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What is everyone's opinions on branding on a beef animal's show side shoulder or hip. Tacky, okay or don't care? I've seen some well-known herds in our area do it and I have to wonder if its just playing politics in the show ring. I understand why some choose to brand, we do it as well, but is...

We have been getting 1.30 to 1.40 for 60- 70lb heavily dairy influenced whethers. Like I said, these are ones we did not breed, only bought to feed up and sell.There are a lot of dairy goat breeders trying to capitalize on the meat goat market in this area. Almost all of our home raised breeding...

X2! She should be really great when she bellies down and that rear flank starts to drop! Best of luck getting through the fire!

Just a couple of helpful hints since this was your first go at it-1. Soak the area you intend to brand with Windex or something of that nature first. Not sure why it works, but it seems to give the iron better contact with the hide and  help get clear details in the finished brand. 2. There are...

Did you mouth her? I would wonder about her age first off. By the way, goats are holding strong in our area. We have been shipping out loads of 60-70lb wethers that we bought to feed up and sell and have been doing very well even though the kids are Boer x dairy crosses. We have had great luck...

Vinegar and Kleen sheen!

If you are really worried, your best bet is to bite the bullet and have a straw tested. What is I-80 priced at right now anyway?

I agree that he was pretty darn good. As far as him being in that drive, as long as they show dairy steers, one will be in the drive and place at least 8th overall in this format.

You can look at it that way, or you can look at the dairy steer as a dairy steer. Yes this is an apples to oranges thing, but a good judge (I believe the steer show judge Clint Rusk is) can do this fairly adeptly.  As Knabe said, there is some real value in a well fed dairy steer. Not sure if it...

It is not a sign of quality, but a result of show format. For overall standings and sale order, only the champ of each breed gets to compete. This includes the champ crossbred, and champ dairy as there are relatively few breeds to show. The only reserve champ that gets a shot at it is the one...

We have yet to induce one. We do find they go over a couple of days quite often though. If you get stressed, check with a vet. Often, if ours go over, they are having trips or even quads, and they can get pretty tangled in there. Luckily, our vet is a young woman with little arms, and she has...

I saw that calf at WBE last year. My sister really wanted to get him, but she already had two steer prospects. Any idea how he ended up looking?

I'm by no means in your part of the country, but I would think he could be a fairly competitive steer. He seems correct and has  some nice length in his hooks and pins with pretty good depth in his rear flank. I love his top line and his face. I would bet it would not take a whole lot of work to...

If you have any questions, Brandon, the show superintendent, is a great guy and always very helpful. Best of luck at the show and I hope it is not too hot of a night spent sitting on the track for you!

I would recommend finding out what Angus sires he has available before I pull the trigger. There is a reason the Lim-Flex is becoming more popular- because it works. It does take a little homework to find which lines cross well with the Limi females (look at the bloodlines that won Denver the...

If you cannot find what you are looking for on the website, call the NALF office. The girls in that office are knowledgeable and great to work with. If they do not have the information you need, they always find someone who does and respond back in a timely manner. Of the four breed associations...

Not sure how much looking it up will help as the format was changed this year. The low percentage steers- ie shorthorn plus, low % Charolais,- will show in the same classes as their high percentage or purebred counterparts. This will make the AOB class which the % percentage steers used to show...

It is a zero, but this way the female is on the books and recorded. The cow herself will not have any NALF percentage value, it is all about her offspring. You have to be able to put down a reg number of the dam to register a calf, so if you intend to register a 50% Limi calf with NALF, the dam...

For females and young stock, tatoo # (our herd ID #s are the same as tatoo #s) and herd prefix (since we run 3 or 4 for different family members). For herd bulls we use their names on the front and tatoo on the back. You really can't read the tatoo # on the bulls in the pasture, but it is...

I agree that maybe some people do play the paper game, but often what you see is what you get. Some of these kids really do deserve to be recognized for going the extra mile to breed the calf they drag! My sister was lucky enough to have this honor last year when she won the Supreme B & O title...