hereford cattle?

swindave · Apr 17, 2021

are there any hereford,or polled hereford cattle in your area?
i still have a few, years ago , it was almost all polled herefords,
but , now, black angus is by far the most popular in my area,
whats it like in your area?

Vito · Apr 17, 2021

Still in our area. Mostly small farms around our area. The

Vito

504 · Apr 17, 2021

Herefords are still around here,polled and not polled. I think the angus hype started with fast food commercials,so now the public associates the name angus with premium beef. I would rather have a good cross breed in the freezer.

Case Nutty 1660 · Apr 17, 2021

my friends herd has all colors but the black ones for sure bring more coin at the sale barn

Tgrasher · Apr 17, 2021

Mostly Angus but I've never been one to go with the flow, Jersey for milk and Hereford for beef.

JayinNY · Apr 17, 2021

I had pollard Herefords for about 12 years, only had 4 at a time, but mostly black angus around here.

JayinNY · Apr 17, 2021

Polled,

GreenEnvy · Apr 17, 2021

The joke around here is if you see a herd of Hereford cattle out driving around, that means grandpa is still alive. Not counting bull breeders, I only know of 2 places that run hererford.

PJH · Apr 17, 2021

We started out with Herefords - nice docile creatures. Then we got Brahma and Brangus bulls and saved heifers that they sired. The docile nature eventually faded away, but I was young and didn't mind. Now that I'm old I ship anything that looks even slightly crossways at me. Toss your head twice and I'm writing your number down - you're a goner. I sent two to the sale barn last Tuesday. They were whiteface, but had a testy nature about them. Two 1200 pound old cows brought $70 and $70.50 cwt. I remember when we were thrilled with $30 cwt on an old cow.

I should mention, before someone else does, that most of the Brangus cross are very peaceful creatures out in the open. But they are very likely to tear the barn apart when you close a gate behind them.

Herefords were on every farm when I was a kid. Then they started turning into black baldies - then eventually solid black. Now the big boys have cattle that look like a speckled pup. I don't even know how to describe the color of them. I'm not criticizing - these guys know what they are doing, and I respect their advice.

I've been around cattle my entire life, and I know very little about them.

Chief 83 · Apr 18, 2021

I have Herefords. About 20 now,polled. They mind fences pretty well and my bull Bob is the calm type. Still keep an eye on him if out in the field with him. I like the dark red the most. Just worked some calves today. They and I are tired!

Tom in TN · Apr 18, 2021

My next door neighbor has about 20 very mixed breed, predominantly horned Hereford. They are relatively small cows. I don't know but I've always thought that their small size was due to their being very inbred. He recently shipped his herd bull but I know that he used that bull for nearly 15 years.

Like others said, it's mostly black around here.

Tom in TN

valleview · Apr 18, 2021

When great grandpa fenced in the prairie in the 1870's, he brought in Shorthorns. they were the most popular cattle of the time. As a kid many years ago, there were a few Shorthorn looking cows, but they were crossed with Hereford. Dad bought a Charolais bull or two and a Simmental. He tried Angus. They were wild and mean. There were three wild Angus here when Dad passed. Got two of them caught and sold- the third crashed through every gate and partition in the cow yard. Finally got her sold the next year. Still have 8 nice fat Herefords. Electric fence keeps them in, You can walk amongst them. I AI them with the best Hereford bulls- they usually settle the first time. Great grandma was a champion butter maker with her Guernsey cows. Still have a few of them left too. The day is coming when they will all be gone after 150 years. I would rather pass first, but that wouldn't be fair to the family
Agriculture has sure changed in the last 50 years! -Rand

mtf · Apr 18, 2021

All polled herefords here, I prefer their docile behavior. They do bring less at the sale barn, but bull demand is very strong.

69stang · Apr 18, 2021

I run polled hereford here, but most run all black cattle.

V35B · Apr 18, 2021

I still have 14 Hereford bulls on one place, they are in with the Angus cows. The F1 crosses still bring good money here. Take one to the sale with too much ear and you will not get the best price. The rest of the cattle I run are yearlings I get out of Mexico every year, mostly all black, but a few will have some mix in them, usually Longhorn or Shorthorn.

