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Schneider Show Calves

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I was just reading about this breed of cattle that they got from austrailia and was wondering what people think of them?  They look like a nice breed but does anyone know more about them
 

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Your in the right place.  Between dori and TJ....you have the lowline experts.  It won't take them long and they'll help you out!
 

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We raise lowlines here in Iowa! I am going on my 5th year being involved in lowlines and have been satisfied every bit by the people ive met, and the calves ive raised..There neat little cattle and seem to be getting more and more popular everyday! What are you wanting to know about them? What sparked your interest about them?
 

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Schneider Show Calves said:
I was just reading about this breed of cattle that they got from austrailia and was wondering what people think of them?  They look like a nice breed but does anyone know more about them

Oh, that's a dangerous question on this board where there are a mouthy handful of Lowline enthusiasts.  Before anyone here gives you the history of the breed in America, read about them on the Australian Lowline Cattle Ass'n website at http://lowline.une.edu.au/  Be aware that the American Lowline Registry has slightly different rules but the true history of the breed is on the ACLA site.  They were first imported into the US in 1996. Those of us who raise and love 'em have learned to appreciate their moderate size, ability to moderate cow size in commercial herds, calving ease, easy fleshing ability, efficiency, and amazingly gentle nature allowing the smallest of children to get going with a cattle project.  I'm sure TJ will speak up and elaborate.  To see some representative prices, check out the Sales link on the American Lowline Registry site at www.usa-lowline.org.  To see what some are asking for Lowlines on a private treaty basis, check out my website at www.lowlinecattleforsale.com.  Go back to previous posts about Lowlines here where there are tons of pictures throughout the topics.  Obviously, I'm a fan!
 

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This is a picture of some 3/4 blood Lowline X 1/4 Angus cows & 7/8 Lowline X 1/8 Angus cows with 7/8 & 15/16 Lowline calves that myself, Tim Robinson & John Kaeshoefer bought a few years ago.  The calves are all around 1-3 months old.  We bought some others from this same herd that weren't pictured.  FWIW, I own the cow to the far left, #38.  #38 is also a 1/2 sister to Justin Olson's smokey show heifer, as both of them are daughters of General Sherman.

Check out the picture & be your own judge...   
 

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4 month old Fullblood heifer sired by my herd bull, Doc Holliday.
 

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1st picture... 1/2 Lowline bull that I raised, also 1/2 Tarentaise.  Grand Champion Percentage Lowline Bull at the American Royal in 2007.  BW 64 - 205 Adj 660+ - Frame 4.5  Pictured at 17 months & he had never had a halter on 1 day in his life until 40-45 days before that Show at the Royal!!  He also lost weight in the breaking process, but still looked good.  You can't tell, but he was thick butted too.

2nd picture... Doc Holliday, my main fullblood herd sire, in his working clothes.  48.5 inches tall & 1465 lbs. after breeding cows last fall at Cross Creek Farms in Indiana. 
 

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TJ

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Here is a ton of info about Lowlines...  http://www.steerplanet.com/bb/index.php?topic=938.0

Also below is information about 1/2 blood Lowline sired steers out of commercial heifers & how they performed in the feedlot & on the rail...
 

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A 1/2 Lowline X 1/2 Tarentaise heifer at only a few weeks of age...
 

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1st pic... another picture of Doc Holliday at 22 months...
2nd picture... Justin Olson's Smokey Heifer... 1/2 Lowline X 1/2 Charolais

I don't know if you will be attending the NAILE, but we will be having a Lowline Show on the 20th of Nov. & we should be stalled in Broadbent from the 18th until the 20th/21st. 

If you have any other questions, need more information or want to see more pictures just post in this thread or send me a PM. 

Thanks for your interest!
TJ
 

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Here's our 2 cents worth with some fullblood lowline cattle pics.  We've found them to be very docile and easy to work with, plus very feed efficient. Bluey, our herd bull (and only mature red lowline bull in the U.S.!!!) has an MMI tenderness score of 82.25 (out of 125 markers possible) which is over twice as high as the highest scoringl angus results. Bluey's first U.S.calf crop is the nicest group of calves we've ever seen...though you can judge for yourself by going to our website, www.lazyglowline.com
Here are a few pics of this years calves....and they're only between 4 &  5 months old.
 

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Here is a picture of a 2nd calf Fullblood female with a 4 month old Doc Holliday daughter... NO CREEP FEED!!  Is she efficient enough?  The heifer calf to her right is a 3/4 Lowline X 1/4 Tarentaise out of a 1st calf heifer that is 1/2 Lowline!!  She's also a 3 month old Doc Holliday daughter & she also hasn't been creep fed. 

The 2nd picture is another Doc Holliday heifer.  This one is a 7 month old 1/2 Lowline X 1/2 Tarentaise.  I don't know what she weighs right now, but it's pretty impressive for a 1/2 Lowline heifer whose mother ate corn stalks all winter & most of the spring due to a hay shortage & grass shortage early on & all this heifer has been fed is a few lbs. of soy bean hulls per day since she got weaned maybe 45 days ago.  Not only do Doc's calves look impressive at a young age, they just start hitting their stride good around 4 - 5 months & because they have plenty of growth, they just keep on looking better & better the older they get.  That's my 2nd favorite thing about Doc Holliday.  My favorite thing is the fact that Doc Holliday sires femininity & masculinity.  Translation... his daughters look like heifers & his bulls look like bulls. 

 

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And if you like your heifers thick, but feminine... here is a 2 month old fullblood Doc Holliday heifer... 
 

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LazyGLowlines said:
Here's our 2 cents worth with some fullblood lowline cattle pics.  We've found them to be very docile and easy to work with, plus very feed efficient. Bluey, our herd bull (and only mature red lowline bull in the U.S.!!!) has an MMI tenderness score of 82.25 (out of 125 markers possible) which is over twice as high as the highest scoringl angus results. Bluey's first U.S.calf crop is the nicest group of calves we've ever seen...though you can judge for yourself by going to our website, www.lazyglowline.com
Here are a few pics of this years calves....and they're only between 4 &  5 months old.

Can't wait to see that red bull calf in person. 
 
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