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Jim
Posted 1/6/2017 11:54 (#5748711)
Subject: Holstein/Angus cross


Driftless SW Wisconsin

If you breed a Holstein cow and Angus bull, what sort of color do you get? Can it be visually confused with an Angus/Hereford BWF cross?  I see some mostly black calves on the Bloomington sale video with more of a white brockle face, not the pure whiteface I usually associate with Angus/Hereford cross.

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Crete
Posted 1/6/2017 11:56 (#5748716 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Badger State
Solid black.
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Dairyhack
Posted 1/6/2017 11:58 (#5748720 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Central, PA
Most always black. Maybe a fleck of white around the navel, but not much else
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pacer 54
Posted 1/6/2017 11:58 (#5748723 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


sw mb.
Google Hays Converter. Hereford, Holstein and Brown Swiss
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Macttle
Posted 1/6/2017 11:59 (#5748725 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Yep
Nurse cow I use to have - solid black calves, always did just as good as beef calves if I didn't stick to many on her





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Supa Dexta
Posted 1/6/2017 12:00 (#5748729 - in reply to #5748716)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross



NS Canada
Yes, a little taller, leaner & solid black.

I get some calves like this off tan cows and black sim bulls. I also have similar calves off solid red cows, red roan short horns, tan white face.. etc So its hard to know what they could be.

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exdairyguy
Posted 1/6/2017 12:01 (#5748731 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


swmn
I hit a 650 pound Holstein angus-cross one night with the truck doing 65 miles an hour had a white stripe on its belly about 18 inches long was the only white on it
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farmerjon52
Posted 1/6/2017 12:01 (#5748733 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross



They are black. I have 3 of them and will get a pic when I do chores this afternoon. They do look like a shorter version of a Holstein but, to me at least, look shorter and stockier like the angus...
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Jim
Posted 1/6/2017 12:06 (#5748741 - in reply to #5748729)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Driftless SW Wisconsin

Is this why I see some blacks selling so much lower than others? Would these show up at an "all beef" feeder sale?

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Crete
Posted 1/6/2017 12:10 (#5748753 - in reply to #5748741)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Badger State
They sure are not made of PORK!

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rkieffer
Posted 1/6/2017 12:40 (#5748825 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: That's where modern Angus come from.


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Jim
Posted 1/6/2017 12:42 (#5748828 - in reply to #5748753)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Driftless SW Wisconsin

Seems to me that "all beef" means 100% beef breed, not 50% beef/50% dairy.

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jupp
Posted 1/6/2017 12:45 (#5748841 - in reply to #5748825)
Subject: RE: That's where modern Angus come from.



SW WI
I have a few bull calves like this from neighbors bull getting in pasture last year. take them as steers to dairy or beef sale? Worth more than a straight Holstein? First cross calves I've ever had nice calves
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Crete
Posted 1/6/2017 12:46 (#5748846 - in reply to #5748828)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Badger State
It was a joke Jim.

You don't know what they are but they are not "all holstein" either. So you take them to the sale where you think you get the most money.
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Jim
Posted 1/6/2017 12:52 (#5748860 - in reply to #5748846)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Driftless SW Wisconsin

Seems like 50% vs 100% might feed out quite differently.

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Crete
Posted 1/6/2017 12:56 (#5748868 - in reply to #5748860)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Badger State
You don't even know what they are let alone 50 60 70 100% of anything. Maybe they are just junk beef cattle?
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bacon
Posted 1/6/2017 13:04 (#5748895 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


SC North Dakota
The buyers around here can usually pick out the Holstein influence and you get knocked pretty good on price.
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bennyt
Posted 1/6/2017 13:29 (#5748934 - in reply to #5748841)
Subject: RE: That's where modern Angus come from.


