andy said:
J&H Mike's Cujo
Broome Quality
Manitoba Sunrise
Red Rose Ruffian
RB Eagle 157th
All decent bulls, but probably won't get used here as not breeding much Shorthorn.
I would not throw any of this out. I bet you could sell almost all of this semen at what you paid for it or more, especially the Sunrise, Quality and Eagle 157th. There is still some Mike's Cujo, and Ruffian around but I expect it would sell as well.
The only times I have tossed some semen I have regretted it later. Last night I had a phone call from a guy looking for some semen from a bull called Gloriadale Premium. I used to have some of this semen along with a few other Gloriadale sires, but I needed some room and I tossed it all. I could have sold all of it at very inflated prices today. Gloriadale Farms were one of the very first breeders of Polled Shorthorns and they dispersed in the mid 60s. Gloriadale Premium was one of the first polled bulls used at Huberdale Farms and he left some pretty impressive females.
In the last two years I have sold more semen that was over 30 years old, than I have from sires of the modern era. I sometimes wonder what people are thinking, but I guess whatever turns their crank!
In my tanks, I could probably find a few gems ( at least to someone). How about some Glenford Curt, who was the highest priced bull I ever sold. He was a US National Champion in 1985. I purchased him at the 1984 Regina Bull Sale for $15, 500. I was almost certain that he could be the next US National Champion, as he was 2 inches taller than any other bull being shown in the US. In that era, height was almost everything. Two hours after I purchased Curt, I was on a flight to Omaha, as the American Polled Shorthorn Congress show was the next day. I got into Omaha late in the evening. The next morning, I was eating breakfast, when a couple breeders joined me. Before I finished my breakfast, I was offered $15,500 for a 1/3 interest, based entirely on his hip height. Later that summer I sold the remaining 2/3 interest and possession to Granada Land and Cattle in Indiana, which was managed by Bill Wilson for $30,000. In our negotiations, I kept the Canadian rights and 800 doses of semen that I had collected. Later in January, he was named US National Champion.
I also have a few straws of Curt's sire, Ayatollah. I never used Ayatollah in my herd, but I inherited some of his semen from a neighbor. I probably could find some semen from a few bulls that no one on SP has ever heard of.... and probably never should!
