Hot Spot

[Rustynail]

Anyone used are seen any calves out of him? How did they look?  How hard on the cow? All the usual questions.

Thanks
AC

 

[Ruchian]

I showed one last year.  Really deep and wide.  Not very tall.  Finished out between 1200 and 1250. 

 

[GLZ]

I know of a red heifer out of him.  Lots of chrome.  A ton of depth, nice width.  A little on the short side.  I dont know if this runs with Hot Spot or not, but this particular heifer is extremely flighty almost to the point of being hot.  She is on high alert all the time.

 

[Ruchian]

None of the hot spots i have been around have been flighty.  When I bought my hot spot steer i could walk right up to him and some other hot spot calves out in the middle of a field, never been worked with before that.

 

[Hoof Hearted]

Let me start by saying I owned Hot Spot so I may be a bit biased. But I have had a bunch of calves out of him so I can give you my opinion of him. He will fairly consistently moderate frame and add body and volume. He also adds a lot of muscle and power and a good front end.  Birth weights can be all over the place,  although the majority of them are 80 -95 lbs I have Had them as low as in the 50’s and up to 120lbs they seem to follow the cows birth weights. Most are very hairy and I have found he doesn't throw much more color when bred to your typical X-bred cow than any other clubby bull with the exception of blaze or brockle faced. He is a red gene carrier, I have seen some Shorthorn colored calves out of him as well as Hereford marked ones when bred to a Hereford. I have had no structure problems out of him or disposition problems. For me the greatest thing I have found are his daughters, they are making great cows, his dam is a great cow who milks great and it seems to be passed down, I must admit that the majority of the females I kept are out of maternally bred cows so I'm sure that helps. Another bonus is semen quality is very high and he was very fertile freezing 800 – 1200 straws per week as a 2-3 year old. Any other questions about him feel free to post it or PM me and I will do my best to answer it. P.S. he is a TH carrier and he is deceased.
Thanks,
Todd

 

[Wiley]

What is he and Do you have a picture of him?

 

[Rustynail]

Thanks to everyone for the info.

 

[Rustynail]

Here is a link to him

  http://www.selectsires.com/beef/directory/documents/7CA6.pdf