Houston American Calf, steerplanet judges out there

Here is a home raised 'simbrah' calf that i had posted some baby pictures of back in february, now days he is weighing 900#s and i would like to see how you guys think this one is/will turn out? anything is accepted good or bad, wont hurt my feelings! with that said i know he has a trashey neck and a sheath, the eared cattle folks will understand

hes really deep bodied and i like his muscle shape the treashy neck comes from his breed

he looks pretty good Braden...couple concerns...are his toes long??? if not he looks a little weak in those rear pasterns to me...not horrible at this point but as he grows it could get worse...bigger is also a concern for me...he may want to get a little big on you before you get him finished...whats the pedigree on cow and bull?

He's a thick one! But I agree with TwistedH he may get a little big.

thanks guys, He is gaining 6 pounds a day at this point, he only was 600 pounds at the belt buckle bonanza (its scary considering he lives in that lot under trees, we have no barn because we moved) but thankfully we can trace his genetics to a T, he is out of our f1 sim/angus bull and his mama was a braunvieh/brahman, this one is a 3/4 brothers to our champion americans at county the last 2 years and hes still on full feed as we hope he will do like the rest of cattle in that group do and just stop gaining around 1270 and get finished. His genetics have been in the family a long time and we are pretty confident that is the way things will turn out (if not you guys will be the first to know),

his feet are a touch long, but what your seeing with them so being up under him is no illusion, he is one that will know the term zilmax on a first name basis (calf makes 2 seperate tracks when he walks) and we think they wont be so bad after he gets on the hoof trimming rotation and starts the supplements,

thanks for the responses so far, keep em coming guys  <beer>

Very deep, soft bellied, easy feeding type. I like him (lol)

As stated a hoof trimming will do him some good, but he's dang stout and and deep. I still like him a lot, wouldve worked out better if he would've come out cherrry red and class gert  lol jk

thanks m rock, AAOK, and showqueen! michael- im sure we could get it done  ha we usually run the black calf gert and run the red calf as simbrah or brahman. hes just a little trashey for gert i think. calf weighed 906 yesterday

                                                                                                                          ^^^^^ san antonio may be a new destination

I said it when he was a calf, and I will say it again.  I really like this calf!  I can see all of the faults that people have pointed out with this guy but for me he is just overpowering in his rib design and is super stout featured.  I loved him when he was a youngster and you have done a very nice job with this steer!  You should be proud to have RAISED such an impressive american steer.  Good job Showstopper- You da Man

Oh I wasnt knocking the calves quality, he is a meat wagon as was stated earlier and I really like the depth and rib shape to him...I was just pointing out things that could be a concern down the road...with Simbrahs I always tend worry about wether or not they are gonna finish in time before they just get way to big...but in this case Braden has the advantage of raising calves from this pedigree for a while and knowing that they typically grow fast to a point and then just shut down and finish...fingers crossed that he does and that his pasterns stay good, cause if that happens you are really gonna have some fun with him.

X2 Good job Braden... Watch those fires...Henrys Hideout burned down yesterday

aandtcattle said:

I said it when he was a calf, and I will say it again.  I really like this calf!  I can see all of the faults that people have pointed out with this guy but for me he is just overpowering in his rib design and is super stout featured.  I loved him when he was a youngster and you have done a very nice job with this steer!  You should be proud to have RAISED such an impressive american steer.  Good job Showstopper- You da Man

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wow guys thanks for those replys! we are bracing for the fires all around here and its pretty stressful/ scary to be packing that bag with your belongings waiting to evacuate! but those really make me feel good about things here lately!

Rack ranch is one of them on here that saw this calf at his ABSOLUTE WORST, he was there in the flesh and blood when i walked back to the stall after getting 6 out of 6 at the belt buckle (the last time he was shown), and that was not my happiest day by any means, , , so to read all of these good responses really makes me happy and looking forward to those winter shows and seeing how he turns out

I am super-impressed by the calf's growth and production.  If he can grow that well in that heat you have done well.  The important growth factors are all but forgotten in today's showring.    He is a true champion in growth and production of beef.

From a showring perspective, I love his muscle expression and his correctness.

Good job Grasshopper  <rock>

Lookin good man. All these people complaining about him being trashy don't have fires on 4 sides and previous 75+ days of 100 plus temps. Anything without some ear on it would be buried in the ground under the tries instead of enjoying the shade.

outlawcattlecompany said:

Lookin good man. All these people complaining about him being trashy don't have fires on 4 sides and previous 75+ days of 100 plus temps. Anything without some ear on it would be buried in the ground under the tries instead of enjoying the shade.

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we put a 2 year old charolais heifer down because she couldnt handle the heat, probably the first (and last) non eared cow to be on our place, we have exotic bulls but the females was one and done