Weaning Show calves
By Mark Forsyth on Sep 7, 2010 | In General | 1 feedback »
First pic is Granddam of FRL 5X
Second pic is dam of FRL 11X
Third pic is FRL 823U as a bred and sister to FRL 5X
Well today we weaned what we feel are the top prospects on the place to take out this fall. I think we we have the strongest set of bull calves to date. The calves have some extra frame with tons of masculinity already. They are as big nutted and as correct as ever and make me very excited. Heifer calves look good as well there is not as large of a selection. But the ones that are here have lots of depth and hair. This is always one of my favorite times. It's when I get to see how all my breeding plans come together. Also get to see how the new herd bulls compare with the older sires.
Here is a list of the calves we are hoping to take out this fall.
This bull calf is as good a bull calf as we have raised to date. I am so excited for what the future of this calf may hold. Before 5X was even born I was hoping for him to be a bull calf and hoping just maybe he could maybe replace his sire. We unfortunatly lost his sire. It's not often when you hope fpr something like this and it turns our maybe even better. 5X's dam is the best young cow on the place! With her first three calves born being at the top of the calf crops. Her first daughter FRL 626s is actually part of the show string this year along side her daughter FRL 002. Rigid will be the highlight bull for our sprig 2011 bull sale and truly think he is worht the stop at the ranch or the stall to have a look at. We will be implmenting him into our herd next spring big time.
Another really strong Muldonado son. This calf is big hipped with tons of herd bull presence. His dam has one of the top udders on the whole ranch. We have admired the KBJ Rouge 11 203H progeny for years and every one more we add just improves our herd. 14X is really a strong footed calf with a wide base and lots of heal.
When we purchased Centennial this was the real exciting part. How good his daughters were going to be. In just a few years of production these daughters are really starting to push there way to the top. They are proving Cent as not only a bull that adds nuts and character and early maturity to his bulls calves but as a female making machine. This calf has lots of hair and carries the qualities I would excpect combining these two sires. His dam is a really moderate, milky, and strong footed young cow that has only begun to show her potential. 11X no doubt has a place in this industry and looking forward to watching what he becomes.
Hefier calves
Our first set of calves out of Horizon a Beletta 0219 son that we raised. Looks to me that he is going to be the real deal. This heifer calf is packed with jam. She is so thick and cowy. I have no doubts she is going to make a cow. She was shown this summer in Swift and was Champion heifer calf. Her pedigree reads great with lots of maternal giants and hope she can offer something to someone elses program. We will be selling this heifer in the fall at the Touch Of Class sale.
This sweet little girl is cool. She is daughter out of the $22000 Duration bull that we sold to Eastondale and Johnsons. Also combined again with the Rougue breeding that has worked awesome in our program. This heifer calf is very sweet fronted with lenght of body to no end. We have only used Duration a little bit ourselves but everytime we do we are so happy with the result. All our heifers were ai'ed to him this year and I think this heifer shows why.
This one my personal favorite. She is maybe not what you invision when you think show heifer. But man will she be a cow. She has so much capacity and rib. She comes out of a cow that is bred so royally and puts it all together structually too. 016X just one more reason we are so sad to have lost the Muldonado bull.
Pair
This cow is a sister to the FRL 5X bull calf we showing. She is what I want every cow to be like on the place and is doing an awesome job on her first calf who is a standout. her daughter 002X has such great odds of becoming something so good in my mind. There is three generation of dams now that have worked here and been at the top of our program. 002 is going to be offered for sale this fall as well. Selling at the Touch Of Class sale in Dec. She is really really hard to let go of as we are trying to put as many 203H daughters together as possible, and she out of a great cow family. I do want to sell only the good ones though so do take a look here. There is longevity and money making momma's backing this one.
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