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Right now we have three beefmaster but not sure that's were we are going to stay. Our former show girl is a char/brangus cross. She is due a calf any day on a brangus bull. We are hoping for a heifer for our county commercial heifer show next year but if my son catches a scramble heifer we will...

Yes we plan on trying to become competitive in major shows in the future. My oldest is a freshman but I have three younger kids. Lol, I'm already researching the best bulls for our former show ladies. It may be for the best because he is also doing the scramble and if he catches we will be glad...

Thank you for your reply. While my husband is a sky is the limit kind of guy, my son and myself are more grounded in reality. We realize what we are up against. I wish now we had stuck to the plan of taking broilers first just to get a feel for the majors instead of plunging in with a steer.

Thank you for your reply. Your opinion is the same as mine. Here is how this went down. My hubby went to the extension office to return some supplies and came home with a major show tag. My kids are not new to showing and this might be the natural progression of something we have more experience...

Are major shows like Houston worth going to just for the learning experience if you know your calf isn't going to do well there?

Thank you for your reply. We show in southeast Texas. As you can see by the blue ear tag we have him entered in Houston but we are on the fence about going. He is our family's first steer and we have no idea what we are doing and it only cost $50 total total to enter him so we did. Now it's more...

That is the best pic I have of him on my phone. It was before his feet where trimmed. Our county show is a market show by weight. Also slick shear. The February weather in Texas is nuts and we started his hair cut to cool him off so he would eat. Now we have to finish shearing him and try to...

<nopics>first time posting. Can I get some opinions on my sons county steer...