There is a really simple answer to this question, and it is one that I totally dis agree with. Years ago, the re weigh was put into shows, I understand why it was put in, but it has also been in my own opinoin, one of the biggest detrements to the idea of the show steer becoming more like real world cattle business. One of my best friends says this to me constantly that I like cattle to long sided, because I tend to like longer sided cattle, if they can hold their framework and balance together and still be functional in their kind. The guys trading steers hate it because long bodied cattle are much harder to make the re weigh at shows. This is why the short, coupled, tight wound, unsound cattle have worked their way to the top, so that they can appear thicker and still make the re weigh. The reason I add unsound is very simple, when you make a body, shorter in every way, the flex is taken away from it's skeleton. I know some will argue on here that soundness is not important, but it is to me and that is an argument for another day.
Personally I like Rib-Eyes, much better than hamburgers, and taking out length of body takes out ribeyes, not to mention allow the skeleton to flex the way it was meant to.
Just my opinion.
Mark