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Hey everyone i would love some opinions on my county steers! Our show isnt super competitive or huge but i was just wondering what others thought. Thanks a lot! The blue is a shorthorn simmi cross and the black is 7/8ths simmi.  I dont have current weights for either of them but the solid is a...

they have both been sucessfully banded about a month ago. The first two pictures are the same steer the second two are a different steer

last steer sorry the lighting bad

heifer

steer short simmi cross

Steer short simmi cross

new set of calves for county fair and one or two other small shows in my area.  let me know what you think! THanks!

no i dont have a blower, ive only showed for four years and this last year was the first year i did more than our local county fair.  i havnt asked sdsu about showing yet, i just was wondering if a lot of schools have students show.

i am doing my last year showing with T&J Farms because i will be graduating and moving to south dakota next fall.  I am showing some really nice calves this year and doing more than just my county fair.  do you think it would be worth buying a blower to use for the year?  When i get to sdsu i...

he is purebred shorthorn.  sired by Gauge

i tried looking for another thread that adressed this but didnt find one.  I really want to take my old purebred shorthorn heifer (now cow) to show as a cow calf pair but i havnt led her in almost a year.  She was always a little rammy but showed really nice and gentle in the ring.  Now that she...

those pictures were from a show i did the weekend before my fair.  i dont know how any of those animals really did being that they werent in my class.

i didnt mean the comment about my steer being red to seem like i thought that was the reason he didnt win.  we talked to the judge and his family said that he prefered a larger heavier breed.  he likes fat and black.  i wouldnt make excuses for why i didnt do better, i understand why we didnt. ...

Thanks everyone for the kind words.  It really helps :)  This year i am raising two larger steers.  They are shorthorn simmi crosses.  Since they are larger framed i am worried about not having them finish in time.  We feed a more traditional diet or corn molasses and oats supplmented with...

the judge at my county fair didnt give my steer a second look in the ring, said he was too light and missing to many parts and pices to be raised higher in the class for overall market.  He went into the overall by defult because he was the only one in his class.  The judge then proceded to...

we do have a good coach who helps us as much as he can.  im just looking for ways to practice on my own to improve myself personally.  I have been told i had a natural talent for evaluation and feel as if i do also and just want to try to better myelf.  i plan on attending badger livestock...

Im going into my last year of judging with my high school ffa team and would really like to try to win state cde and was just wondering what anyone on here recomends for practicing and really improving.  weve had a team for the past three years and two of those we went to state but didnt do so...

My parents are able to help me out a little bit with money but it will mostly be me paying for it.  Iowa offered me a 1000 scholarship.  And yes I have see Iowa and north Dakota.  How did you go about getting that knabe

I know I posted awhile back about colleges.  This is updated since then.  I applied to Iowa State, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State and got accepted to all three.  Now I have to choose.  I am going to get my masters and possibly Phd in animal science with a genetic research focus or...

Its almost cool here in Wisconsin mid 80s usually.  Not what we are used to!