Research and personal experiences show Salers cattle not only make you more productive, they set you free. It starts with easy calving and more live calves. It results in more pounds at weaning, and greater marketing.
A common-sense crossbreeding system utilizing salers will return over $60/head compared to angus.
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Produce Well
- Set Yourself Free With the Salers Cross Female
- More Profit, Less Work
Oklahoma State University (OSU)
conducted research on a commercial herd in Wyoming that evaluated Salers-Hereford,
Angus-Hereford and Hereford females during their fi rst three years of
production. The cows were managed under harsh range conditions as a group
for the entire length of the study. Data was collected and analyzed by
OSU personnel. The results were dramatic: there was 153 pounds of calf
weaned MORE per cow exposed advantage for Salers-cross compared to Angus
cross females over
the three-year period. This amounts to an added 51 pounds of calf per
cow exposed per year. With Salers, more cows got bred. The Salers cows
weaned more pounds of calf and had greater overall production. It’s
time to add Salers to your cowherd.
Salers have unbeatable calving-ease genetics. The American Salers Association has 92,000-plus calving ease scores on two-year-old females, 94.6% percent calved unassisted.
More live calves = more profit with each live calf. By cutting death loss at birth in half, producers could increase gross returns by $32.77 for each cow. It's common for commercial herds who utilize Salers to report a 98+% live calf crop.
