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Western Nebraska | The only way you will retain black color on your cattle is if you have an entirely homozygous black herd. Then the first cross will still be all black, but the second generation will start showing up red. Furthermore, you will get no heterosis out of a black angus/red angus cross. You need an entirely different breed to get any heterosis, and to get the largest amount of heterosis you need to look at a continental breed to go on the english cattle. That all depends of course on what set of parameters you are targeting. The english/continental cross will probably give you the biggest kick in growth, but not necessarily the best maternal animal. To get that, as others have already stated, it is hard to beat a black or red baldy for maternal animals. It all depends on what your goals are.
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crossing black angus cattle
