what is a Balancer (beef) cow?

[laughingllama75]

I saw this breed advertised for semen, and also- how do you pronounce the name? like balance-er or bal ants er ?
thanks,

 

[wynedot55]

a balancer is a planned crossbred.such as a galbrath x angus.they call them balancers.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

It's a Gelbvieh high bred bull.
http://www.gelbvieh.org/images/gw/balancer06/McClure_Bal06.pdf

The balancer is a trademark of the Gelbvieh association, and their balancers are a Gelbvieh-Angus cross.

From:
http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2008/10/25/ag_news/livestock/livestock14.prt

 

[laughingllama75]

a planned crossbreed....do they have a registry, or? the bull I saw was really nice.....really nice. but for the life of me, I couldn't tell what he was, LOL. Do you know if they breed true to type then? like are all of them the same looking, or can they come out looking different every time?
I know- so many questions!

 

[laughingllama75]

Huh, that was a good read. thanks you guys (and gals!). I just knew that between the two of you, I would get an answer.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

The pics I saw they looked like modified red or black angus.

 

[wynedot55]

yes they breed as true as they can.or they wouldnt be widely used used.