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As a Simmental breeder I'd love to hope it was real money but I don't know I've ever seen one that went even into the teens where there wasn't some agreement established prior to that animal entering the sale ring.  Not saying it's a great thing but it sure happens. I'm surprised there hasn't...

I was searching the Club Calf Sire list on Cattle Visions website and noticed several bulls with PHA and TH status "Unknown". Does this mean these bulls have never been tested?  I'm not as familiar with PHA and TH as it's not tested in the Simmental breed which is what I have shown since I was...

At our State Fair a few years ago in the Angus show a bred and owned heifer stood in front of one who topped a sale a few months earlier at $20,000.  I bought a heifer at the Dixie National a few years ago whose full sibs avg $3500 a few months prior in a production sale.  Got her home and took...

I agree.  Those who have semen on him are using it wisely and also watching with anticipation what he does in Denver.  Fingers crossed I'm going to breed a group of Simmental and SimAngus first calf heifers to him in about a month.

What would it have been like to live in the hay days of the Denver Union or other major stockyards?

Working Ranch Magazine's last issue had a great article with a page of great apps for cattle, both for iPhone and androids. I should still have it and will try to scan that page or list them.

Sounds like she's on the good side of extreme, could be worse, but maybe pictures will help us analyze her more.

They are a fairly uniform group, mostly medium framed cattle.  One female needs a little extra muscle and depth to her but the others are nice and I think bred right will make great club calves.

I have a nice group of Balancer first calf heifers that I'm considering trying something different with.  We raise Simmental cross cattle and bought these females to use as recips but their calves are nice and I'm thinking about trying a few different bulls on them to see what works. Any...

We had a similar situation with a Reg. Angus bull several years ago.  Found him stuck, hadn't been there but a few hours but had injured himself trying to get free.  We got him loose and he died the next day.

I have two straws of Red Reality, guess it's been 5+ yrs since we bred anything to him.  I have a red Built Rigt daughter who just calved and I'm thinking of breeding her to him. Any thoughts on Red Reality?

Thanks for the info.  I have paid guys to help with hay, mowing, etc but it's easier when it's a 4 hrs one day or all day for 5 days straight.  This will just be riding by checking cows and feeding everyday.  Only a few minutes each day. I've talked to him and think we have something worked...

I have never had help on the farm, but am considering having someone help us feed and do some farm chores for us.  It would only be an hour a day at the most, but really most days only long enough to feed in one or two barns. I know a guy looking for odd jobs and work who said he would be glad...

What's the info on the baldy?

Good news, the semen I really wanted from the tank was ok!  Some of the semen was no good but we gave the straws to our local high school to he AI process. 

McCullough, Stierwalt and others have fitting DVD's too that can be helpful, they were to me anyway.  Only problem is you are not in front of the animal when you watch them. Also, the Virginia Club Calf Producers, www.virginiaclubcalfproducers.com, had Kirk Stierwalt do a fitting demonstration...

I recently got several straws of semen from a local farmer who was getting rid of his tank.  Haven't used the first straw but this weekend I happened to pull out one cane and noticed that every straw in that cane had somewhat of a black tent to it at the very end.  Didn't take any of the straws...

Is that there alternative to Zoom Bloom?

Is anyone using Stierwalt's new product line from Weaver?  Looks like they are promoting them hard but everyone I know is still using what they have been.