one thing you could change

[aj]

I agree with knabe.  Cattle shouldn't have cankles.......whatever cankles are?

 

[cowman 52]

Hillary Rodman ankles, as in covered by a pantsuit!

 

[Jeferin]

How about this one... This is the most complete steer but he just doesn't have the hair to hide his flaws like the first steer... and there is only a couple of them at that!!!

 

[Jeferin]

One more... 
Same judge and he knows the kid that beat mine. This is showmanship before he picked the winner and they are both 12.

"This young man has impressed me all day. His smoothness and natural showing ability has been the best I've seen all day. But.. I just have to go with this other young man, his steer has been giving him a work out all day and he has done his best to keep up with him."

As the kid is trying to get his steers head off the ground.

 

[showsteerdlux]

I didn't like it when in my first year of showing the judge  said "This heifer has the straightest and best topline, best structure by far, but doesn't have the hair, power, or weight to compete with the rest of this class" This was a BREEDING class. Hair power or size shouldn't have much weight in judging a breeding class. It was also quite clear that it was my first year showing, I showed up with only a modified horse halter and a leather show halter to keep my heifer tied with. Other people there gave me a show stick, rope halter, neck tie and offered to help me at any time I needed it. Judge didn't look at my heifer after he realized she was 200 pounds light of the rest of the class then when he finally told me to leave he came up with an excuse of why she was still good.

I would tend to disagree with you when it comes to power and weight in a breeding class. Power is a necessary evil when it comes to cattle. Do we need breeding heifers that have a HW quarter and top, no, but in my mind, they should have enough to them, that you can look at them and think that when breeding time comes around, you could produce a steer with enough "go" in him that he could perform. The same thing with weight. It is not the judges job to know that it is your 1st year showing or such, he has to compare your animal to what he/she feels is acceptable and what they are looking for that day. 200 pounds difference is huge in a class, whether is be babies or breds.

 

[Barry Farms]

She had adequate muscle for me (being a heifer) the others were like finished steers every bit of 1250 pounds and hog fat. If I had named one it would be Tasty for the finish they had. That's why this is my last year showing heifers. On my previous post I meant to include there is no market class so the market heifers were what I showed against. Regardless it is hard to swallow when he says your calf can't compete and doesn't belong.

 

[jlingle]

Probably the worst fake reason I've ever heard a judge spout off, was this: "If you like one big boned, heavy muscled, structurally correct, and still free moving then this is the steer for you..... But I'm going to start the class with the young man's steer, who is just more athletic." As you can imagine, everyone on this forum would recognize the name of the young man on the halter of the "athletic" steer who won the class. Oh well..... Lol!

 

[grandchamp58]

This isn't a judges comment, but I still thought it was funny...
In senior showmanship in the very first class at a local show, the judge asked the kid what he would like to change about his hog. The kid told the judge, "I would like to make her longer so she can have more (inappropriate t work for breasts) so she can have more baby piggies." The judge, without giving a name, announced this comment on the mic. It was hard not to die laughing.

 

[RyanChandler]

Probably the worst fake reason I've ever heard a judge spout off, was this: "If you like one big boned, heavy muscled, structurally correct, and still free moving then this is the steer for you..... But I'm going to start the class with the young man's steer, who is just more athletic." As you can imagine, everyone on this forum would recognize the name of the young man on the halter of the "athletic" steer who won the class. Oh well..... Lol!

I just don't understand how this keeps happening. At what point will people be held accountable for their fraudulent actions.  I saw a pony league ref get beat down I mean manhandled in the parking lot after throwing a game.  Honestly, after what I saw, I don't see him throwing any more games.  Now I'm not saying the judge needs to be barnstormed in the parking lot right off the bat but I'd damn sure charge him up- make him real aware of the repercussions of continuing that line of behavior. 

 

[BLININ]

See how far that gets u, not very far I would imagine, it sure didn't myself!!!!! (lol)

 

[PDJ]

Way back in 1979 I had a pretty decent little steer in a lightweight class.  This was right when the bigger is better craze was starting, and he was about 53" tall and weighed 1150, almost finished.  We got second, and the calf that beat us was a tight gutted 55 or 56" tall steer that weighed about 1100, but was really pretty.

The judge got on the mic, and said "this calf in second is a really good feeding steer, but just doesn't have as much red meat as the top calf."    Not quite fat, smaller framed, and heavier, but less red meat?  Just chalked that one up to who and where and moved on.  I bet Jim from cattle Cards could almost guess who was on the halter that beat us.

 

[Will]

We stood third once and as we head out the judge says our calf was the best from the side and a bunch the soundest moving and plenty stout.  Never gave a fault just let her go out.  The other two were stouter but really did not move well. 

 

[Aussie]

The two biggest put downs I have heard
If I could change anything about this bull it would be everything from the halter back
and
The best place for this bull would be between two bits of bread.

 

[Doc]

I was at a county fair show that was at nighttime for showmanship. While the showmanship class was going on they set off some fireworks off. All the calves spooked except one, judge placed him down the line because he said " the calf was too broke to really see how good a job the kid did showing her". This same pair was either 1st or 2nd everywhere else .