Trenton, Missouri
My uncle used to always say"black hide hides a multitude of sins". I have heard several people say there is some Holstein in most of the modern black angus.
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rkieffer
Posted 1/6/2017 13:31 (#5748939 - in reply to #5748741)
Subject: The buyers will show you


From then on you'll know what sale to take them to.
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Jim
Posted 1/6/2017 13:51 (#5748979 - in reply to #5748895)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Driftless SW Wisconsin

bacon - 1/6/2017 13:04 The buyers around here can usually pick out the Holstein influence and you get knocked pretty good on price.

That's what it seemed like on the Bloomington sale video I watched for a bit.

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mndairyfarmer
Posted 1/6/2017 13:59 (#5748991 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


swmn
Something like this



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Jim
Posted 1/6/2017 15:11 (#5749086 - in reply to #5748991)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Driftless SW Wisconsin

Thanks for the pic.

Looks like CAB to me!  ;-)

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chrisws89
Posted 1/6/2017 16:27 (#5749194 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Ontario, Canada
More than likely its just 1/8 hereford or simmental. Some of my 1/4 Herefords have just a few white markings on their faces.
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farmerjon52
Posted 1/6/2017 17:01 (#5749269 - in reply to #5748733)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross



Here are my 3 holstein / angus cattle



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cr39
Posted 1/6/2017 18:29 (#5749475 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


I bought some bottle calves that were 3/4 angus, 1/4 holstein and they still stuck out like a sore thumb in a pen of my calves.
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carlsoncl
Posted 1/6/2017 19:07 (#5749574 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Beresford, SD
With what's going on in the fed stein market, one would think sexed semen sales will skyrocket.
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Crete
Posted 1/6/2017 19:26 (#5749642 - in reply to #5749574)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


Badger State
They are/it is. That'll work..........for a while.
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PivotBoy
Posted 1/6/2017 20:20 (#5749829 - in reply to #5748991)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


mndairyfarmer did these come from your own dairy? If not where did they come from?
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sparrell
Posted 1/6/2017 20:37 (#5749883 - in reply to #5748711)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross



A short tale of two calves "here". Both heifers. One an all black angus/Holstein cross. The other was a much more dairy type heifer calf. It had a little brown color to it but by all accounts way more Holstein than the angus cross. It would have never passed for a beef calf.

Fed the same and together their whole lives, in the same pen and all.

Angus cross looked awesome, to the point I was almost going to make it freezer beef for ourselves. The other animal, not so much. It looked just ok for a fat dairy type heifer.

I normally sell live weight and knew I would take a bath on the holstein dairy type heifer selling live weight.

Got to the private treaty sale barn and was offered $1.12 live for the angus cross heifer, and like $.95 live for the Holstein one. Said screw it and told them to sell them both grade/yield instead. Thought maybe the angus would go prime, and thought I couldn't lose much on the Holstein.

On grade and yield, both animals brought exactly the same per pound.

In the end, I lost money sell the angus cross grade/yield and made more money selling the more dairy type animal that way.

I'm sure it doesn't always work that way for Holstein/angus crosses, but that's how it worked "here".



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mndairyfarmer
Posted 1/6/2017 20:45 (#5749899 - in reply to #5749829)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


swmn
Yes they are from my farm. I have an angus bull with my heifers. I don't have a good system for catching them to ai them like I do my cows.
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mndairyfarmer
Posted 1/6/2017 20:55 (#5749924 - in reply to #5749642)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


swmn
There was a time not so long ago that Holstein calves got hit in the head. I made good money that spring by raising my bull calves. The bad thing about sexed semen is you lose fertility. I would rather have a cow bred.
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yongfarmer89
Posted 1/7/2017 08:44 (#5750660 - in reply to #5749574)
Subject: RE: Holstein/Angus cross


whitesville new york
carlsoncl - 1/6/2017 07:07

With what's going on in the fed stein market, one would think sexed semen sales will skyrocket.


Still got to find a home for them! I got too many heifers already breeding with a bull. I'd raise my Bulls if I didn't have way too many animals already
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