I don't know enough about the Praxian economy to do more than mention that many cultures don't do this to their herds, because in a bad year, you might end up with no studs. I suspect Prax has bad enough (and/or variable enough) climate that you run the risk of losing a significant portion of your herd, so castration would be foolish from a purely economic sense.
There may be value to "oxen" for work.
A version of Sandy Petersen's sorcery rules is now at my web site (URL below). The HTML conversion isn't perfect, but I will be improving it soon. (I think you'll be able to get the gist quite easily despite any odd formatting of tables etc.)
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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