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Northeast Iowa | Loved the Fleckvieh’s I’ve used over the years. Super calm cattle that made great crosses with Angus.
Still have some blaze / brockle patterns that show up from Caufitime T41 72X from the 90’s. I bred some yearling heifers to him one year. The Angus heifers were bred to him and the Simmental heifers were bred to Bando 598. The 21st Century rep thought it wouldn’t go well with a Simmental on heifers. I pulled the majority of the Bando calves and never touched one bred to Caufitime. I told my 21st Century rep how bad the Bando calves were the next spring. Used to eat dinner at the same cafe as the DSM for 21st. He would never speak to me when I said hello after that experience.
I don’t recall if it was NBI that handled Caufitime, but I found semen for about $10 a unit and bought a hundred units or so. Excellent udders, easy fleshing, great growth, very docile. I’d buy more today if I found it.
Looking at Caufitime’s EPDs today, he’s still respectable for being 38 years old.
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We got a scale in 1983 and weighed calves every 28 days in the feedlot. The Fleckvieh influence was impressive. When I submitted my Beef Proficiency Award for FFA, it didn’t advance at the district level. My advisor was beyond steamed. He asked one of the judges why it didn’t advance.
“Those numbers aren’t realistic. We think he made them up.”
My advisor had been there when we weighed them, so he knew the numbers were accurate and the performance was real. I wish he was still around today to see how unrealistic things are. | |
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Fleckveigh cattle?
