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Angus Breeder
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| L.E. Stevens, I think what Red Robin meant was that her front end could be a touch cleaner and longer. I would help her to have the wedge look from the front end to the rear.
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PPRM
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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Location: NE Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| L.E. Stevens, I think what Red Robin meant was that her front end could be a touch cleaner and longer. I would help her to have the wedge look from the front end to the rear. |
Yeah, kinda hard to say given she is looking with her head turned....
Kinda funny, we all get an eye for proportianality over time. I had a Bull Breeder show me maybe the longest bull I had ever seen. I passed on him, a lot of it was due to him not being proportionate..That Screamed Cattle that wouldn't hold up...Instead, i chose one outta a 13 year old cow...He was still in the top 5% of the herd for all production traits on a ranch that didn't baby calves. That Screamed to me that he would hold up..
I also wonder about these showring deals sometimes. I wonder if there is any proof a heavy brisket cow outproduces cleaner, more feminine ones. Personally, a heavy round means more to me......My selection goes back to taking cattle clear to the Plate in my business....I llok for things that tranxlate into Quality and Yiled Grade, as well as dress percentage and Carcass Wt.......I can't tell you how many times i hav looked a t a lineup of show sters and thot, "None of these will grade better than select"....I even had a freind bemoaning his son's Grand Champion Steer placed so low in the Carcass contest....He felt that showed the guys grading the carcass obviously had no clue. Ummmmmm...I had to bite my lip, LOL
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txag
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Location: Texas
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Red Robin
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: 8 mi S.E. of Harrison, Ar.
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Northern Rancher
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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Location: saskatchewan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| I used to pout up a carcass tyrophy for the district 4h show maybe 40-50 steers a year when we used to be able to get carcass data back. Only once did the grnd champion steer win the carcass deal too. He was a simm/Angus smokie. The funniest deal was the one judge going on about the breed character this other steer had as he put him first. That steer had the least marbling and the smallest ribeye-kind of like an overweight rabbit lol.
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BRG
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Joined: 20 Apr 2005
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Location: North Western SD
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Great heifer Red Robin. I sure wouldn't guess she is 1/2 saler, that sure does make a nice cross!!! Good job.
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AX-
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Location: Eastern Colorado
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| Nice heifer Red Robin. We've had good luck using Salers in crosses. I think a kid could do a whole lot worse than this heifer for a show.
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*Cowgirl*
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Joined: 15 Dec 2006
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Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree that she won't do well in club, but why not show her as commercial? do yall even have commercial classes as well as AOB. I'll show her, even if she is the wrong color.
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Shelly
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Location: Saskatchewan
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I like her, I think she's very pretty.
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MO STOCKER
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| RR, the only thing I see wrong with her is that there isn't her and 99 more standing in my pasture.
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