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Im looking for a nice show calf for my daughter. There is a sale coming up but I know nothing of the sires of these calves. Here they are. Please let me know which sire is best for market steer and heifer Walks Alone Presidential My Turn Paddy O'malley Black Gold Thriller

yes they are getting taller. they are growing like a horse - getting gangly. 

I haven't weighed them since august (have to haul them to a scale). At that point they were 340 each(they were bottle babies so have always been behind in their growth rate from the rest of the herd). They got nice and fat but within the last few weeks they look like a brood cow in winter. The...

My 2 angus steers have been losing weight. both are 10 months old, dewormed every 2-3 months (rotating between dectomax and safeguard) they got Ralgro in sept. they get free choice 13% beef blend by Southern States and coastal hay. They are consuming approx 200lbs of pellets a week Any ideas?

I want to go get some insecticide tags for my calves. Which brand or insecticide ingredient is the best to use in the south? (florida)

Thanks everyone. Now to hope if we get any orphans next calving season they are out of really good cows (not that we need to lose good cows)

Can an orphaned calf grow well enough to be a show animal? Wether it be a steer or heifer? In 2 years my daughter will be old enough to start showing beef. It is not uncommon to have a couple of orphaned calves every year and the ranch my husband works on will just give them to us since its not...

I have 2 steers. 1 is 13 weeks old and the other 10 weeks. Both are Angus cross (commercial beef) Both were orphaned and raised on a bottle until 8 weeks. They have free choice coastal hay and free choice grain/mineral. The younger one just isnt filling out. the older one was filling out nicely...

his value change per day on feed was $2.11. what does that mean?

This steer was by an angus bull out of a hereford cow (with some brahma) Are these results good? he spent 160 days on feed. starting weight was 756lbs LW - 1285 REA - 13.2 FT - 0.49 %KPH - 2.5 QG - CHOICE- YG - 3.0

our steer wouldnt eat either but we made a mix of 1 bucket 12% pellets, 1/2 bucket of 12% sweet feed, 1/2 bucket of soaked corn and now he eats well and his ADG is 3lbs/day. he also has free choice mineral and bahia hay

I need to figure out how to increase the fat content of our market steer without completely switching feeds. It took us forever to figure out how to get him to eat since hes so picky. His ration currently is 2.5% fat and I would like to increase it to around 4% (gets free choice bahai hay and is...

We havent been able to get our hands on my sons market steer since weigh in 3 weeks ago. the buddy steer we put in with him turned out to be a demon and our steer stayed with him. They were in a 1 acre pasture The other day we noticed the halter (with lead dragging) was getting snug and...

found a stocker pellet that has 12.5% protein 3.1% fat 25% fiber its $329/ton hows that?

is there a supplement we can give him in a bucket outside the pen away from the freezer beef? we get the soy pellets in bulk. really cant afford to buy show feed when i have to feed the freezer beef but we know if he dpesnt have a buddy he wont eat well The only other requirement for our fair...