I-80 calf pictures, please.

[Carlson Cattle]

99 times out of 100 when a calf sired by an Angus bull is in a pen with clubbies you will not pick the angus sired calf. and monopoly is out of an angus cow, not an angus sire.

thank you  <beer>

 

[hntwhitetail]

the sire will tell you the future most of the time though

I would rather have great cows than a great sire any day.... 

 

[Quick fire]

99 times out of 100 when a calf sired by an Angus bull is in a pen with clubbies you will not pick the angus sired calf. and monopoly is out of an angus cow, not an angus sire.
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I think this is absurd, and I have raised clubbys for a long long time. The original debate was a angus sired calf from a clubby bred heifer. I will agree that a majority of ppl will pick out a clubby calf, but it will be nowhere near 99%. You can get some dang good calves by occ legend or northern improvement on clubby bred females that can look great and sell awesome.

 

[sizzler14]

that 1 calf would be a heifer too! go ahead and tell me how you will pick a angus sired steer to show, and then I can get my laugh in for the day. who are you kidding? I will give you 98 because i am feeling generous

 

[Carlson Cattle]

that 1 calf would be a heifer too! go ahead and tell me how you will pick a angus sired steer to show, and then I can get my laugh in for the day. who are you kidding? I will give you 98 because i am feeling generous

youve been hating me all day. But ill have to agree with you on this one  :-\

 

[Quick fire]

Experience tells me other wise, and also to others who know what they are talking about.

 

[Quick fire]

Didn't say it couldn't be a heifer....

 

[sizzler14]

i am saying it would be a heifer, not a steer. experience tells me otherwise too. experience tells me i can breed to ali or jesse james, get calves more at the same bw, and I can sell them for $500-$1000 more because they are better calves.

 

[bryan6807]

Our I-80 x GVC Suh/Aunt B bull calf. weighed just under 70lbs. We really like this calf. 3rd pic is of his dam

 

[Carlson Cattle]

wow good calf and nice female

 

[Mainevent]

Here's mine, I mentioned in another post ice pick dam.

 

[OH Breeder]

this whole thing is about rolling the dice

It looks like this thread has taken a side track. The statement really bothers me. You are 14 and your attitude with your herd of 2 is roll the dice? I am not sure that is the perception I want my 14 yr in my family to walk with in the cattle business. At your age I was just trying to build a cow herd. Do a couple of c-sections and have a couple bleed out and prolapse and the "roll the dice" attitude will dry up real quick. I took some very bad advice when I was younger and ended up with a $4000 vet bill,  a few dead calves and cows. The sight is great for information but you have to filter what is on the internet. When people go out and work their cow herd I am not sure their all saying well roll the dice today. Breed them all CE -12 and BW of 10.0.

Heifers are heifers= if you had a pen of calves out of first calf heifers I would say the care and milking ability might influence the crop just as much as the sire.

 

[Bi-Lane Livestock]

Our I-80 x GVC Suh/Aunt B bull calf. weighed just under 70lbs. We really like this calf. 3rd pic is of his dam

Looks good Brian...

 

[Barry Farms]

Consider the fact that calf shape is nearly as important as BW. If a calf is 60 pouunds but shaped like a brick it isnt going to come out vey easily.

VERY I meant very not vey.

 

[bk2005]

Updated pic of the i80 x Parker GD bull @ 2 months old

 

[jbzdad]

That is a nice bull calf  .. smooth front... shaped right... will be a nice bull... kinda interesting... may be difficult to find a buyer just because of how many  I-80 heifers are gonna get kept... but I really like him... you might get him his own thread some time... would like to hear some criticism of him

 

[bk2005]

Taken yesterday...

 

[INbreeder]

Nice calf bk2005! I'm getting the feeling from the general trend of these posts that you guys are hitting on I-80 for birth weights? Now, I understand as well as anyone that there are exceptions, however, in several years of raising club calves (xbred & purebreds) I have never used a bull as consistent as I-80. Birth weight, quality, hair, semen quality... second to none in consistency. In the past 2yrs, on first calf heifers, I have averaged under 75lbs on BW and over $20,000 on sale price. When a bull does that... I'm happy!

 

[ejoe326]

How many I-80 calves did you have and what kind of cows?

I think I'm going to take pics of I-80 calves and the cows we used him on to show the other side of the coin!  I didn't use him on anything needing any power or mass and really only used him on something needing more extension and a prettier look. 

I will agree on semen quality.  BWs bounced around from I think 45 or 48 to 90.  Vigor has been awful.  Hair is hit or miss.  I'm still waiting for the day when I can walk out and see the I-80 group and not want to hide them in the back pasture. 

 

[bk2005]

I've only one i80. This is him. The cow is a first calf heifer out of a herd bull and our Parker cow that is donor quality by most people's standards. The mother is a tick smaller in frame and plainer in her make up. But sound, correct, level and good haired.
I had bred this calf for a heifer but when he came out I thought he might make a cool steer. But as he as grown and bred like he is, he needs left a bull. I think the best thing about him is how correct built he is. Big footed and perfect set to his legs. With a 65lb bw and an 80lb bw on his mother he sould stay fairly small birthing. A lot like i80 in a lot of ways he's not overwhelming powerfull, but still thick, wide based and wide hipped and super smooth. To me he is more of a Maine breeding bull than a clubby being 3/4.
It will be interesting to see how this spring plays out. And with the big dogs flocking to Ohio maybe he will have an add next spring.