Hereford bull

[Limcrazy]

I'm thinking of buying a Hereford bull to serve near pure bred limousin heifers and cows with the intention of qualifying for my local meat plant's Hereford scheme. Hoping ease of calving, polled calves, docile stock, hybrid vigour would be the positives.
Negatives of poor grades, lower weights
Does anyone have any experience of this?

 

[Old Tip]

Fair few have been doing it round here for a while now, easier calving and easier finishing without much of a drop in grades either if you pick the right bull. These folk are keeping the best heifers back and bulling them

 

[Jonny B88]

Surely the grades won't be bad considering the cow base being limousin. That will translate into the progeny as much as the Hereford sire.

 

[Cowgirl]

Fair few have been doing it round here for a while now, easier calving and easier finishing without much of a drop in grades either if you pick the right bull. These folk are keeping the best heifers back and bulling them

Isn’t there a big herd of “Limfords” up near you? Sure there was an article about them recently?

 

[Old Tip]

Isn’t there a big herd of “Limfords” up near you? Sure there was an article about them recently?

Could be but not herd of anyone specific

 

[hendrebc]

I'm thinking of buying a Hereford bull to serve near pure bred limousin heifers and cows with the intention of qualifying for my local meat plant's Hereford scheme. Hoping ease of calving, polled calves, docile stock, hybrid vigour would be the positives.
Negatives of poor grades, lower weights
Does anyone have any experience of this?

I've done this with Hereford and Angus on limo cows. Haven't sold any Herefords dead yet but the anguses are grading R and U whereas most if not all the limo bulled ones would be U. Grow just as fast but much easier fleshing so cheaper to fatten too. Easy born too I bought the first Angus bull to out on heifers and been so pleased I got rid of the limo I had and used him on everything. Keeping heifers back too that's the main reason I bought the bull really. It's the premium that really makes it pay though been a really good job for me.
I've got a few yearling Hereford calves out of Angus cross limo cows now they look quite shapey too but I don't know how they will grade yet I'm guessing they will be R grades all day though. I was thinking of getting something else continental to keep shape in the cows but I don't know if I'll bother now.
Until the premium stops being worthwhile when too many people start doing it anyway