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I have a nice black baldy bull calf that up til now I am leaving intact, his mom is one of my better cows, he's an AI calf, the product of me breeding her with the intention of producing a replacement heifer. Like I said one of my best cows and this bull has good maternal traits. Lineage: Victor...

Hello All, We have what my dad considers to be the best bull we've ever had. He's now almost 6 yrs old (Jan '14 calf) and it's time to get rid of him due to having daughters etc. I want to have him collected. Question 1: Is it worth the trouble? About the bull: Bought from a relative...

Hello all, Are there any popular Walks Alone / BIM Sons that can provide the power and appeal without the attitude? I've used and had great success with I-Believe. I'm trying to come up with a couple more black bulls to use this year. *Angus or Balancer commercial cattle for dams. Trying to...

How many of these AI bulls (club calf or PB) have true birthweights put down? It seems when comparing posted BW of these bulls (expecting calves to come out this way) to what I end up with in calves I come out a little high, also we don't have large cows or a continental base, current cow herd...

What other websites do you use to sell show calves aside from here on Steer Planet? I don't have enough to make a sale out of (2 halter broken heifers and 2 or 3 unbroken steers) so I want to be able to post and let people just contact me, additionally, I'm going off to college at the end of the...

Who is the big deal bull these days? Siring show steers out of the top of my herd angus influenced cows. Can use Red or Black or chromed up calves, I like MAB. No roans, shorthorns, smokes, or chars.I know I could search but wanted some more current info.

Strange topic, but I was wondering what I may be doing wrong. I have advertised on steerplanet, local trader magazines, some other advertisements like fliers in local ag businesses, and several facebook pages. They are cheap and good. Well broke. Those veteran sellers give me a shout-out please...

What are good free or affordable marketing avenues are available for marketing halter broken steers. I am 16 in FFA and 4H and this year I took the best of the steers at weaning and halter broke them. I have placed advertisements in Trader magazines like Hawkeye Trader, made fliers and I'm...

For making show calves, anybody know of a homozygous black bull (breeding red cows, do not wish to have red show calves). TH carrier or white on face is ok.

I bought a scale and I finally went and picked it up today. I still am wondering, if I have a local welder make a cage out of pipe for the frame how much would it cost me. The platform is around 7' long. Has anyone else done this and how much did it cost? How much do next summers show string...

-What day(s) are you allowed to go visit the Nichols Bull stud in Iowa? -Could you tell me of some other studs in my area? (picture of my county attached) I will travel a max. of around 3 hours. -If you recommend a stud please tell me some of the major bulls that are collected there, Club...

Does anyone know of a website or a link to one that hs a video of mab or one of the clones

http://www.dwlivestock.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?willoughby75/category/ALL Selling three full brothers to MAB. I like the red and white the best what about you?

I have a heifer that is bred to calve in April, I will be holding her back to Jan to get her back in cycle with the others. So she will be one month short of 4 on her second calf. She needs more spring of rib, and depth without loosing the look and muscle and size. Would this be a good match...

I live in extreme North East Missouri and I am trying to help a friend find a heifer, I would only buy if there were to be a bargain  (thumbsup). We live around Wayland and Canton, MO or you may have heard of Keokuk, IA. Would travel up to two hours maybe 2.5. Closer is better. Budget 2-3K per...

I keep my show calves inside an old barn basement (by my dads house) when I have the option to be out there. There are 100 year old draft horse stalls that are the length of a fat steer and about 6.5 feet wide. I keep one calf, 1 fan, and one feed box (wood/permanent) per stall. What do all of...

Muscle mass, body mass (rib and depth) and thickness. Which would work the best? Monopoly Point Taken Unstoppable Pericles Moto Moto Which would throw best structure? This is my list of bulls to look at for next year

I have not really made any long lasting progress with that steer who has been head shy. Now he is about 200 pounds heavier, smarter, and maybe a little meaner. It was suggested by someone else that we show with that we put a nose ring in him. Is that allowed or 'proper' etc.? ???

After my show heifers have their first calf to an easy calving angus bull, what should I breed them to? For showsteers? I am also going to attach some pictures of them and their sisters later. I don't have any right now. All of them could use an improvement in depth and muscle (Not that they are...

Best Bag Feed (Show calf) near me. Finishing feed and I want to buy 1000 pounds to split with current feed until fair then do only bag feed at fair. So we won't have to haul any in buckets. Near Canton, MO.