Recent content by chambero

I have a few distinct thoughts on this one with specific examples: The overall impression we have of him would have been a lot better if they took his microphone away and just let him talk to himself.  He made himself sound like an idiot with his reasons: He pulled many calves over the last...

Full Form was a very good Full Flush son that Bill Cody had.  Breed him to % Maine females or if you wanted to expirament on any dumpy carrier Char x females.  I used him a fair bit and got along well before Heat Wave took over.

Bulls from Alias's "generation" have much more structural trouble than the younger generation.  In my opinion Monopoly is hard to beat if you want good haired calves.  I like Unstoppable as well.  Itallian Stallion looks to be the real deal also.  Walks Alone/BIMs could have some real attitudes...

You need to be breeding a lot more than 10 to give yourself a decent statistical chance of getting a good steer.  Your odds would be a lot better with 50.

BIMs have a little more potential to be real good.  They tend to have more grow and will wait to finish at the 1350+ mark.  Walks Alone calves tend to be "piecey". I've had around 20 of them.  Heifers actually seem to be pretty gentle.  Only had one WA steer in the "batshit crazy" category.  My...

While we are giving "updates", this information is likely useful to many parents trying to decide just what their budgets are for buying calves.  You certainly can't count on making the sale at Texas majors, but placing calves pay pretty decent money nowadays. If you wonder why steer jocks have...

There have been several pretty good fall borns I've looked at in person for sale this spring. There were a couple that did a fair bit of winning last year in Texas.

Same category as one getting struck by lightning.  Quit looking for stuff to worry about.

Head is too long and poll is too prominent.  They have to be pretty round across top.

They had signs up everywhere explaining it in detail.  Auction proceeds, value of carcasses (HLSR actually sells the meat as a fundraiser), and donations go into one big pot.  You'll get the guaranteed amount at the end of May.  Second bonus check comes about Sep.  bonus should be bigger than...

My bet is a stone bruise (unless she actually has something i.e. a nail in the bottom of her hoof). If it was higher up, I don't think soft ground would make a difference. Short answer is keep her off hard ground. I could tell a long story about a Fort Worth steer we had three years ago that...

Steer show is fine.  Not sure what the deal was during heifer show, but barn is fine this week.

I was there.  Watched all the cows and about half the bulls.  Bought one of his Aberdeen + for use on our heifers. Top cow was Lot 1 at 75k I think.  Top Aberdeen + brought $50k I think

Nobody should be expected to take a lesser calf to a county show.  In my opinion, the bigger problem in the original case is it sounds like nobody else is trying hard enough to give the "big spenders" competition.  It's not that hard to either find competetive animals at reasonable prices (<$5k)...

I much prefer stalling at Houston to Ft Worth.  Ft Worth doesn't give even give you one space for calf.  You have to rotate in the tie outs.