Of course I know nothing about AI Bulls that's why I asked about the value of one.
Another question. If the rancher was into progressive ranching why would he keep a bull that had no potential in becoming a top notch bull?
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If what the report state is correct, he kept the bull after hand-raising him. A bull can be good phenotypically but not really good as far as performance goes. Also, if the guy decides he has a decent calf he can keep intact and not have to spend $4500 - $5000 next Spring for a bull, he might do that.
There are hundreds of thousands of breeding bulls produced every year. And there might be one or two that make it into a stud and prove to be a really successful AI bull. Hundreds are bought or leased by studs and of those, a very few make it more than a couple years as a marketable prospect.
