hereford, polled hereford, shorthorn cattle ?

are there any polled hereford, hereford or shorthorn cattle in your area?
years ago it seemed like about half the beef cattle in my area was polled hereford, angus and shorthorn made up most of the other breeds, with a few charloias, now, its about all angus,with a couple polled herefords herds,
whats in your area?
i only know one shorthorn herd in my area, a few simmental now to,

One of the few with polled Herefords. Seeing more herds all the time. Father-in-law liked Shorthorns said they milked better.

The majority of cows in Middle Tennessee are black Angus. A smattering of red Angus, Herefords, and mixed breeds. There are no commercial packing plants around here, so the real market is for calves. Buyers come here from the feedlots of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, etc. and buy calves and take them home to finish. There are a few small slaughter houses that process deer, cows, and goats for individuals, but even they are few in number.

Tom in TN

Judging by your handle I’m not too far from you. There are very few Herefords around me and for some reason they don’t seem to be worth anything on the market. I went to the Purdue bull sale and bought an angus bull this fall. They had one Hereford bull that looked really nice but when they turned him out in the ring he didn’t get a single bid. I’m not sure why people just don’t want them anymore

Primarily angus in my area of MN, more blacks than red. There is only one person who comes to mind in a 30 mile radius who I know raises polled Hereford, and I can think of two who raise Shorthorns. There are no real large farms in my area, all are either guys like me who still work full time off-the-farm jobs, or are retired from a previous job and have the cows just because they want to.

Most all cattle around here are crosses.
And they will have Brahma somewhere in the line.
A pure Angus or Hereford just does not preform and will actually lose weight in the summer.

But we still have a lot of Hereford and Shorthorn blood.
Its just in Beefmaster cattle.

You might see Tigerstriped (Hereford Brahma cross) every now and then but Brangus (Angus Brahma cross) is more common.

There are still a couple Hereford breeders in this area. Commercial cows are mostly black though.

Back in 1945 when my dad got out of the army he opened a steak house. His beef was only one type: Black Aberdeen Angus from Kansas, aged 2 weeks. When I was somewhat older, I do recall a conversation he had with someone about why he chose that particular breed over all others. His answer was small boned and marble up good....small bones to me translates to less cutting loss and better marbling means more fat in the meat which adds flavor and tenderness and gets you up in the "Prime Beef" restaurant quality.

I bought this farm in 1979 and stayed with black but with a twist. In church on Sundays, one would notice a family with a son in the pews ahead of you. I like to compare what I saw to your middle 3 fingers on your hand: Momma was the index finger, dad was the 3rd finger and "junior" was the middle finger. I surmised that cross breeding brought benefits in the offspring. In my case, here in Texas, adding the Brahman to the mix gave you a solution to what John referred to as summer time losses in the Angus Breed. Angus were lying down, chewing their cud, under the trees, while Brahmans were out filling it so I raised Brangus, ⅝ Aberdeen Angus and ⅜ Brahman.

Today, 90% of the animals in the area are black crosses. At the sale barns they bring the best prices. In 2014 I got out of the cattle business as a STO. I sold off my herd at a local sale barn and my 3 year old, "grade" Brangus bull brought $3200.00. No brag, just fact. His picture (taken not long before I sold him) is my Avatar on another site where Avatars are used.

Most cattle here are also black, parentage is somewhat questionable, most passed off as angus, but their is a lot of Holstein blood in some and Simmental and any other breed that could be black. SE MN

Up here in Northern NY it's almost all black or red Angus in the commercial herds. I know some folks that have Hereford, Charolais and a lot of people with Scotch Highland they use in the really rough and over grown pastures. I don't know what they do with the Highlands after the pasture is fixed because not a single trucker I've spoken to will haul them due to the horns. We used to see a lot of dairy bull calves, Holstein crossed with an Angus bull, but now with most of small dairies gone and sexed semen the diary bull calve market is tightening up. I know one family with Brown Swiss, another with Guernseys, a couple with Jerseys. Used to be some Limousin beefers and Shorthorns, but I haven't seen anything produced in a few years.

I don't know about anyone else, but I get awful tired if seeing nothing but black and white or black cattle! A little color in the mix is nice.

Hey, black cows matter! 😂😂

Classic, Jay!

Dean

I think short horns have better disposition.

Seems the industry has moved to Angus and Angus cross cows. Some of that may be from the "Certified Angus" beef marketing effort.

I remember my grandad had all Brahma cattle....long ears and long legs, not much meat. So, he decided to do some blending. He bought a nice stocky Angus bull to add to the 2 good Brahma bulls he had. After a few months, he was complaining about how lazy the new bull was. Never saw him working, just setting in the shade or in the water hole. Months later the calves started dropping and guess what....they were mostly BLACK.

IN my area in KY. People tried a lot of different breeds but most everyone went BACK TO BLACK

My good neighbors are <a href="https://cattle-exchange.drovers.com/directory/justiss-ranch-llp-polled-hereford-cattle-breeder/32114851">polled hereford cattle breeders</a>.

We have a polled Hereford bull for our Scottish Highland cows.

I had a few short horns in my heard they are good cattle but they take a doc on sale day

Around here shorthorn are pretty much just a show breed but there are quite a few around. Mostly angus

I always get "angus flavored beef"