How did everyone fair in Houston?

[chambero]

My family is in line now.  I will be down on Friday.  We show ORB on Sunday.

 

[stangs13]

My family is in line now.  I will be down on Friday.  We show ORB on Sunday.

Already in line?? They are not backed up already are they?? We head out at about 5:00...should be there around 5 30/45.

 

[chambero]

They let them in at 3

 

[Simmimom]

Glad your heifer is well for Houston Stangs13.  No more problems with her legs?  I assume you are stalling with Friendswood FFA.  I know our flushmate to yours will be with Pearland FFA and another flushmate will be with Manvel FFA.  Good luck.

 

[shortdawg]

What did you all think about the steer that won Grand ?

 

[SPL]

What did you all think about the steer that won Grand ?

I was just about to ask that same thing.  What did the steer weigh?

 

[stangs13]

We gave her a little bit of something to get that leg fixed, but its healed greatly without it. We are actually right down the isle from yall, we are running for the herdsman award again, its very clean.  Brian is going to meet me when he gets there, about noon ish he said, tomorrow.  We got in very quickly, set up smoothly.

 

[stangs13]

Moderate framed steers, they were good looking, flashy critters, moderate in all aspects. I appreciated there depth of body.  They didnt disappoint from behind, and had great tops.  Just all around good steers, reminded me of last years animals in terms of not being over extreme,  but with less frame. Not impressed with the lambs tho..

 

[Simmimom]

Good luck on the herdsman.  We won a couple of years ago.  It's a lot of work.  I think that year we had something like 28 heifers there.  Not going for it this year from what I understand.  Dani and I will look for you/ your heifer tommorrow.

 

[stangs13]

Good luck on the herdsman.  We won a couple of years ago.  It's a lot of work.  I think that year we had something like 28 heifers there.  Not going for it this year from what I understand.  Dani and I will look for you/ your heifer tommorrow.

Thank you!! We were 6th last year, and i am pretty sure yall were first last year!! There were 450+ participating schools last year, its an awesome deal. I will keep my eyes open, I have to get a shorthorn ready for the scramble show for someone, so i will be there for a bit, but I will be around! Im a tall kid, just under 6'5" hard to miss, haha.

 

[shortdawg]

A Family I know raised the Champion

 

[chambero]

How did everyone fair in the heifer shows.  My son stood 4th in Class 8 of the ORBs which was a pretty stout class of 20.  Ours looked the part, but is getting a little too tight moving.  Won by a red Heat Wave for Dave Allan's.

http://www.showchampions.com/Image/Show/0e0f0696-bfdb-4f7e-8b38-d45a1c0a5349

 

[cowboybecoachin]

A calf we raised was reserve Champion Scramble Heifer. Congrats to Andrea bird of Cranfills Gap and Clifton H.S. We also had several placing from 2nd to 9th in the  regular Junior show. I could follow no pattern on the judge, saw several heifers that had never been near the top placed up and several division winners @ other shows stand as low as 6th. I am predjudiced, as a couple were from our ranch. Just one man's very different opinion. I have friends that think he is OK, some who do not.
I thought Lee Pritchard did a great job with the Scramble show. 3rd time I have seen him judge and he picks the sound, real world cattle. Very easy to follow his pattern. Just pick the ones you think will make big ol' soggy, deep, good travelin' feminine mamas, and you'll be pretty much on his track.

 

[BIGTEX]

Lee Pritchard is a great guy as well. He has done a lot for several different breeds.

 

[Bradenh]

<beer> I agree he is a great guy

 

[DCC show cattle]

I thought rathmann and pritchard did an excellent job really easy to follow not to impressed with the others though.

 

[aggiegal]

Our daughter had the Red Brangus Breed Champion in the Junior Show...boy was that EXCITING!   Our son (first year) had a 5th place Maine heifer.  For those that may remember the "crazy gert heifer" postings...we ended shipping her and going to Kansas to a fellow steerplaneteer (Thanks Doc!) and getting a little Maine heifer.  Doc, known as jbzdad here,  was GREAT and really worked with us.  We love her and think she's going to make some awesome steers down the road!  She has worked out real well and  been a confidence booster for our son after the psycho heifer!  

 

[cowboybecoachin]

I heard the judge across the arena, judging the "long-eared" cattle, and I was impressed in his passion and "to the point" comments. Unlike our Angus judge that stated on most classes, " this was challenging for me" , or words to that effect. He was bogus on so many comments, the favorite being comments about the "chest floor". What B.S.

 

[stangs13]

I heard the judge across the arena, judging the "long-eared" cattle, and I was impressed in his passion and "to the point" comments. Unlike our Angus judge that stated on most classes, " this was challenging for me" , or words to that effect. He was bogus on so many comments, the favorite being comments about the "chest floor". What B.S.

I noticed that about the guy judging the angus, I did like the champ though. Most of the judges seemed to used the chest floors in there reasons.

 

[chambero]

I hadn't heard Edwards give reasons in a while.  I thought he did the best job on reasons I'd heard in a long time.  He was really into it.

I didn't mind the Joel Judge (I think that was his name).  He buried an Angus heifer from our county that stood second at FW.  I wasn't real thrilled where we stood with our ORB under him, but he had her pegged accurately in his reasons.  He was great with the kids in the ORB classes though - he carried on pretty detailed conversations with them wanting details on what breed they were, who they were sired by, etc.