Originally Posted by roundoak
Nice pic, Ben. Looks alot like the country around here.

Black Angus is the predominate breed here on the farm for some of the reasons you stated, however I am a sucker for a good deal at the sale barn and will purchase other breeds. A recent example was 12 bred Red Angus mama cows owned by an elderly gentlemen farmer came through the sale barn last fall. They did not bid out very high. When they calved, two cows had twins. I made out like a bandit. grin

Any Red Angus in your area?


I can't think of anyone that has quite a few red Angus off the top of my head. I know one guy who has a whole herd of red limousine, which he says is pretty rare.

We usually buy our animals for the feedlot straight from the farm. We like to buy black, but if they're selling a few random breeds we'll take them if the price is fair. A quality animal that grows well is a the end goal.