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BBP

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Anyone have experience with them? My son is showing one this year and not sure if he is gaining enough or to much! He is a June  calf and he is 81.25% lowline  and the rest Angus.
I weighted him today and he was 525# and our big show is in the fall. (not that he has a chance against full size steers!) If I did the math right he has a 1.91 WDA. Sorry I don't have ADG as this is the first time I have weighted him since I got him! The first pic is form October and the2nd is from New years day. I will try to get a pic of him today! Any thoughts on him are appreciated.Here is a pic from today!
 

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Boot Jack Bulls

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Pretty cool looking little steer. With that much angus, the hard part is keeping him from getting greasy fat.  IMO you can put a lot of finish on an angus steer in the last few weeks and obviously frame will be a concern. I'd push the protein now and hold out on fat for quite a while. I'm definately curious to see how this ones gonna turn out!
 

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Looks like a solid calf. Your problem in the end may be getting him big enough without over finishing him. He profiles great. Looks like he has some hair.
 

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He is getting a mixture of 14% protein pellet and a 11% feed that has corn,oats and cotton seed hulls and probably more stuff I can't remember right now! He is also getting Calf manna as top dress. He gets 2nd cut grass hay and the last week he has had access to 2nd cut balage  that is alfalfa/orchard grass. I'm up here in the North East so we are limited on some of the feedstuffs that are available out in the midwest !
 

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OH Breeder said:
Looks like a solid calf. Your problem in the end may be getting him big enough without over finishing him. He profiles great. Looks like he has some hair.
I would agree. He is kinda cool.... Is this the first steer for your son? Looks like the perfect  1st time project.
 

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No Sue this will be his third steer, but the first that he is actually helping halter breaking,walking,feeding and all the stuff that goes with having a steer! He also has a heifer this year that he showed last fall that he did a lot of the work himself! He also has had a great old cow that he has shown the last 3 yrs! I forgot to say that my son is only 5yrs old!
Here is a pic of his cow from 2010 and a pic of his heifer!
 

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We have been feeding Lowline steers for the last several years. From what you have explained you are on a good track for a high % calf. This % should hit you into 750-800 lb range come fall and if you keep weighing and checking ADG low to mid two's is what you should expect. Have fun.
 

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Steelbrook said:
We have been feeding Lowline steers for the last several years. From what you have explained you are on a good track for a high % calf. This % should hit you into 750-800 lb range come fall and if you keep weighing and checking ADG low to mid two's is what you should expect. Have fun.

Thanks Steelbrook! Thought I would get a little more input from some of the all the "steer jockeys" on here but I guess cause he is a Lowline  that don't want to comment!
 

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i think he looks pretty neat-- though, not much of a jocky myself...

your kid sure my enjoy himself... O0 as it would appear.

when I was younger, I used to have one of those old mamma cows-- good and tame like a dog-- come up by the call of her name.
 

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That looks like a very good Lowline steer.    He looks like a strong Angus steer too.  I like his extension and trimness through the front.

Push him hard and you may make 800, depending on date of show of course.    I'd be careful not to let him get too fat though.

Good luck to you.
 

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Just an update my sons steer was 4th in a class of 8 in jackpot class @ The Big East Youth and Jackpot show this weekend!! He was the lightest by over 200lbs!! and the Grand steer came from his class!!
He was also Rev. Champion Lowline steer in the youth steer show!!! I thought he should have won it but I'm not complaining !!! Don't think the judge had ever judge Lowlines!  So he went with the biggest framed steer that didn't have the muscle that my sons steer had!! But the bottom line is he had FUN!!! He also won his showmanship class!!!!!
 

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Do you have any pictures? I would love to see the progress!!!
 

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welcome to the lowline delima with judges, show chow by purina and depth charge will help him a lot.  also when you clip him make sure you define the legs and muscle to the ribs, front shoulders, and rear legs.  make sure you build up his legs to get the amount of leg needed to support his frame.(appearance only)  Some judges would rathe rplace a holstein rather than a lowline.  It's about feed conversion.  when we take lowline to shows they say they are cute.  judges overlook the frame/muscle and feed conversion versus a huge steer.    Good luck.
 

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No pics yet have to get them off my wife's phone!!

marku said:
welcome to the lowline delima with judges, show chow by purina and depth charge will help him a lot.  also when you clip him make sure you define the legs and muscle to the ribs, front shoulders, and rear legs.  make sure you build up his legs to get the amount of leg needed to support his frame.(appearance only)  Some judges would rathe rplace a holstein rather than a lowline.  It's about feed conversion.  when we take lowline to shows they say they are cute.  judges overlook the frame/muscle and feed conversion versus a huge steer.    Good luck.
I'm feeding a take is comparable to show chow as I have not had good luck with show chow and my feed is $2 a bag less and he doesn't need the depth charge!
Bob May judged the jackpot and his reason for placing was that he was small framed and that he was the most phenotipically correct steer in class! We were just happy not to be last cause he was the lightest in class!! Like I always say when I judge " it's just my opinion on this day and someone else may see different another day" 
 

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Here is a pic of my son's steer in front of the backdrop!!
Not the best pic but ya can get an idea of what he looks like!
He weight in at 645# on Friday on an old style scale and on Sunday we weighted him on a digital scale and he was 672#!!  So he is gaining just at 2 lbs a day.
 

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Nice looking Lowline steer and about where he should be I would guess. Our 3/4 blood is an late March and weighing right at 950 right now and is about one bite of feed away from being ready to put into packages. Keep up the good work. It looks like the little guy is having a good time.
 

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I think at your son's age one of the most important things I see is a SMILE on his face. Little guy is gonna be a heart breaker. Your steer looks like he has come along pretty darn good. If Bob May said he was correct there is a man who knows his cattle. Notice the picture of sugar ray...Bob May was one of the original owners. How long ago was that? Mr. May has been at it qiuet sometime and I would respect his opinion lots. Goodluck..Congrats on a job well done.
 
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