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sold a future for a steer today for next summer slaughter fed by me.  business is looking up.

Got another HAPPY repeat customer today!!  And I was really glad when I checked out this webpage...  http://www.fernwood-farm.com/salebarn.htm
I'm so happy right now, that I just had to share!  Hope everyone else is having a great day too!      

Nice goin', TJ.  The calves on the site for sale look real good.  Tell me again, pm if you' d prefer, how Doc dna'd for tenderness/marbling, etc.  Thanks!

Good looking calves, TJ!!   Good things do come in smaller packages!!

Quote from: TJ on July 24, 2008, 05:49:10 PM

Got another HAPPY repeat customer today!!  And I was really glad when I checked out this webpage...  http://www.fernwood-farm.com/salebarn.htm
I'm so happy right now, that I just had to share!  Hope everyone else is having a great day too!      

Nice goin', TJ.  The calves on the site for sale look real good.  Tell me again, pm if you' d prefer, how Doc dna'd for tenderness/marbling, etc.  Thanks!

Thanks Dori!  I can't remember the exact numbers for the tenderness test, so I would need to check with Cindy.  But, the tenderness test was OK, just nothing to get overly excited about, although I think it was really similar to the Lizbon bull's tenderness numbers... maybe it's better than I am thinking or maybe Lizbon's owner is just a good marketeer.      Doc's marbling was real good... top 1% out of 19,000 head at the time of the test & according to MMI, it translates into high choice/prime.     
 
This is a bit of a stretch, but Doc's sire is a 1/2 brother to Kintyre Sammy & Doc's dam is also a 1/2 sister to Kintyre Sammy.   Kintyre Sammy is 7 out of 8 stars for tenderness on the genestar test... don't know that Doc would test quite that well, but he obviously has some good animals in his pedigree for the genestar test.