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The show ring and feedlot are two different things Quality never goes out of style and high performance cattle sold by the pound are what make money for feedlots.We have very little club calf genetics in our cowherd but sell many top end calves by using top sound club calf bulls.The social...

The difference between exhibiting livestock and competing in events that are decided by a score or clock is the fact that they are judged by one or more people who evaluate [judge] and anytime a person or persons have the final whether it is boxing,gymnastics,or showing the outcome can be...

Off the initial subject but quality doesn't always reflect in the purchase price.I say everytime I judge a show that if you are not having fun or learning something than exhibiting livestock isn't for you.It is usually a labor of love and people should be thankful for the opportunity.Its not...

If spending quality time with your family  to reach a goal,being able to have lifelong memories and making friends that last forever, teaching responsibility and work etic are important things to you than showing livestock is priceless.If you let someone else to your work,think money will make a...

My condolences to Nicks,Logans and Brents famiiies.Hard to understand why but we hope there is a better place.Nothing worse than losing  good young people way before their time.Truely sorry for your loss.

WMW was one of the first bulls that transmitted lots of hair and was TH free.He downsized bigger framed cows and put a front end like no other.If bred to cows that were too straight the offspring carried same traits.Some of the top bulls and donors show him in their pedigree.Probably one of the...

Good job on getting live calf.Backwards calves with some size don't give you a lot of time .I have been told breech calves can be born unassisted especially in dairy herds but my experience has been to save them you need to mechanically pull them and not waste much time.105# is not really that...

My experience if you synchronize and breed 50[35/40 might settle] cows and it will take close to 21 days to get them all calved.Some can be ten days early and some will be 10 days late out of same bull.Usually the late ones are a little bigger.The best way to get a cow to calve is plan something...

The Lautner bulls all have a Trich tested ear tag with date and part of the agreement is a clean test at end of lease.You can have a calf out of an unknown bull that is as good as any promoted bull and most buyers except the real sharp ones want a Monopoly or H.W. or W.A.due to the number that...

Many top bulls are leased by Lautner farms and others and it is usually around $3000 for 60days.Some good bulls have been leased for pick of top calf which is many times actually higher.An average bull that produces average calves will actually cost more than a high performance guality bull just...

Just a couple weeks into calving and weather hasn't been great but still able to get along.Out of first twenty we had had 1 C-Sec on heifer bred to easy calving low birth weight[68#] bull that weighed 97# I backwards upside down full breech ,one leg back, one pull probably could have had it but...

A simple pelvic measurement would have made things easier for you and a proven easy calving bull.You used the terms a lot invested, stout and big boned and 6 in shorter than the other cows.Too many big boned ,small framed,stout heifers ,should have been steers or market heifers.Feminine with a...

50+ years of calving cows tells me 2 hours after water bag appears and no progress is time to find out if you have a problem.Backwards,legs back,head back,too big can all be handled.The best vet cant help if not called.It usually takes the same amount of time to deliver a live calf as a dead one...

Brad,welcome to the bull promotion business.You have aligned yourself with two of the best so success will follow.The list of people that have been successful with several bulls is short and Phil is still on top. The computer age has made it possible for doubters to say whatever and...

I just received Gib Yardleys sale catalog and the the bulls are impressive but the most impressive were the footnotes and thoughts from the veteran cattleman that has seen it all and is able to raise a Christian family and his feeling about from cattle to government are great reading.These are a...

Several winning steers have brands and in some cases it might even help them.The Wagonhammer is widely known along with RockingJ. Many western states it is the only way to show proof on ownership.I remember a baby calf being taken and the way they determined who it belonged to was it running to...

The real reason for showing should be to have fun and learn something.It takes a lot more than hair[it does help] to make a winner.If the judge cant look thru the hair get a different one.There is not one calf show worth a tear if you don't win as most kids should be glad for the opportunity as...

It takes more than color to make good females.There are several bulls that will add color if show cattle are your goal.I know that anything other than a white face will be discounted in the real world.The Shorthorns usually breed for solid colors but the wild colored ones if good stick out in...

I have done business with Phil and Matt and also have respect for Wade.Semen rights, cloning rights, and possession are three different things.With color being in except at sale barns MAB is hot and cloning him makes good business sense.Cloning is expensive and there have been many cloned bulls...

They are laughing all the way to the bank.It seems the girls are a little too done up to be serious,fancy ear rings necklaces,form fitting designer jeans,breast enhancement,But I think its funny.We had a neighbors 40# pig escape and end up at our place about 4mi from his home and they can be a...