Steer Planet - Show Steers and Club Calves Forum

They just built a smaller version of houston. If you like reliant center you'll love it. If you hate the reliant center you'll hate it. I personally can't stand barns like that. So I don't like it. It's always been a poorly run show and from what I've noticed that hasn't changed. I can give you better thoughts after tomorrow. Just what info I've gathered from friends that were down there and what the show has posted.

What I know so far, my wife and others from our county arrived about 11 am today got in line with trailers, heifers and tack. They waited almost 1 1/2 hours for their papers to be checked so the people could get in line for stalling. Now they have waited over 3 1/2 hours in line to get stalls. Now they go back to vehicles to wait their turn to go to barn to move in. Tell me what about this makes any sense? San Antonio builds a new barn they know exactly how may stalls they have and exactly how may entries in the show but they can not prestall!!! I had hope that a new barn would fix the problems at this show. However, I was mistaken things may be worse than before. When you get your stall there is one 3 foot stall area per heifer. Absolutely no tack space for anything. There are no more tieouts so heifers and steers (next week) must remain in the barn at all times. After San Antonio has assigned stalls and all heifers have moved in there will be space not utilized. So why do they insist upon crowding everyone? I ask myself multiple times everyday during San Antonio and Houston "why do we do this?". I think I know some of the reason why this show is organized the way it is. San Antonio desires to be just like Houston. Some of the same people that organize, operate, and advise that show also operate San Antonio. This is the only way they know how to operate. They are not open to change or fixing problems. Also, if either show changed the way the operated what would they do with all the volunteers? Or all the essential advisers telling them how to run the show what would they do?

I much prefer stalling at Houston to Ft Worth.  Ft Worth doesn't give even give you one space for calf.  You have to rotate in the tie outs.

If you are thinking about coming to San Antonio this year and haven't already left for the junior heifer show don't. This is the biggest cluster I have ever seen, the rumors about not enough room in the new barn are true. If you are building a new cattle barn at your county fair or the like come and learn how not to build a barn or set it up. This is terrible

Steer show is fine.  Not sure what the deal was during heifer show, but barn is fine this week.

We arrived at the Gembler staging lot at 10:15 Monday night with steers. We were in our stalls, set up, fed and watered by 12:30. The new barn is a BIG improvement over the old set up. The only complaint I have is that we are packed in here like sardines with no option for tie-outs. They should have left the show ring where it was in the past and used the whole cattle barn for stalling cattle. Over all I have to give San Antonio a "Thumbs-up" for the improvements.

If someone could please post the class breaks for the steer show I would really appreciate seeing that.  Or tell me where to go to find that information.  Thanks