katie_k
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what are the aproximate costs for a person to first start out in the show world? please make a list if you could with most costs. thanks we have a truck and trailer. if that helps. not much else though
Show stopper 95 said:assuming you have no chute, adhesives, blowers, or anything. its going to set you out at around 15k. just a guess. for everything a rookie needs to not be left in the dust. . . but you also dont have to get everything at one time
I agree with that price if you are doing it "right" to begin with. Yes it can be done cheaper, but it will end up being quite the investment in the 1st few years.blackcows said:Show stopper 95 said:assuming you have no chute, adhesives, blowers, or anything. its going to set you out at around 15k. just a guess. for everything a rookie needs to not be left in the dust. . . but you also dont have to get everything at one time
$15,000.00 dollars to get started ???
Used clippers...$100.00, Used blower....$250, used steel chute....$100.00 and maybe another $300 or $400 at Sullivans will get you a long ways.
Sorry for not being clear. Any time you go to a show with a supply trailer chances are you are going to need blades, a new comb or a new brush, a new showstick in the latest color, maybe some halters, who knows what. Also if you ever need a repair on something go ahead and ad that into the equation. What if a calf goes off feed and there is nothing in the box, a tube of probiotics isn't cheap at the show. All I am saying is be honest and look at all your receipts that are cattle related and you'll quickly realize how much money you are putting into this deal. When a case of anything (adhesive, revive, pink, final bloom, paint) is almost a $100, and you figure out how many cans of stuff you are using at a show its really adding up. Agree or disagree on my prices I don't really care, but I do know when there is a supply trailer there most people tend to buy a lot of new stuff. O and FWIW, I'm not a person who just goes and blows money like its going out of style, but I also realize that to keep everything the way it should be its going to cost. The way I look at it is i could be wasting it on something else, but this way I'm investing in my future so it is well worth it.harleyhog said:To showsteernc;
Can you please clarify for us readers: "I get new stuff everytime I go to a show."
We are a family just starting out showing last year and it is not take us $15,000.00 to start nor did we buy new stuff every show we went to.
Shorthorn Girl, if you have a calf, a good facilityto keep the calf out of the weather, a good feed program, a good teacher and the willingness to learn you will be successful your first year. Steer Planet has taught myself and my daughter a lot this first year, so keep posting posts and we'll keep the advice coming, but understand take some with a grain of salt......
SFASUshowman said:I showed angus, hereford, and club calves, and I had as good a hair as anyone on show day...true I may not have had the 3-4 inches the cool room calves showed up with or even the 2 inches that people with more elaborate facilities showed up with.
NSF said:SFASUshowman said:I showed angus, hereford, and club calves, and I had as good a hair as anyone on show day...true I may not have had the 3-4 inches the cool room calves showed up with or even the 2 inches that people with more elaborate facilities showed up with.
If you didn't have the cooler shag, how can you say you had "as good of hair on show day"? I think you are merely marginalizing the other calves' hair coats to make your calves coat better in your mind because what you posted about the hair coats just doesn't make sense.