ACTUALLY, the Monopoly Money steer at Denver won Class 11, and Division 3 in the Cross Bred Division.
He was shown by Dwight Will's Grand Daughter.
We have a Mono Money steer this year, and I have a friend that raised several last season. What I have noticed about these calves is that they seem to travel on a "roller coaster" in terms of how they look. When they are little (3 months and under), they look fantastic. Then they seem to look pretty rough for a few months, and up and down they go.
Our steer has finally leveled out once he hit about 750 pounds.
He seems to just get better every day. He isn't the thickest steer in the world, but muscle definition is definitely there. He has never been high flanked. To me, he looks like he is going to get thicker and thicker as he gains weight.
Soundness is really good.
Our steer is not particularly big in terms of frame. I would say he will be a middle class, middle division steer...possibly small class in the middle division. (Classes and Divisions broken by Height) He was out of a big, stout, tall cow.
I can't speak for all of the Monopoly Money steers, just the ones that I have been exposed to.