Jordan Cattle Auction… Where Cattlemen Come to Buy and Sell!
Special Replacement Female Sales Saturday, December 7, 2013 • 10:00 a.m. • San Saba
Saturday, January 25, 2014 • 10:00 a.m. • San Saba Consignments welcome!
Special Bull Offerings In conjunction with our regular sale. Bulls will sell at 11:00 am. Bulls will be fertility tested, meet trich requirements, and ready to go to work.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 • 11:00 a.m. • San Saba Featuring Griswold Angus, Charolais, SimAngus and Red Angus Consignments Welcome!
WEEKLY SALES HELD AT 11:00 a.m. Monday – Mason & Thursday – San Saba For more info on above sales or online viewing and bidding, please call or visit our website.
they are just as wild as she is, you are simply perpetuating a manage- ment problem. These studies lend credence to
anecdotal impressions and ranch- er’s experiences. When a cow herd is rigidly selected and culled for disposition traits along with other characteristics, not only are cattle easier to manage, but they are also more fertile. Tom Lasater worked with Beef-
masters, which became well-known not only for their high fertility but also for their mellow, calm disposition. “I did my undergraduate and
master’s work at Angelo State in West Texas,” says Bohnert. “Tom interacted often with one of the professors there, and one of his criteria in genetic selection with Beefmasters was temperament. He didn’t keep any cow that he couldn’t walk up to and touch. Yet he didn’t want a cow that was so super-calm that she didn’t care about her calf. They still had to be good mothers.” There is a big difference be-
tween a gentle, user-friendly cow that respects people and a cow that is so mellow and sluggish that she doesn’t defend or take care of her calf. There are many “good mamas” that are smart and trainable and very manageable. A cow doesn’t have to be wild
and aggressive/unmanageable to be a good mother. In fact, some of the fl ighty wild/aggressive cows are poor mothers because they are too easily upset and may charge over the top of their calf to attack a per- son, or may run off and abandon the calf if they become too upset. “One of Tom’s criteria for keep-
ing a cow was that she had to bring home a calf every year. If she didn’t, he didn’t care what happened to it — whether a coyote, wolf or moun- tain lion killed it — if she didn’t
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