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<blockquote data-quote="BIZIN" data-source="post: 754376" data-attributes="member: 5783"><p>Idaman...Your exactly right. We do have bulls, but they arent of the standard that I would sell to any hereford breeder, they arent registered and are just for commercial guys around us. Dad and I are cattle buyers and we see it all the time. Black is just a psychological thing. Down at Mankota Stockyards a group of 300 hereford steers will come in or Red Brockle Face steers that are top cut steers and bring lets say $1.20/lb, the next set of steers could be 300 black or black brockle face steers and be 3rd cut steers and bring 5-10 cents more. Our customers in eastern canada want the best black and tan steers available, and they will pay for them, but they just want to be able to walk through their barns or pens and see consistency. All the angus breed has done is good marketing! With CAB, when we send our fats to Greeley, CO all the blacks go CAB and they are all black simmental and black gelbvieh out of hereford cows or Welsh black X Hereford cows. I am ok with that premium, but its false advertising.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BIZIN, post: 754376, member: 5783"] Idaman...Your exactly right. We do have bulls, but they arent of the standard that I would sell to any hereford breeder, they arent registered and are just for commercial guys around us. Dad and I are cattle buyers and we see it all the time. Black is just a psychological thing. Down at Mankota Stockyards a group of 300 hereford steers will come in or Red Brockle Face steers that are top cut steers and bring lets say $1.20/lb, the next set of steers could be 300 black or black brockle face steers and be 3rd cut steers and bring 5-10 cents more. Our customers in eastern canada want the best black and tan steers available, and they will pay for them, but they just want to be able to walk through their barns or pens and see consistency. All the angus breed has done is good marketing! With CAB, when we send our fats to Greeley, CO all the blacks go CAB and they are all black simmental and black gelbvieh out of hereford cows or Welsh black X Hereford cows. I am ok with that premium, but its false advertising. [/QUOTE]
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