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Northeast Iowa | Here's what a Polled Hereford x Holstein frequently looks like. You'll see a lot of those in the beef herds of former dairymen shortly after masking the switch. We used an Angus and a Polled Hereford the last year or two before we quit milking. It was pretty common to see the feather neck pattern show up for another generation or two. Some still looked just angular enough that the Holstein part of the pedigree couldn't be hidden in a sale barn ring. Udder quality on half-blood heifers was usually the weakest point on a Hereford instead of an Angus as the cross back then.
Simmentals or Gelbvieh would be a good option, too. Frame size wouldn't be a big concern compared to 20 years ago. Frame has downsized and moderated considerably since then. You'll find plenty of frame 6 and 7 Angus bulls today. Go back 30 years and you'd find the yellow patterned Simmentals like one guy a vet always mentioned. "He had those big, framey things and put a couple cows in the stanchion barn to milk. They were so big, they stood with their back feet on the other side of the gutter!"
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Holstein/Angus Cross
