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Growth and Carcass Genetics for the Southern United States
CONSISTENCY ON FEED
Here at Alford Cattle, we take great pride in the feedlot performance of our cattle.
We feed the bottom end of our bull calves in order to gather data on their feedlot
performance. We believe that the gainability of the bulls we use has a direct influence on
the gainability of their progeny. We do not use a bull with less than a 700# spread from
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22nd Annual Commercial Bull & Heifer Sale
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