Sizzler14 said:Where I come from, it is much easier and you get more of a fair shot showing unregistered animals. When showing registered animals, it seems 5 out of 10 people will register a Jan calf as an April. not every breed requires DNA, so it really isn't that hard to show a crossbred as a registered calf. there are just show many ways to cheat when showing registered cattle. Where we show, unregistered calves either show by hip height or weight. At least birthdate doesn't matter there. Plus the cost of registration is ridiculous to me. JMO. I also like showing heifers more than steers. I'm an outlier i guess.
Thats not quite was I was meaning about the shows doing a DNA Test. I was meaning if you have a solid red Monopoly heifer, as long as you do not put it as a Frozen Embryo, you can register her as a purebred shorhorn and get away with it. or an i80 x angus thats polled and solid black, it isnt that hard to put it as a simmental or Angus and get away with it and have a stouter hairer version to compete against honest purebreds.Danielle1018 said:Sizzler14 said:Where I come from, it is much easier and you get more of a fair shot showing unregistered animals. When showing registered animals, it seems 5 out of 10 people will register a Jan calf as an April. not every breed requires DNA, so it really isn't that hard to show a crossbred as a registered calf. there are just show many ways to cheat when showing registered cattle. Where we show, unregistered calves either show by hip height or weight. At least birthdate doesn't matter there. Plus the cost of registration is ridiculous to me. JMO. I also like showing heifers more than steers. I'm an outlier i guess.
I get what your saying about DNA testing. And true that not all shows require it. However there are commercial steer classes where I show. There have been reports of people registering september calves as december. The heifer classes require registration papers,which have a birthdate on them. The steer shows however don't. Since this is the case there is no way to prove a calf's age. Except checking teeth to make sure it is under one year of age.
BroncoFan said:I'm hoping to get your thoughts/opinions. Thanks!
Which do you prefer?