Iowa State Fair Steer Show

Can anyone give us a report on the show? What looked good? Surprises?

Any info would be appreciated!

I was surprised Jorgenson steer that got 3rd overall didn't win. I also really liked the reserve Charolais a lot.  It was a very high quality show with a much better top 5 than last year. A lot of really good ones.

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Jorgensen steer was my pick. 

Does anyone know what happen to the Walks this way steer that Lautner's had on display at denver? I thought the talk was he was going to be hard to beat at the IA state fair. Just wondering what ever happened to him? thanks

Skibinski Farms said:

Does anyone know what happen to the Walks this way steer that Lautner's had on display at denver? I thought the talk was he was going to be hard to beat at the IA state fair. Just wondering what ever happened to him? thanks

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That is funny, I was thinking the exact same thing!  I saw that steer at a show in December, and was thinking about him.

I wonder if maybe he will surface at AkSarBen?  I suppose he could be in a holding pattern for a Major, but I don't know.

That is funny, I was thinking the exact same thing!  I saw that steer at a show in December, and was thinking about him.

I wonder if maybe he will surface at AkSarBen?  I suppose he could be in a holding pattern for a Major, but I don't know.
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yeah AkSarBen might be a good possibility! I thought he looked pretty cool in denver, just curious how he turned out or how any of the walks this way cattle turned out? Are the later maturing like WA and BIM? Don't mean to steal the thread but it doesn't appear any of the new bulls had made a splash with winners like BIM did his first year. The way the promoted him I thought we would heard more of him, granted there was limited calves out of his first crop so that maybe why.

Very high quality show.Jack Ward is excellent on describing the cattle and was consistent plus handled and talked everyone and stayed right on schedule. There will always be a few that some people from the stands like better but the judge has the opportunity to handle them plus see their movement from  a lower angle.I always thought it would be nice if some 4-H  family of limited resources that could really use the money would win with a home raised steer  but that is probably not going to happen.Congratulations to all the exhibitors on a great show

I saw where Lautners are advertising a clean sweep. Also noticed that most of the winners were reported to be out of Monopoly or Clones. My thoughts, those cattle must have a consistent distinctive look and the judge must like that look.

Buck said:

I saw where Lautners are advertising a clean sweep. Also noticed that most of the winners were reported to be out of Monopoly or Clones. My thoughts, those cattle must have a consistent distinctive look and the judge must like that look.

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There are probably 10 to 1 cows bred to Monopoly/Clone than all other bulls combined. 

Did anyone actually see the steer show?  All I had to go on was pictures and some of the steers I had seen earlier in the year.

I was there.  Very deep steer show.  There were a couple left standing that you could actually make a legit case for grand or reserve.  Most notably the reserve division 2 X bred and reserve charlois. Division 2 was extremely tough and judge talked about that during show,  then used division 3 for top 5. During division 3 selection he was much more critical of steers giving his reasons then uses for top5.

Agree with you Gary... I was thinking the same thing. What i couldnt figure out is how he was so critical of the champion and res divison 3 winners in class and then used them to win division. The group of people i was sitting with couldnt beleive that he didnt use the red steer to win division 3 he talked him better than any other steer in that division. We also wondered how you could put the steer that was third overall and to have pulled him 3rd in class to start with didnt make much sense to us. Maybe he missed him at first I think he ended up with the right two or three on top but not sure about after that

I also would like to know where the Walks This Way calf was the was touted to be a major threat in Denver. Also where was that high dollar I67 steer? Wasnt there a high priced I67 heifer sold in Iowa as well? Just wondering how they turned out. I bred several cows to both bulls based on the hype I heard. Anyone else know what happened to this calves?

I didn't see any of the Division 3 steers (other than the top 2 of course) pictures.  The Grand division 3 steer didn't really take the picture I would have expected.  He looked structurally "borderline" at the backdrop, BUT I understand that a picture many times won't do any justice.  The Reserve Division 3 steer looked to be at about 3:00...way past fresh.  Maybe a little mature in his front end.  I was surprised he wasn't a Walks Alone by the look of his front end.  Again, a some of them picture a whole lot better than others.

The backdrop photo of the Champion Chi steer was not NEARLY as good as the short video of him walking to the ring.  I thought that steer looked fantastic in the video, and loved how long strided and flexible he was.  I was a little surprised he didn't surface in the top 5. 

Don't get the wrong idea......they are all better than anything we have in the barn.  It is just an observation from 250 miles away. 

My daughter had the champion Angus steer at the Iowa state fair so I had an up close and personal view of all the calves in the grand drive...the champion and reserve were easy choices. The next 3 were same type and kind. All extremely long bodied and sound. He wasn't much on being a power house steer. That's why the chi and Maine were left standing. My thinking for next yr is u better have a long extended sound steer.....that big butted compacted steer won't cut it with jack ward. He's hfr guy and that's what he likes

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My daughter had the champion Angus steer at the Iowa state fair so I had an up close and personal view of all the calves in the grand drive...the champion and reserve were easy choices. The next 3 were same type and kind. All extremely long bodied and sound. He wasn't much on being a power house steer. That's why the chi and Maine were left standing. My thinking for next yr is u better have a long extended sound steer.....that big butted compacted steer won't cut it with jack ward. He's hfr guy and that's what he likes

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Nice steer by the way!  I loved the cool front end on your Angus steer!

I wasn't there, so I couldn't see them in motion.  With that said, what would the Champion Simmental have looked like if he had some hair?  That steer took a nice picture with no hair.

Now, question.  You say that next year better have a long extended sound steer, and that the top 5 were extremely long bodied and sound.  Would you really classify the Reserve Steer as "extremely long bodied"?  If so, he must have been really short.

I am interested, and not saying you're wrong.

Thanks

Him and the 5th overall were built about the same...I would call him long bodied just short necked. They were the powerhouses of the 5 but could still move. But with everything being said none of us got our hands on them those top 2 could've been 12 o'clock I'm guessing jorgensons was about 11:45 that's what moved him up in class then division. And cores an mccollohs were really his type just neither one was perfect for him but still good enough to use that's why they stuck together all day. Just my opinion though

rjb said:

Him and the 5th overall were built about the same...I would call him long bodied just short necked. They were the powerhouses of the 5 but could still move. But with everything being said none of us got our hands on them those top 2 could've been 12 o'clock I'm guessing jorgensons was about 11:45 that's what moved him up in class then division. And cores an mccollohs were really his type just neither one was perfect for him but still good enough to use that's why they stuck together all day. Just my opinion though

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Well, you were there and you got into the drive so your opinion is one that I value.

Thanks for the info. 

trademark said:

Agree with you Gary... I was thinking the same thing. What i couldnt figure out is how he was so critical of the champion and res divison 3 winners in class and then used them to win division. The group of people i was sitting with couldnt beleive that he didnt use the red steer to win division 3 he talked him better than any other steer in that division. We also wondered how you could put the steer that was third overall and to have pulled him 3rd in class to start with didnt make much sense to us. Maybe he missed him at first I think he ended up with the right two or three on top but not sure about after that

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This might help explain the choice of Division III

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