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As far as finish, condition, and health he looks great. As far as how he will do it really depends on your county and how they show. We are about 2 hours north of Houston. Our counties are strictly by weight, they do not split the classes in any way based on breed. This calf is obviously...

To me this is kind of an iffy subject. Technically a seller is under no obligation to refund or replace. There are risks that are inherent when you are dealing with live animals. A lot of people feel like a seller should replace an animal of it becomes crippled etc. Well I have to ask the...

I always handle market steers when I judge. Even if it doesn't change where they would have placed if I hadn't handled them, it is still a good practice. If you are that concerned with getting kicked or you get kicked that often then you probably are not being super smart about how you are...

I think she looks really good,and I think her record speaks for that as well.  The Herefords have gotten really popular again the last few years, and there are some pretty salty ones getting drug up and down the road here in TX.  So to win a class in Dallas out to tell you what you need to...

Looks like your son is pretty good at pickin em.  And his name is on the sire and dam's papers as well.  Pretty good start for a kid there I would say.

I dont have a cool room, but when I have had use of them I like them set at least 55 or lower. I want it colder than a cows ambiant temperature which is generally somewhere around 60

I hear you there Chambero, 2 yrs ago at Ft Worth we were crammed in between other cattle, we had paid for a chute and had a girl that couldnt go because of grades so we should have had an extra space and we still couldnt set up a chute.  A few isles down there was a county with 3 chutes and...

When I am trying to blow some middle into one I like a good Sorgum X Sudan Grass mix or hybrid.  Some people call it HayGrazer, dont know if you can get it down there or not but I like it and calves eat it well.  Its hard to tell everything from the picture, but where do you want the calf to...

Goodlooking heifer, any steers hitting the ground?

I think you are doing a pretty good job with him.  You have to love the extension in this steer, he is really long and extended through his neck and front end and super long sided.  He has good circumfrence of bone, and appears to be sound. On the profile he is really level down the top line...

Someone said you are in FL so I will offer my advise based on that.  #1 in my opinion for areas as humid as the gulf coast states, keep him under a fan.  From my experience, high humidity and 75degrees will shuch hair as much as 100 degree dry weather.  Keep those fans on him to keep air...

When I read the rule it seemed pretty vague to me.  The rule reads: "An animal will be disqualified from the show if it is being trimmed, fitted, or dressed by anyone other than exhibitors, County Extension Agents or Agricultural Science Teaches from the state of Texas, or other feeders or...

Cant ask for much better hair.  But I have to agree with showstopper, not sure if its the pic, but he looks forward in the shoulder and straight in the knee.  But he also looks pretty leggy and shallow.  If he had some guts and dimension through the middle you might not notice that to much. ...

Its hard to tell from a pic, but I would say she looks plenty tall enough for me.  She looks like she has plenty of product and shape in her.  Yeah so her neck isnt good enough, but remember she is a market heifer.  Unless you get one of those judges that is gonna harp on what her contemporaries...

I think a lot of these composites started out a lot like the breeds justintime mentioned, so to call them mongrols is to call those breeds mongrols as well.  Yes the breeding was more systematic, but a lot of it also came about as a "hey! that one did really good, lets see if we can recreate it...

I dont think you can say we get carried away with frame.  I agree some judges rely to heavily on it, but that can be said of any trait.  I think the problem becomes when judges become sticklers for any single trait and use it to line the entire class up.  In my opinion a class shouldnt be...

As others have stated, I think its great that you are asking for help in learning and not just getting discouraged or bitter.  Yes this heifer needs some volume through middle, and high fiber products like beet pulp, cotton seed hull, depth charge, etc etc will help to an extent.  There are...

A friend posted the following on facebook earlier, and I think it sums it up pretty well. "Most of the problems that we face today are because those that work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living." I have said it over and over and over again, the #1 thing, in my...

From my experience, honestly, I would say no, there probably isnt a ton of gert in him.  Looking at true gerts I just dont see it in most of these.  He may have a little though.  As far as classing him Gert, then absolutely all day everyday.  I think almost every classifier would pass him in the...

Taking the eggs out and then inseminating is InVitroFertilization which is considerably more expensive than flushing.  Also IVF embryos dont tend to freeze as well as flushed embryos so it is best to have your recips set up to do fresh transfers. I typically prefer using 2 straws to AI 7 days...