Even today, fifty years later the black baldy cow is voted the number one mother cow by many cattlemen. Black is beautiful on a couple other counts. Probably more Angus bulls are sold for use in commercial cow herds than all other breeds combined. A glance through the Western Livestock Journal ads any week from September on - into the spring months will show as many or almost as many Angus breeders' sales listed, as those listed for all the other breeds combined. There are even old time Hereford breeders now in the business of breeding and selling Angus bulls.
Black cows are beautiful.
There are black Gelbvieh, black Simmental, black Maine Anjou. Black hided calves bring a cent or two a pound more at sale time in many areas in the West. The Angus Association's successful program for the promotion and sale of Certified Angus Beef must be a strong incentive. Angus and Angus sired cattle have the reputation for consistently putting marbling into beef products, which is synonymous with quality and eating pleasure. Chances are that in many cow herds in the West the modern queen of the range has some Angus in her heritage.