My grandads on both sides of my family always ran Herefords. I still laugh about the comment he made when I started running black cattle. He called then (derogatory word) cows.

Carlmac 369 · Apr 18, 2021

(quoted from post at 01:15:16 04/18/21) [b:744c161661]The joke around here is if you see a herd of Hereford cattle out driving around[/b:744c161661], that means grandpa is still alive. Not counting bull breeders, I only know of 2 places that run hererford.

I'd like to see that.

Brown Swiss · Apr 18, 2021

I have red Herefords, some have lineback mixed in the genetics!

Donald Lehman · Apr 18, 2021

You would think after all of these years of AI and selective breeding that some of the stubborness/meanness would have been bred out of Angus, but apparently not. Holsteins have come a long way since I was a kid in getting rid of the meanness in them.

SHALER · Apr 18, 2021

Perhaps 504. But in the early 70's the American Angus association was seeing a marked decrease in registrations. All that changed in 1978 when Ohioans Mick Colvin and Fred Johnson effectively branded a commodity (beef) when they invented the Certified angus Beef Program. After that things took off for the black angus breed.

NEKS · Apr 18, 2021

I have about half Herford and half Angus herd. Took a Hereford steer to locker last month wanted to get in last fall. Got really big. Brother took in a Angus steer, looked a lot smaller and got about 100 lbs. less meat then me. He said my was all legs.
I am a poor judge of cattle.

rrlund · Apr 18, 2021

I bought a small herd of them in 2002. Nine head if I remember right. I bred them to an Angus bull and got some nice baldie cows. I bought 2 nice Hereford heifers somewhere else about the same time. I've bred all the red out of the herd since then. A guy just east of town still has a small herd of them and breeds with a Hereford bull. A few years back, a Hereford bull was the top gaining bull on the MCA/MSU tested bull sale.

JK-NY · Apr 18, 2021

I had a few herefords at one point. The farm I worked at as a boy and young man went from a guernsey dairy farm to polled herefords. This would be in the 1970's in an area that was mostly all dairy farms. At that time herefords were probably the most popular beef breed as many part time farmers started small herds.My high school shop teacher had a small herd of registered polled herefords. I believe the polled hereford caught on due to no horns and their relatively calm nature. I also took care of a small herd of herefords for an elderly friend for a couple winters in the early 1990's. As mentioned by others now angus and simmental or crosses are more valuble on the market. Personally I liked the hereford cows, although I dont have the experience with alot of the other breeds that some here have. I have helped load longhorns and bison so I do know crazy when I see it.

James Howell · Apr 18, 2021

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Fred Werring · Apr 18, 2021

Southern Ohio, Herefords will bring $0.20/lb less than black.

So I started running Angus bulls, to get a black herd. And my retained heifers started getting more flighty, nervous, and more aggressive as mommas.

So I started buying Hereford bulls, my thought was to put some calm back in the heifers I retained. It worked.

Now I get Angus/Hereford bulls...baldies...they're docile like Herefords, gets me the black hide (usually) the market likes.

I'm pretty small time, 40 momma cows. Still have some straight Hereford mommas...I always will, I just like 'em.

Fred

Fred

Absent Minded Farmer · Apr 18, 2021

Good looking cows!!! The hereford is a stout feller & I've always liked the face of a Jersey. However, there frame always came off as a bit boney.

Mike

BarnyardEngineering · Apr 19, 2021

(quoted from post at 05:17:37 04/18/21) You would think after all of these years of AI and selective breeding that some of the stubborness/meanness would have been bred out of Angus, but apparently not. Holsteins have come a long way since I was a kid in getting rid of the meanness in them.

All they care about is how much meat they produce. They want large fast-growing animals. If they do care about temperament at all, they WANT aggressive animals because they're aggressive at the feed trough too.

Of course if everyone is aggressive, they all may as well be docile. At least they wouldn't be bruising up the meat fighting over feed.

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