Search results

Grant, Thanks for all your help - Dad says he's exactly as advertised (or as you described him).  We really liked him for the reasons you described and after seeing Icon (half-brother) in Louisville, really liked the way Patent was stamping his calves.  Other issues were the great spread from...

That's her photo from Ward's dispersal.  She's been a great producer for Shadybrook and ArSuLu before that.

We're really pleased to have recently added SBF Patent Pending to our herd.  Out of Waukaru Patent 8161 and the dam of Osage, he offers calving ease with exceptional growth. Bred for the beef industry, he's sound enough and well made to compete in the show ring.  He just made it home to...

Scott, The cattle look really good!  Love the bulls out of 23G daughters and the lot 13 bull looks to be very interesting. Good luck!! Joe

1 4500.00 3 4300.00 4 1900.00 5 2400.00 6 4000.00 7 4000.00 8 5000.00 9 7500.00 10 2400.00 11 1800.00 12 2200.00 13 1600.00 14 7500.00 15 4000.00 16 2800.00 17 4200.00 19 3800.00 20 2300.00 21 4900.00 22 1800.00 23 2600.00 24...

In looking at the show ring and how animals place from week to week there will always be differences. And while may seem unusual to go from the top end of a class of10-12 to the bottom in a week, it does happen.  Why?  Primarily the differences in opinion or priorities of the individuals judging...

The lot 13 bull looks like he could improve a lot of cows in the US.

OK, I'll play.  You could use the Leader bull in my avatar.  His dam was a daughter of Gizmo and he is totally clean with no Trump anywhere.  Also he's proven calving ease, calves are marketable (the first heifer in Canada sold for $3000), and if you want to show them they are stylish enough-...

For an alternative I'd suggest you look at Hillside Leader (the bull in my profile).  He's been successfully used in both the US and Canada with great results.  His calves come easily and are very vigorous.  Most importantly, especially when compared to most of the calving ease bulls, the calves...

You mention the "high flank" which is something that I think is really a misnomer.  Have you ever seen a steer on the rail?  If so you realize that naturally the rib cage ends at the elbow pocket.  Accordingly any extra depth below the elbow pocket (assuming the animal is made normally) is fat...

Having used JR genetics before I would most definitely use them again.  From the photo he looks like a typical JR bull - sound and problem free.  Can't speak to the top side of his pedigree, but the bottom side is excellent.

While it’s unfortunate that the discussion of Louisville has migrated to a debate on the commercial viability of Shorthorns, the discussion has for the most part been healthy.  What is missing in the debate on whether Shorthorns have a place in the commercial sector is the basic question of...

An $11,500 bull looks better in person than he does in a sale report.  He was a very good bull and the sale was real - I know there were at least two others bidding on him.

I've been on both sides of this and it's rare, but it is a problem. Once while judging at one of the larger state fairs, I was hired to do four breed shows and the junior steer show.  Another well known breeder was judging the rest of the breed shows.  The day I was supposed to finish he was...

Great looking heifer Grant.  She looks a lot like the heifers we've gotten out of Leader - very similar skeletal pattern and shape. 

Anytime you have a breeder who has built this kind of genetic base disperse you have great opportunity.  It's hard to compare to some of the sales you mentioned, if for no other reason than shear numbers.  Bob has built an incredibly strong select herd, but the numbers are relatively small. ...

The only problem I have with this argument is that the cattle are rarely what they seem to be.  Between the pumping and gluing, 3 inches of the finest hair that would have made Farrah Fawcett jealous, and injectibles and supplements that have no "medicinal" value -- one can hardly claim that...

There was a great thread a couple of years ago on the same subject. Rather than go through the discussion again, I would suggest that you might go read through it -- it had something like 60-70 comments if I recall.  Lots of good discussion that hits  on the topics in this year's version.  Let...

I know I'm biased but the Leader bull we own with Horseshoe Creek (Justintime) is quickly proving himself to be a very good choice for heifers.  The calves come easily and have great vigor at birth.  As importantly for us, they seem to have more than adequate growth and enough eye appeal to...

Was it the Dream Weaver or the Buster?