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    FOR SALE- Cheap

    Shoot, we'd pay shipping to get it down here! Haven't got over 4 inches total all winter. Going to need some bad March and April weather to green up. Of course, during judging season, the weather is guaranteed to be contrary at a few contests.
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    Results of Denver and Summer Plans

    I think adults call this flattery. :wink: Yes, I'm pretty excited. OT, I'm not expanding the show cattle by any means. Just keeping the one heifer at most. But if I need to get rid of them, they're always for sale. In terms of cattle, Dad thinks along the same lines as you. Quality maternal...
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    Results of Denver and Summer Plans

    Thanks a bunch! Ya, Dad is helping me some on the cow deal since he used to be pretty big with buying short terms and making them work. I guess I'm getting into ranching/cattle trading in full force now. Learn how to buy and raise 'em, and then how to sell the finished product. Looks like a good...
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    Results of Denver and Summer Plans

    Denver Show: And the winner is NOT........ Cade Christensen!!! Well folks, I learned a whole bunch. Just because a heifer would whip the pants off of your county fair cattle doesn't mean she's going to compete at Denver. I thought I blew a whole bunch of money on my calves. Just over $5K total...
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    MYT on the NWSS Trail and Other Things

    KILL THE WROD GAME! Lol, that thing has flat out gone viral. Don't know how to stop it.
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    MYT on the NWSS Trail and Other Things

    Thanks FH. Apparently CSU views me in a similar light. Or I'm playing off their want for the best. :D Hopefully we'll make top five in class with that white heifer. That would be doing very well considering how deep and high quality a show it is. Red doesn't stand a chance unless the judge is...
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    MYT on the NWSS Trail and Other Things

    Hi All, Got a little ahead of my work load for a few minutes, which is very rare now-a-days, so I decided to check in with my good rancher friends. Got my two shorties clipped up today. The good one of course wouldn't hold still, the clipper accidentally hit a wart on her ear, and she sprayed...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    Well, there is a delicate balance up at stock show that gets thrown out of whack every now and again. For the most part, it's only cattlemen in the yards, and the folks up on the hill with the junior show projects deal with the crowds. A couple years back, a family tried to pet a heifer as she...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    Oh boy, let's not get rolling on the photo deal. But to comment on Jeff's post, he is pretty accurately describing the situation. Although you're less likely to see urbanites out in the yards at Denver, they show up all over our county fair grounds. This is the place where we deal with scrutiny...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    Gcreek, I for sure understand your position. I didn't really want to take my little herd of good pasture proven cows and try to jump to the other end of the spectrum by putting clubbies on them. So, I grabbed me a couple shorties. Only get to be young once, right? My goal is certainly NOT to be...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    Gcreek, MYT will keep this information in mind with college around the corner. :lol: You know 'H, I'll put it in my pipe and smoke it a while. I'm guessing you probably wouldn't be really hot on a Shorthorn bull, now would ya? Humm...... I know some lowline people that will be up there. Boy...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    Hey 'H, who peed in your cheerios? :wink: Well I sort of meant to stir the pot, but then again I am well aware that the hoof paint and glued legs aren't part of your desert scenario. I wasn't so much commenting on who wins shows. $50,000 calves, big last names, and, as you mentioned, a 16...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    I find it incredibly interesting that when I mention show, people are automatically thinking of the club calves. Cattle bred to grow hair, bred to be glued and pampered, bred to eat high quality feed, and lots of it. Per, that is the best way of putting the show industry that I have ever heard...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    And I think that is one of the big benefits of these shows. I have yet to miss Denver and I enjoy seeing my friends and meeting new folks every year. Personally, I just enjoy the big crews of folks making everything happen before cattle go into the show ring. It is truly amazing that quality...
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    Something to Smoke in Your Pipe

    Just for kicks and giggles and grins and all that fun stuff, I wanted to throw this out there. Now I think the show cattle deal has been circulated enough times on here that you're all aware it's simply a part of the cattle industry. However, I just wanted to do some though provoking by putting...
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    New Shorthorn Heifers

    Well, it's absolutely all a matter of the judge's opinion on the day you happen to be in the show ring. Now, ideally, good cattle always win. However, there is one grand champion animal at every show, and it's not always the best one. Show cattle tail set can sometimes get carried away a little...
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    Word Association Game

    Holy cow, what a post. Can't believe this thing is still going on. I wonder how many words have been used two or three times. I mean, really, how many words are there in the English language that we can use up?!?! Black hole
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    New Shorthorn Heifers

    You know Pure Country, maybe red heifers weren't such a good idea for staying in the black ink. :wink: Ya, as far as tail heads, I really can't say that either one is "better". That white heifer has the most gosh awful hair on the hail head that I can't hardly get to stand up. On the other...
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    New Shorthorn Heifers

    I wouldn't classify all my words as experienced ones. :-) But when it comes to selecting livestock, I like to think that I can do so accurately. It doesn't really matter whether we're dealing with steers or heifers. In todays show industry, even with sexed semen a lot of heifers are being shown...
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    Basin Angus

    Oh, well that stinks. Kind of fun to take a break and check out s big sale like that when you can. Who knows what their intentions are with that whole deal. :???:
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