Evaluate Please

Here is my steer he is a Hereford going to Fort Worth in Feb he may not look the greatest in these pics he just got over  being really sick and just now getting back on feed
Thanks Brittney

He looks good! Can't do too much evaluating until I get to a better computer on monday (i hate wide screens!). How old is he?

He was born October 8th 2007 so a little over a year
Brittney

txshowlamb said:

Here is my steer he is a Hereford going to Fort Worth in Feb he may not look the greatest in these pics he just got over  being really sick and just now getting back on feed
Thanks Brittney

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Hey, Brittney, I like him!  Thick and wide and long enough.  Maybe could be a touch tighter/cleaner in his front, but a real nice steer overall!

Thanks....weighed him tonight he is 1046 pounds gained 31 pounds this week


Brittney

very impressive! He is a real solid deep bodied steer. To me he looks like a Hereford should.

nice steer. he has a nice wide rump and sound looking legs. I agree with Dori that he could be cleaner through his front. but overall a real nice steer. I think your going to do good. good luck.

p.s. how much do you have to weigh?

renegade said:

nice steer. he has a nice wide rump and sound looking legs. I agree with Dori that he could be cleaner through his front. but overall a real nice steer. I think your going to do good. good luck.

p.s. how much do you have to weigh?

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forgot to ask how did you get him to gain 31 pounds in a week?

I believe the minimum is 1000 no max that I know of my goal is 1250-1300 I really dont know how he gained 31 pounds he usually gains around 20-24 pounds a week and Iam guessing because he was so sick last week and he is just now getitng back on feed he is eating all feed at each serving and drinking tons of water so that prolly how he gained so much but iam not going to complain lol
Brittney

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Nice calf & good luck !!

he looks great. could be a little cleaner up front but he looks great otherwise. good luck

Looks good.  Keep him eating.

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You turn your own weight in at Fort Worth this year and they have the 5% weighback.

In my opinion, 7ou will want to weigh as light as you can if you want a chance at making the sale.  You may be borderline on whether you could get him in as a lightweight, but the middleweight and heavy weight classes will be dominated by some "mooses".  You need to keep pushing him to get him fat, but your goal shouldn't be to get him as heavy as possible.

For example, We're taking a little Angus steer that is weighing around what your calf is right now.  He'll be shown at around 1125.

We will also pull our steers back to stay in the lightweight classes, the big boys play too rough for us!  Chambero, the paint calf took another buckle this past weekend.  We are keeping our fingers crossed for the BIG SHOW, see you there.

I'm so proud of you!!!! He looks great.  Doesn't even resemble the pictures you showed us earlier.  You've done a great job.  You should be very proud of the job you've done with him! (clapping) <party> <party> (clapping) (clapping)

Fabulous job, Brittney.  (thumbsup)

He looks really good, you have done a great job with him.  I think he would make one heck of a steer for Houston.