Aubrac cattle

[Telos]

Thought this was a little entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2yhgM0aHZE

 

[FCCO]

Interesting and scary at the same time! I have had the chance to visit with a few of the French Aubrac breeders on the phone. I have not wasted my time when invited to go over there and tour their herds, as we would most likely not see eye to eye. When I asked one guy about the horns, ugly fronts, and poor conformation of the breed, he told me "we have more important things to do besides trying to make a cow pretty". When I asked like what, he said they spend must of their day enjoying their meals..up to 3 hours per meal?? He also informed me that the French Government (at least 3-4 years ago) was paying each farmer around 275.00 US per animal to keep them traditional looking. The breed has some real advantages on the maternal and efficiency side, but I prefer them to look Americanized!

 

[Simmgal]

They don't look bad! They look like they could sire some real scalebusters, and in the commercial beef business, that's what we want! (And the black/brown color doesn't hurt either!) I am alos impressed about the feed effeciency! <party>

 

[FCCO]

Hey Simmgal..they are muscled very well (but not a double muscled breed) so they tend to weigh more than their moderate frame would make you think. They are a maternal continental breed, so the females are efficient and awesome, but if someone was looking for a breed that could handle a bunch of grain and really have a bunch of horsepower, than nearly all the other continentals would be a better choice. But for an operation that is low input and trying to graze as much as they can year round, they do it well.

 

[AubracBeef]

Really don't think these purebred Aubrac females look that bad.  A few of our 2008 crop 1 month after weaning, on grass of course.  The polled gene is moving quickly...all of the individuals on our website are polled.    http://aubracbeef.com/aubracbeef.com/Home.html

The kids have had great success at the county fair with purebred Aubrac steers having won the last 2 champions and also carcass contest.  

Sure can take pictures of some of our 2011 cattle if anyone is interested.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[FCCO]

Good to see a post, Scott! The Aubrac Beef LLC group are some of the most dedicated Aubrac breeders around and are working with a good foundation of Aubrac genetics.

 

[Telos]

They just look like good beef cattle... Like the pics of the weaned calves.

Do they have a diluter gene for hair like Charolais?

 

[flacowman]

Good looking cattle and impressive data.  Have you ever crossed them with Charolais?

 

[garybob]

Really don't think these purebred Aubrac females look that bad.  A few of our 2008 crop 1 month after weaning, on grass of course.  The polled gene is moving quickly...all of the individuals on our website are polled.    http://aubracbeef.com/aubracbeef.com/Home.html

The kids have had great success at the county fair with purebred Aubrac steers having won the last 2 champions and also carcass contest.  

Sure can take pictures of some of our 2011 cattle if anyone is interested.

Thanks,

Scott

These little girls look awfully well.

GB

 

[garybob]

Thought this was a little entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2yhgM0aHZE

Me, too. That countryside looks just like the Ozarks.

GB

 

[AubracBeef]

As Del mentioned no genetic defects that we are aware of including diluter gene.

Outstanding and prov-en cross with Charolais.  No issue with color...effective cross to deal with the homozygous wild gene present in Aubrac cattle.

One of my favorite French pictures...hard working Aubrac females with big Char calves.

 

[Cody Renz]

A Yearling Aubrac Bull we are using on some Angus cross heifers/cows this year. Frame Score 3