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Salers are well equipped for the
rigors of their native country’s
harsh climate.
A multi-purpose breed originally
developed for beef and cheese
SOR Liane also came home to State College from Texas in
September. Liane is a Lapon daughter, the sire of Denver's
first champion bull.
Purchased at the Scattered Oaks “Voyager III” sale in
Texas last September, Lyn-Lee Farms young bull is the first
fullblood bull of his kind to take up residence in Pa. He’s a
half-brother to the first Salers certified meat sire.
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his way to producing a herd of black, polled, pureblood Salers, Clair bought four
Angus females at the Lovana liquidation sale last year. The new arrival pictured is a
Salers-Angus calf sired by Frenchman, the supreme champion bull at the 10th National
Salers Show.
1150 pounds, Salers crossbred
steers produce a well-marbled,
low-backfat carcass at an early
age compared to many other
breeds, says Clair.
Maternal characteristics include
a high fertility rate, with cows
usually breeding back in less than
365 days, and the production of
high protein milk, which Dr. Clair
notes, is similar to the milk
produced by Jersey cows. Calves
are typically small, with bulls
averaging 78 pounds and heifers 74
pounds at birth. And Clair points
out that many first-calf heifers will
wean a calf 60 to 65 percent of their
weight in 200 days.
The first Salers exported to
North America was a bull that
arrived in Quebec in 1972. Three
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years later, four heifers and a bull
landed on American shores.
Though the breed is still com
paratively rare, Salers crossbred
steers have taken grand or reserve
grand honors in pens of five head
at the last three consecutive
National Western Stock Show fed
beef contests.
While getting acquainted with
Salers, Dr. Clair found that, “it
was nearly unpossible to buy
fullblood females,” a fact reflected
in the prices paid for fullbloods in
recent years.
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At Scattered Oaks Ranch’s sale
last September in Texas, for
example, a much sought-after
female named Kollette inspired
the top bidder to offer $300,000 for a
single embryo flush, along with the
opportunity to purchase a one
third interest in the female herself.
In negotiations that followed the
sale, the buyer forked over an
undisclosed amount, reportedly in
excess of one million dollars, for
one-third ownership.
The sale’s 65 lots averaged
$19,300, which seems to be only
slightly higher than the going rate
throughout the country. Figures
released by National Salers
Services, Inc., show that the
average price for a Salers female
during the 1983-84 auction season
was $16,135, with fullblood bulls
averaging $12,431. These numbers
represent three-fourths of the
Salers sold throughout the U.S.
After plenty of research,
legwork and bidding, Dr. Clair’s
fullblood herd currently consists of
four animals: three bought at the
Scattered Oaks sale in September,
and a fourth animal bought in
Calgary, Alberta last month. This
latest addition to the herd, a heifer
named Salene, is the daughter of
Legacy, the sire of 1984 National
Champion, American Express.
Salene's dam is a full sister to
Kollette.
SOR Lampe 39R, one of Clair’s
Texas heifers, has recently
provided Lyn-Lee Farms with 11
embryos, as testimony to the
breed’s fertility. The farm’s third
heifer, SOR Liane 138 R, is a Lapon
daughter, the sire of the first
champion Salers bull at Denver.
Dr. Clair also found his future
herd sire in Texas, a bull calf by
the name of SRT President 253,
and nicknamed Keystone.
Keystone was sired by Mr.
President, making the state’s first
fullblood Salers bull a half-brother
to the first Salers certified meat
sire.
Though Clair is intent on
establishing his line of fullbloods
here in the East, he’s quick to point
out that another one of his goals is
the establishment of a herd of
black, polled, pureblood Salers. To
that end, he purchased four Angus
cows at the Lovana liquidation sale
last fall. All four had been bred to
the famous Salers bull, Fren
chman, the supreme champion