coachmac
Well-known member
To start this off, it has been a long summer. From heifers getting sick, cows dying, to other things out of our control. Through the thick and thin, my two have hung in there and that culminated this past weekend at the Missouri State Fair. My sons heifer could have had a better show in the ring, but they both earned plenty of fans outside of it. They earned many purple and pinks this summer. From his work with the stick to how his heifer looked......the effort is starting to pay off in spades. My daughter on the other hand has had a rough summer in the ring with her heifer. If love equated to banners, she would have had a pile of them. The % bull that she raised had a better summer bringing home multiple purples throughout the summer, including Grand 4-H Simmental Bull at the state fair. However, the highlight was when my wife called to tell me that my daughter had sold her bull out of the stall. While we had a for sale sign on him most of the summer and had multiple "tire kickers", this phone call was a surprise to say the least. It was the highlight of the summer to hear about my daughter pulling the trigger on the sale of her own bull. She grew up quite a bit in a short 24 hour period. Her involvement in the American Junior Simmental Association no doubt helped her seal the deal on this transaction. While she didn't make the cut in the sales talk competition in KS this past June, what she was able to do this past weekend more than made up for that. I am attaching a couple of pictures of her bull at his last show in Sedalia. I hope that his new owners enjoy having him in their pasture as much as we did.
