The heifer that nobody wanted

Passed over by steer jocks and couldn't find a sale that would except her. I think it worked in my favor. Breathe Easy x Who Made Who

Looks nice.  I'd take her off your hands.  I she clean?

She is clean by pedigree. due to calve to jesse james in march.

Yep , looks like she'll make a good female .

She turned out really nice!

I have had this conversation with a few club calf traders over the past several months.  I have asked how they missed this one or that one.  One guy explained it to me in a way that really made sense.

He told me that he didn't "miss" that one.  He told the producer that he was going to make a really good fat steer but he wouldn't grow into that (fault) until he hits 1,200 pounds, and he would need to be in a really good home at that.  The problem is that the "really good homes" aren't looking to spend any money for steers that will do well from 1,200 pounds up.  They want steers that they can start showing now.  It is a matter of economics.  If nobody can make any money along the way, then why do it?

This is also the reason that many of the traders will have their kids show "left over" steers.  It isn't that they were ever bad steers.  It is that they weren't marketable. 

You will be glad many times over that you kept that heifer. She will raise some good ones. We have a heifer too that no one wanted. Here is her picture from the online sale a year ago. Her updated picture was taken last May before we put her out on pasture. Her dam is a (knock on wood) never miss. She was one of the first to get bred up by our calving ease simmi bull out of the heifer pen.

She is a very moderate stout hirfer-and the skinny leggy no thickness calves just dont turn into one like her-she was probably a very moderate stout hiefer from day one-maybe she wasnt big enough at the time-I really like her type- and YES-there are Shorthorns made very similar-ask NCK21-but the problem is being made right-but not having the frame to compete O0

Agree!!

mark tenenbaum said:

She is a very moderate stout hirfer-and the skinny leggy no thickness calves just dont turn into one like her-she was probably a very moderate stout hiefer from day one-maybe she wasnt big enough at the time-I really like her type- and YES-there are Shorthorns made very similar-ask NCK21-but the problem is being made right-but not having the frame to compete O0

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She definitely has gotten better as she has aged. Hoping for big things from her in the future.

This thread gets me to thinking.  Both of the heifers are the kind that I could use a couple of ways, but were they priced wrong?  How were they priced?

I know how you fellas feel that had some really nice heifers but couldn't get them sold.  Two years ago, we had a super good ET heifer that came in from the co-op herd really green.  We got her consigned to a sale and didn't have too high of a floor on her ($2500).  Couldn't even get a bid.  That's alright we thought, we'll feed her ourselves.  We just kind of kept at it, and the next summer she was Reserve Grand Shorthorn in the open show at the IL State Fair.  We flushed her this summer after her first calf, and got 20 grade 1's.  Good thing nobody wanted that one!

I have to add to this one, I bought a heifer like this, for this year. I figured I can stick an embryo in her if she doesn't turn out. I got this heifer for minimum bid, a wopping $1600. Mind you I have heifers I paid good money for, with outstanding breeding behind them, a Sullivan's,  a black star simmental,a monopoly. Well, a few months after being on feed she started to blow the others out of the water. She's been champion maine/res at every show she's been at as well as supreme overall and res, multiple times. The real kicker on this heifer,  is she's an out cross to every bull out there, and I mean all of them. Out of a final answer son. Th and pH free. When ever I look at this heifer, I can't imagine how I got her for that price. Now, I think her role will be reversed her embryos will be going into the others come next year. Sometimes you should go out on a limb and give those under dogs their shot.

RR#2 Cattle Co said:

This thread gets me to thinking.  Both of the heifers are the kind that I could use a couple of ways, but were they priced wrong?  How were they priced?

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I don't remember what we floored her at but I do remember that we didnt get a bid over $2250 for her. She was worth more to us by keeping her. She her breeding is Fast FreddieXSlick50XYardley Commanche. I didnt mean to hijack this thread and I hope I didnt distract from the other every nice heifer. We were told that Heat Wave was too close in her pedigree. We were also told she wasnt angus looking enough for a kid to show. She is almost a spitting imagine of her dam except her dam is black. Her dam calved a hundred pound steer calf this year unassisted and we always have to milk her out for a week until her calves can get her sucked out enough to turn her out. Her calves always get up and start sucking right away. We have never had a stresser and all her calves halter break real easy. Heck the cow was never halter broke but we can walk out and scratch her. Her only downside is her calves take a little longer to get that "look."

What I am saying is coupling all these qualities she has seemed to inherit was worth more to us than the $2250.

Glad to see i'm not the only one to get passed over. Nobody that looked at the calves even mentioned her.

My (future) Brother in Law had both of these heifers for sale at the farm and advertised them on facebook for sale through the Heifershop page and his own. He had a couple people call but never sealed the deal. I think if I remember right the one pictured in the ring was $2500 and the one pictured at the backdrop was $3000. They are flushmates out of a Playmate angus cow and DF Vegas. He decided to keep them and have my sister help with them and show them. The results I think speak for themselves...

Backdrop pic-
"Blue Betty"
Champion Shorthorn Plus- Bedford Co. Jackpot Show
Res. Champion Crossbred and 4th Overall- ABC Summer Bonanza
Supreme Champion- Co. Fair Junior Show
Res. Supreme Champion- Co. Fair Open Show
Champion Crossbred- Maryland State Fair Junior Show

Ring Pic
"Sultry Salina"
She has only been at one show
Res. Champion AOB at the Maryland State Fair
Res. Champion Crossbred- Maryland State Fair Junior Show

***Sells October 16th on CW Cattle Sales.***

The other pic is both of them coming out of the class together.

For as much fun as we have had with them this year though were pretty ok with not seeing them go!