Composite Bull Tops Four Corners Bull Test
Friday, March 14, 1997
FORT COLLINS--A composite bull owned by the Colorado State
University San Juan Basin Research Center, Hesperus, was the top
performing bull over all breeds in the 1997 Four Corners High
Altitude Bull Test. The RX3xMARC IIIxHereford bull sired by RX3
#A243 gained 4.02 pounds per day on the 112-day performance test.
He was closely followed by two polled Hereford bulls owned by
LaMar Monroe & Sons, Scipio, Utah. The two bulls sired by Gold
Tradition 42 and Allen Red Ranger 471, gained 3.95 and 3.93
pounds per day.
The Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station's San Juan
Basin Research Center is conducting the 112-day performance test
in cooperation with the Four Corners Beef Cattle Improvement
Association. The 165 bulls began the test on November 11, 1996,
and finished on March 4, 1997, and averaged 2.96 pounds of gain
per day.
"The bulls have gained well this winter considering the
weather conditions we have experienced" said Dave Schafer,
manager of the Colorado State San Juan Basin Research Center.
"The bulls had to contend with a total 140 inches of snow during
the 112-day test, which created a less-than-favorable testing
environment".
Other high-performing individuals within breeds are a
Simmental with a 3.77 ADG from Somerville Simmentals, Monticello,
Utah; an Angus with a 3.49 ADG from Tycksen Ranches, Pleasant
View; a Red Angus with a 3.43 ADG owned by the San Juan Basin
Research Center; a polled, black Limousin with a 3.41 ADG owned
by Gordon Smith, Naturita; and a System 2 composite bull with a
3.30 ADG owned by the San Juan Basin Research Center.
High-performing sire groups included three polled black
Limousin sons of NMCC Polled Black Powder, 3.35 ADG from Gordon
Smith, Naturita; three Simmental sons of RAB Formidabull, 3.31
ADG from Salt Creek Simmentals, Ignacio; three Red Angus sons of
VRR Hobo 119, 3.13 ADG from Vaca Roja Ranch, Ignacio; four
Hereford sons of SB Prospector Q276, 3.10 ADG from Douglas Creek
Herefords, Rangely; and four Angus sons of Tybar Extra P160, 3.01
ADG from the San Juan Basin Research Center.
All bulls have been examined for breeding and structural
soundness, scrotal circumference, pelvic area and pulmonary
arterial pressure. Catalogs containing all this information as
well as pedigree and performance data will be available March 21.
The 48th Annual Four Corners Bull Sale will begin at 12:30
p.m. April 5 at the San Juan Basin Research Center. Lunch will be
served at 11:30 a.m. Superior Productions also will transmit the
sale via satellite. A preview of the sale bulls can be seen at
8 p.m. MST April 4 and again at 11:30 a.m. April 5, followed
immediately by the sale at 12:30 p.m. Satellite coordinates for
the sale are Galaxy 3, channel 12.
To obtain catalogs and additional information about the
sale, contact David Schafer, CAES-San Juan Basin Research Center,
18683 Highway 140, Hesperus, CO 81326, phone (970) 385-4574, fax
(970) 385-4892.
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