The real Redbull…

[unclebilly]

This is a 2 year old shorthorn that we raised. He’s purebred and registered. We are hoping to sell him in the next week or so.

[Scott Douglas]

My brother sent me this picture of a bull in his 'hood today.
Not a short horn, don't know if he's registered or purebred either for that matter.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

This is a 2 year old shorthorn that we raised. He’s purebred and registered. We are hoping to sell him in the next week or so.

OK, what's it worth?

[unclebilly]

I am asking $3500 which is a pretty good deal. His brother got $40k last year at a bull sale. This guy is every bit as good.

[mocha07]

At 2years old,what is his weight?

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

I am asking $3500 which is a pretty good deal. His brother got $40k last year at a bull sale. This guy is every bit as good.

Why such a big difference In price?

[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Why such a big difference In price?

The power of the auction sale…

I think he’s about 1700 lbs.

[gacook]

This is nowhere near my wheelhouse...but, why $40k for a bull?

[stevej37]

Someone else that knows more will answer, but I'm guessing semen sales.

[unclebilly]

The best bulls are used to adjust the genetics for portions of the entire herd. Some bulls tend to have bad feet (these you don’t keep), are predisposed to genetic defects (double muscling), cancer, slow weight gain, large calves, etc. you don’t want this.

The unicorn bull throws a small calf with fast weight gain and has no genetic defects in his history that would lead to poor performance on his offspring. If you breed 50 cows to a given bull, all 50 calves could wind up with these genetic issues.

This guy has genetics going back to a bull named Roughneck (he was a famous Shorthorn bull whose semen was used widely for desirable traits). The dominant desirable traits are calving ease (CED), low birth weight (bw), weaning weight (ww), yearling weight (yw)… the carcass traits are carcass weight (cw), ribeye area (rea) and this is actually measured on a live bull using ultrasound.

Here is his paperwork:

[gacook]

That's interesting, thanks. Still blows my mind that he would pull a price of $40k. Helluva stud, I guess

[stevej37]

I've never been offered that much....still waiting.