| “ Profit drivers
in a feedyard are conversion, carcass weight and carcass traits.
If you are looking for bragging rights or simply making the
most net return on a calf crop...Willow Oak bulls produce the
complete package. Calves sired by there bulls have done exceptional
in our feeding comparisons with excellent, consistent close-out
figures. Knowing how well they perform and yield, I would highly
recommend retaining ownership on calves sired by their bulls
to maximize net profits. Recently I saw the bulls being developed
for their 2005 sale…as expected, they were exceptional!
Dan Dorn
Decatur County Feed Yard
Oberlin, Kansas
“We have been using Willow Oak Black Hybrid bulls
for five years with excellent results. Searching for a source
to increase our quality base, the years of Willow Oak’s
ultrasound data combined with GeneStar testing gave us the
confidence that they had the right genetics needed to fit
our program needs. Today our genetic base is much improved,
enhanced their concentration of the homozygous GeneStar marbling
traits. Buyers of cattle purchased from us and our customer’s
production with these genetics will really have an advantage
in carcass value.”
David Evans, DVM
Sand Mountain Stockyards
Kilpatrick, AL
“I have buying Willow Oak bulls for probably 10
years. I have relied on their program to stay on the cutting
edge of exceptional carcass value and feedlot performance.
We annually feed our cattle at the Feller Feedlot in Nebraska
and the results have proven the Willow Oak bulls are doing
their job. If fact, Tom Feller, owner said “I only wish
you had 1000 head and I was your partner!” Adding value
genetically really pays off in the feed yard…our ADG
has been as high as 4.05, 80% choice or higher grade, no #4’s,
yields consistently from 63 to 64.5% and cost of gain 2-3
cents less than the average of the feedlot. I might add…
the bred-in gentle disposition trait is a real advantage whether
in the feedlot or the many good females we’ve retained
in our herd.
Tom Looney
Crossville, TN
At our Scott-Dale Farms our program is centered on quality,
tasteful natural beef production. Our customers are both branded
beef companies and to the residential home freezer market,
which I might add is a rapidly growing portion of our business.
Utilizing the Willow Oak Black Hybrid bulls on our Limousin
base cow herd has definitely been an great genetic cross.
The advantages we get in their bulls is adding consistently
in better marbling, tenderness and a superior taste that our
customers demand. Daughters form the Willow Oak bulls are
particularly good natured and good mothers. Another plus is
the calving ease we experience; to date we have never assisted
a birth with the exception of one cow that had a leg back.”
Bill Young
Scott-Dale Farms
Whitesburg, TN
"I've bee buying Willow Oak bulls for 12 years and
I really appreciate them! Their calves are excellent dispositioned,
wean easy, have strong performance in the feedlot and really
hang up a good yielding carcass. The females we have retained
really do well in our Sandhill pasture environment."
Ron Jensen
Burwell, NE
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