Bull sale logic?

[redcountry]

we have bought bulls from the same breeder for the last ten years, he called and asked if I was needing a bull? he had a left over two year old .
We realy couldnt afford another right now but he offered the bull at meat price.
$800. for a reg. pure bred, said if anybody was going to get a bargin it should be a friend.
I feel with friends like that we will make out just fine.

[cswilson]

This is an ageless debate-home raised versus purchased breeding stock-we sell all our production as finished cattle on a quality grid so poor genetic decisions would show up quite quickly.About 70 percent of our calves are A.I. sired the remainder are from mostly homeraised bulls-we but maybe one outside bull every year or so-basically if I see one I think I need I buy him-partner up or whatever toget him bought. The main advantage I see over our homeraised bulls is longevity-they are raised from proven cows that I know work for us. How does a coe get proven at our place-she calves on grass unobserved-she breeds back-her steers hang a prime-yield grade 1 carcass. Right now we are running 6 of our own bulls-they are all sons of two cows. I guess the main thing in buying bulls is to buy them from an outfit who manages his cattle similar to the way you do. We also sell grasstested bulls in fact was due to lkeave for Wyoming with a load on 5/20 so the closing has affected us in alot of ways. I always say there are three types of purebred breeders-1) jerks with good cattle.2) good guys with poor cattle. 3)good guys with good cattle. Hopefully we all run into more number threes .