Son's County fair steer

[dutch pride]

Here is a before and after pic's of the steer my son is taking to to our fair next week.

Please comment,

Thanks  DLZ

 

[dutch pride]

Here is a before and after pic's of the steer my son is taking to to our fair next week.

Please comment,

Thanks DLZ

Whoops, took off before pic, forgot to re-size it.

Here it is at hopfully a better size

DLZ

 

[farmboy]

first thing i thought was midget and hog fat. he looks tastey 

 

[Bawndoh]

first thing i thought was midget and hog fat. he looks tastey 

I concur.


How much did he weigh at county?
What is his breeding?

 

[worthabit]

He is a well made, deep bodied steer. I would suggest shaving his ears, neck and shoulder to make him appear to have more extension through his front.

 

[kane1598]

He looks very small, is he a prospect steer?  I think he could be  clipped much tighter down his top and neck, but leave those ears alone.  There is nothing uglier than a steer with clipped ears.

 

[Steer Boy 101]

THANK YOU never please just dont touch the ears there is a breeder in my area who has good prouduction cows but comes to showing and steers he clips the ear like the taie and face and it makes them look weird and sick

 

[dutch pride]

Thanks for the comments.

Must be the pic that makes him look small, He weighed 1320 at a preview show a month ago. We have ben holding him back, hoping for 1350 at the fair weigh in on Monday.

He is a Paddy O Malley out of an angus/Simmi dam.

Yes, I agree he needs some more work in trimming up the neck and top.

DLZ

 

[Bawndoh]

Another note, trim that hair off his cod as well.  You may think it adds depth, but it is just distracting and actually makes it look like he slightly cuts up in the flank. 

P.S.  The gentleman in the photo holding the steer must be TALL!

 

[OH Breeder]

Our county shows by hip height. Have you checked his hip height. The second picture he looks reallly small. The gentleman must be very tall.

Nice depth of body good hair. Looks little short necked and body. Like to lenghten him out a bit. Like the first pic better than the second.

 

[worthabit]

He looks very small, is he a prospect steer?  I think he could be  clipped much tighter down his top and neck, but leave those ears alone.  There is nothing uglier than a steer with clipped ears.

generally I would agree about not clipping ears, however I think a little trim would refine his look. I don't mean shave them, just a trim.

 

[BCCC]

I thought he was doing a before and after? before being when they first started with him? maybe not.

 

[dutch pride]

OK; took a couple more pics of the steer today. I think I got him at a better perspective that the first one. Do you think I need to shorten the tail a little more or leave it like it is?

The second pic in the original post is the same calf last fall shortly after we purchased him. Sorry for the confusion.

Washing the hogs tonight and loading them on the trailer. Heading to the fair with the hogs and steer 6:30 am tomorrow, hog show is Monday at 4:00 PM and steer show is Tuesday at 4:00.

DLZ

 

[linnettejane]

great  O0!

good luck!