Who' s your favorite new 2011 Lautner bull?

[cotton9]

Just curious on what everyone's thoughts are on the new Lautner bulls...

 

[Oats]

Haven't studied them hard but I liked Bodacious when I saw him at Hawkeye.

 

[Mueller Show Cattle]

Unstoppable

 

[DakotaCow]

I do like bodacious for his loose structure and balanced look. I have not seen him in stud yet. The bull that really caught my eye was Red Dirt, but I am a fan on Leroy brown so his dam does help a bit. As for red bull I thought it was interesting that Lautners warned against falling for full sibs to their bulls and that they have the best of the best. In this one bull they have a name that is already occupied by a full sib to heatwave and a bull sib to takin charge of Trausch farms. Just kind of silly i guess. I also thought it interesting that apparently the day of the 20 dollar semen is gone.

 

[trevorgreycattleco]

Why do the Heatwave clones look so different then the Original Gangsta Heatwave? Just fed different? I got the catalog the other day and couldn't help but notice the difference.

 

[SFASUshowman]

Clones are not always gonna be an exact stamp of the animal they are cloned from...genotypically they are as close as you can possibly make one and should produce about the same.  But phenotypically there are a lot of things that can be variables. Undoubtedly they are not all gonna be carried by the same cow so there are differences in development in utero, they arent all gonna be born under the exact same climatic situation so that will cause some difference, other things can also affect development...did one get sick and not the other, did they all eat the same thing, did they all eat as well...a lot of things influence phenotype, thus they arent all gonna look the same. 

 

[hamburgman]

Reason they don't look the same is because of environmental factors. 

 

[firesweepranch]

What do you guys think of Steel Wheels?

 

[farmboy]

based off pictures alone, Unstoppable, BODACIOUS, Heater and Champ.

 

[e/bcattle]

Prior to the catalog coming out Bodacious and Smokin Hottie were the two of choice.  Now I am also really liking Searsboro, Packin Heat, Red Dirt, Alabama Slammer, and Unstoppable.  Not a big fan of Six Pack.

 

[CANsteer]

not a fan of six pack either.

 

[BRF]

Searsboro

 

[titan]

Probably Bodacious

 

[Ohio1]

Big guns

 

[clubcalve]

Alabama Slammer and Smokin Hottie

 

[Clark Club Calves]

What about Just One Look?  His calf video looked awesome.  How does he look now?  He was at Denver how did he look there?

 

[HGC]

Based off of the ones that I seen at Hawkeye.  Easily Bodacious.

 

[hntwhitetail]

Why do the Heatwave clones look so different then the Original Gangsta Heatwave? Just fed different? I got the catalog the other day and couldn't help but notice the difference.

People fit a little different today, than when HW came out.

 

[shocattle]

Monopoly Money is a stud!!!!

 

[shortyjock89]

Why do the Heatwave clones look so different then the Original Gangsta Heatwave? Just fed different? I got the catalog the other day and couldn't help but notice the difference.

People fit a little different today, than when HW came out.

I know that we fit quite a bit different now.  We also feed a lot different. Back then it was a lot less fiber and roughage.