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I am assuming many on this site have gone to the American Royale Livestock show. My daughter and I will be heading up there for the Junior and Open Charolais heifer show. Since this is the first time we have ever gone to this show, I would like some helpful advice to ensure we are prepared for...

My daughter is 13 and has always been able to get her heifers to show great in the ring. Currently she is showing a purebred Charolais heifer (showed her since last spring). This heifer has never acted well in the ring, no matter the size of the ring. All she wants to do is get out of the ring...

My son's pureblood shorthorn ex-show heifer had her first calf the first week of May (pureblood bull calf). She is approximately 52 inches tall, is a great milk producer and is out of Starburst. The calf was sired by a Shorthorn bull named Fieser's Weston (reg# x4189303). This bull is considered...

I am looking for opinions from those that haul show cattle in low profile trailers. If you could do it all over again, would you buy a low profile or purchase one that is standard height? 

Due to having a heifer recovering from either a stone bruise, abscess, unknown problem, and having to be at OYE for three days before showing, I would love to read how others prepare their bedding for their calves at shows. I used the pellets last year and wet them down then put shavings over...

My daughter's show heifer has come up injured. When the heifer walks on soft ground, I really can't see anything wrong with how she walks. As soon as she walks on hard ground, she walks on the front tip of her back left foot. She never sets it flat. She has never done anything like this and this...

Does anyone follow the suggestions by the Farmers Almanac on when and when not to cut your show calves hair? If you follow the almanacs dates to cut hair and promote hair growth, were the results good or bad?

Well we couldn't resist and bought another heifer for my kids back in December, we already have one pureblood shorthorn sired by starburst and shorthorn plus sired by MAB (her dam is a Double stuff Cow) at home. This one was born early June. Sired by No Surprise and her Dam is a Pureblood...

I notice a lot of people on this website posting information, questions, pictures, etc regarding shorthorn cattle. A little over a week ago we bought my son and daughter another show heifer. This will be the first time we show a Pureblood Shorthorn (sired by Starburst) and a Shorthorn...

I have my eye on a couple heifers for my daughter. A couple of them have sires and dams known for producing females that become very good mothers. However, one we like was sired by MAB.  I would like to know how MAB cows are performing in the pasture.  Are they doing a good job raising their calves?

We took my daughter's prospect steer to the state fair this past weekend. Three days after bringing the steer home I noticed him laying around a lot and moving around real slow. I assumed he was just sore from the show so I gave him some banomine. When I got home Wednesday from work I noticed...

Update: just learned and confirmed it through family that raised the calf, that the red steer discussed in the thread is a Believe In Me not a Monopoly. Sorry for confusion. This past year my 2 children that are old enough to show have been working and showing 5 calves. After talking things...

Over the past couple of years I have asked for some advice regarding a couple of my kids calves. Instead of posting a question, I just wanted to give you all an update/chance to see how my daughter's first market steer is progressing and get your opinion on how he has grown. The following pics...

My daughter showed her heifer at the Tulsa State Fair and got second out of 11. I think this heifer could be very successful in the show ring and become a great cow for us. My biggest concern is I don't want to do anything that could cause her to become broad chested. At this time she isn't...

I have always used shavings as bedding at all the shows my kids attend but I want to try something different because I am having trouble finding good fluffy shavings in my area.  All seem to be either very large flakes that don't pack well no matter how much I wet them down, or too small and...

I need help with my daughter's show heifer. This particular heifer usually lets me come up to her in the pasture and scratch her ears, pet her and put a halter on her. Once I halter her, she gets a bad attitude (tries to push me with her head).  Once I tie her up with the other calves, she will...

We worked on the calves last night and afterwards I took some photos. Since we don't have any shows in our area until September, I thought I would post them and have you all pick your favorites. The first photo is a heifer out of I am Legend. Second heifer is out of Monopoly. Third heifer is out...

After looking over my kids show calves last night, I thought it would be a good idea to show pictures of three of them because all three are related. The two steers are out of the same Heat Wave Son bull (I think they have a lot of they same characteristics).  The third pic is a heifer that is...

My daughter's show heifer (cow) calved a month ago and we would like to AI her this time. We really like her but know we need to use a bull that is know to produce calves on the short side of the scale.  The cow is pretty big (54 inches tall and 1750 lbs prior to calving). Thinking about using...

Well my daughter and I are pretty pumped about the new heifer we purchased. She was sired by Monopoly. Since one can become a little barn-blind, I would like to hear others opinion (good or bad) on the heifer.