Angus Breeder said:
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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