent producers of high quality cattle. Bojo, Tiger Woods, Power Trip, and Maverick. We have purchased calves sired by those bulls. Our favorites in the bull stud last spring were One in a Million and Walks Alone. We would like to state those bulls are capable of siring good cattle on certain cow types but from a consistency perspective they lack the ability to consistently sire marketable cattle. We have been in 14 states and and viewed over 10,000 club calf bred cows. We have purchased …
Poorer Made Females
Here are two Monopoly heifers raised by Larson Show Cattle in South Dakota. Their mothers were purchased from the Wessington Springs sale barn for $600 each in the spring of 2008. They were then AI’d to Monopoly. 18 months later in Sept of 2009 Brad Larson deposited $28,500 into his checking account. These two heifers have gone on to win several prospect shows. We call this extreme return on investment. Make sure and review the slide on poorer made cows that is posted below. Those are the bulls we recommend to sire highly saleable cattle out of below average cows.