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Well yes you start evaluating the cattle/exhibitors the minute they hit the gate.  What I was referring to is that is the point when most judges are going to start pulling cattle and lining cattle up.  It doesnt matter if the judge is pulling randomly or not either, in my opinion and the way I...

I dont think it really matters that much as far as politics go.  If a judge and a breeder or owner are going to play politics then the judge is going to know who the calf is regardless if its branded or not.  I personally dont like branding cattle before they show, my preference is to wait until...

That sounds fairly typical to me, I mean your calf's butt wont necessarily be facing the crowd, but typically they you are going to enter the ring and they will line everybody up side by side, the judge will walk the line and evaluate the rear end, top line, and front end of your calf from front...

Our custom mixed ration was up by about 1.00 a hundred this last week here in east TX

I guess I dont know what was said, I have never been to a lot of shows where there was a lot of yelling or open pulling for a specific one to win.  Most of the time its chearing and applauding when one walks in and then pretty much silence except for the occasional parent or such trying to get a...

I guess maybe I missed something here.  Was the person being rude, out of line, mean in any way?  All I got out of the original post was the person was astounded that the guy felt and voiced his opinion that a calf other than the one that he bred and sold should have won the show??? I am sorry...

Good job with her so far! You know I will be the first to tell you how it is with them man, but I think she is kind of a unique piece in the Shorty show ring as of late, good boned, sound from the ground up, but what makes her stand out to me is she appears to have a ton of length of spine. ...

It is no more special than any other recessive deffect.  Both TH and PHA are recessive deffects, which means for there to be any physical affect from the deffect then the calf must be homozygous for the trait(posess 2 rececessive, deffect genes).  If a calf is heterozygous(carries 1 recessive...

My favorite products are good old fashioned elbow grease and effort.  Water and a rice root brush are really all you need to train hair, I dont think a blower is even all that important for training because you can always brush them dry, it may take longer, but that is even more working and...

I dont really think you can necessarily say its immaturity or dislike in the heifer shown.  I think a big part of maturity and knowledge is knowing when you have the best one in the ring and when you dont.  Sure we all like to win, but I dont mind getting beat by a good one.  Sometimes I leave a...

I dont know any sure fire ways.  But from the sound of it, I would say it sounds like you are saying the calf has gone beyond distrest to downright fear of certain individuals.  Unfortunately, a lot of animals never get over that, and if the steer has learned to associate the daughter with...

One of my favorite classes to judge is showmanship.  In my 20+ yrs involved showing cattle I have seen some very unique and very tough ways of judging showmanship.  I agree this is a showmanship class, so yes the showman has to have some skills on the end of the halter to win.  I dont care how...

Your screename is not what he was referring to.  Every internet connection has a unique IP address, which most certainly can be traced.  Most connections have a "Static" IP Address, which means it automatically changes at random.  This aids in protecting your security, however changing IP...

I have to agree, 2 and 3....if I were ranking them in order it would be 3-2-4-1 I think 3 far and away is the style and power combination of the group added to the fact that she has tons of middle in her, she may get a little coarse through the shoulders, but I dont think its bad...2 is a nice...

I would have never guessed the limis were that high on the list.  That really shocks me.  Beefmasters dont really surprise me though, beefmaster breeders have made a big push the last couple of years.  And while they were never intended to be a show ring breed, we are starting to see some really...

We show for sale order around here.  But where I grew up in Louisiana our sale was randomized and it got kind of confusing, lol.  At our county we were each allowed to sale 1 unit, regardless of placing.  A steer was the only thing that was one unit by itself.  All others were half units.  In my...

I dont think people are understanding what chambero is trying to say here.  He is not talking about Herefords in the show ring.  He is talking about Herefords in the commercial segment. It hasnt been that many years since Hereford and heavily Hereford influenced cattle dominated the commercial...

He looks like he is finishing pretty nicely, of course we cant put our hands on the picture and tell.  But yes go ahead and start the hay, I would say he is probably finished enough at this point that you are gonna hit harder for him being a little shallow than you are for finish.  As long as...

I guess my biggest thing is I just dont see what this accomplishes other than making more victims.  They are punishing the school and the program in an attempt to make an example because of what a few people in position of power knew and didnt come forth with.  But the fact is most of the people...

Here is my thinking, its a gamble waiting for one to show to put her up for sale.  If she goes in there and kicks tail at those shows, then yes there will be a lot of interest in her.  But if she is just middle of the road, then there wont be as much interest cause she will be older and people...