Posted by Mike (WA) on June 24, 2013 at 13:25:29 from (69.10.199.42):
In Reply to: Beef cows posted by samn40 on June 23, 2013 at 19:57:12:
Big push of "exotic" breeds here, in the '60's into the '80's. Simmental, Charlois, Salers, Limousin, Murray Gray, etc., etc. Still some purebred breeders selling them to each other, but commercials seem to be pretty much back to blacks and black baldies. Unless they're black, or hereford, you take a beating on price at the auction.
Variety of reasons- some hard calving (Charlois), too big (many), and behavior- friend had a Salers herd, got rid of them when his grandkids got big enough to venture into the fields and had a couple of close calls. He's back to Herefords now.
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