Daily Web Summary 5/18/2013
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 
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Updated Websites
Updated Blogs
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 46
- Lautner Farms - 21
- Habeger Show Stock - 2
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 2
- Mittag Show Cattle - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- MOVED: Showmanship Camp- Decatur, TX - Steerplanet
- Got my bull - Cattle Today
- Your opinion - Cattle Today
- 3 acre calf pen - Cattle Today
- Best way to brace a lamb - Steerplanet
- Wonder why guns and bullets keep going up in price...this explains it. N/C - Steerplanet
- Best way to use a Hot Shot - Cattle Today
- Awarding scholarships - Steerplanet
- Vaccine with blackleg, pinkeye, and tetanus? - Cattle Today
- Sale Barn Report 5/18 - Cattle Today
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Knapp Monopoly 2 Bull Video(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Daily Web Summary 5/17/2013
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
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Updated Websites
- Alberda Angus
- Angus Acres
- Blackford Club Calves
- Buyagro
- Gene Nelson Angus
- Hammer Time Cattle Company
- Harvie Ranching
- http://agrigenomicsinc.com/
- http://cattleandsheep.com/
- http://gcaasm.com/
- http://nelsonff.com/
- http://pinemanorfarm.com/
- http://rosefieldbeefmasters.com/
- http://www.eastbernardholycross.com/
- http://www.eganranch.com/
- http://www.fischercattlecompany.com
- http://www.gofffarmsshowcattle.com
- http://www.ohlrichscattle.com
- http://www.showtowin.com/
- http://www.wiselivestock.com
- Laurel Hill Cattle Company
- Ohlrichs Cattle
- Potter's Emmett Valley Ranch
- Sunset Cattle
- The Showtime Magazine
Updated Blogs
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 45
- Lautner Farms - 38
- Trausch Farms - 6
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 2
- Z-N-T Cattle Co. - 2
- Diamond G Cattle - 2
- Mittag Show Cattle - 2
- Ranch House Designs - 1
- Rinker Ag Law - 1
- Duncan Livestock - 1
- Habeger Show Stock - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- karma - Steerplanet
- Sad Day - Steerplanet
- JPJ daughter - Steerplanet
- Calving season 2013 for me - Cattle Today
- Your opinion - Cattle Today
- Beet pulp in creep feed. - Steerplanet
- Fresh air in cooler - Steerplanet
- President on Bonanza - Steerplanet
- Best way to use a Hot Shot - Cattle Today
- Steer ready - Cattle Today
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Scott Shelby Live In Bernard, Iowa(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Austin is Before Houston Next Year
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
If you haven't already heard or noticed, Austin has moved their steer show up in front of Houston...
Austin ends March 16th (the entire show)
I know Houston is good about putting stuff on their website but for other shows, this is the kind of stuff that should be announced quite a bit more prominently and much further in advance.
If you're depending on ag teachers and CEAs to get the word out on that kind of a change during this time of year you're expecting a bit much from men and women that are already up to their eye balls in CDEs and conventions on top of their regular duties.
"Who cares? Why does that matter?" - midwesterners
There's a traditional order to the shows and Austin is typically the last of the year.
Austin’s a nice, laid back show that tries pretty hard to be innovative but its main calling card has been that it’s the last show of the season. Quality steers that got overlooked for one reason or another at the other majors always had one last shot at branding in Austin. You had to be a local or a pretty hard core steer junkie to buy a steer specifically for Austin.
From a solid portion of the exhibitor’s perspectives, an Austin entry was an insurance policy that you made sure to get each fall. It’s pretty common for a calf that was mistakenly classed out at another major to come back and win one of the classification breeds in Austin.
By moving the show in front of Houston, it becomes a show you have to proactively plan to go to because Houston is just a few days later. It significantly decreases the incentive for people to have that insurance policy of one last major show entry and throws a monkey wrench in the plans people had while selecting steers.
Daily Web Summary 5/16/2013
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
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Updated Websites
- AgriGenomics, Inc.
- Alberda Angus
- Caldwell-Willoughby Sales
- Coleman Angus
- Hammer Time Cattle Company
- http://v8ranch.com/
- http://www.goebelbuildings.com
- Iowa Charolais Breeders Association
- Show Stock Planet
- ShowStockPlanet
- V8 Shorthorns
Updated Blogs
- Lautner Farms - 51
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 39
- Diamond G Cattle - 7
- Trausch Farms - 4
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 2
- Z-N-T Cattle Co. - 1
- Austin Cattle Company - 1
- V8 Ranch - 1
- Habeger Show Stock - 1
- Mittag Show Cattle - 1
- Ranch House Designs - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- Testing for TH - Steerplanet
- Best way to use a Hot Shot - Cattle Today
- Sell him as a show steer, or keep him a bull? New Pic! - Steerplanet
- Powerflex Fiberglass Post - Cattle Today
- Clay pigeons - Cattle Today
- Cows w/red hide & ear.. Beefmaster vs. Gert - Cattle Today
- charolais angus cross bull - Cattle Today
- Repairing barb wire fence - Cattle Today
- Diversifying the market - Steerplanet
- Angus bull question? - Cattle Today
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One Of The Best Looking Bulls At Hawkeye Breeders(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Breed Lautner! At Carrousel Farms – Wisconsin!(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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From Earlier Today – Travis Curtin Farm Visit(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Breed Lautner @ Carrousel Farms – Wisconsin(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Getting Checks Out
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
That dog stuff sounded better when it was a way to fill up two solid weeks of blog posts and before I realized I'd have to find ways to talk about at a minimum 70 different breeds.
In summary: they almost all move nicely but are tight flanked. If you see a random dog judging post, you'll know I couldn't think of anything and went back to the list.
So, a different subject, and I swear this is meant as encouragement and not a complaint...
I work with POs for our various sites. It’s not at all uncommon for us to wait 30, 60, or even 90 days for payments from some school districts. It’s not a big hassle; we have to account for that cash flow in our financial plans. It’s part of doing business.
That’s okay because it’s a business.
We’ve sold a few scramble calves. When we sold them, we knew that it might be several months before we got paid for the calves. It’s part of doing business.
That’s okay because it’s a business.
Kids that show steers are not businesses. A good portion of them depend on the checks from one year to finance the project for the next year.
When show checks go out two months after the day of the show, the kids and their families are put in a financial bind making an already expensive project that much more challenging financially. Especially when you consider that waiting several months not only puts the money for next year’s calf in the kid’s pocket long after the bulk of the steer buying season has passed but pushes right up against the date they’re supposed to be validated. It adds to the cost through interest expenses and makes steers even more of a rich man’s game than it already is.
This isn’t a gripe and I don’t want to sound like I’m slamming anybody, I know you guys bust your tails generating that money in the first place.
It’s more of an acknowledgement and reminder that you’re doing some pretty important and valuable work that will help an awful lot of kids every day earlier you can get those checks out.
If you ever have the opportunity to put in a bit more work and get those checks out just a few days quicker, please don’t think that effort goes unappreciated.
Daily Web Summary 5/15/2013
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
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Updated Websites
- AgriGenomics, Inc.
- Blackford Club Calves
- Bruns Criner & Jackson
- Caldwell-Willoughby Sales
- Georgia Simmental & Simbrah Association
- http://nelsonff.com/
- http://wisconsinshorthorns.com/
- http://www.illinoisshowpigs.com/
- http://www.owassoffa.org/
- Missouri Angus Association
- The Showtime Magazine
- Wisconsin Shorthorn Association
Updated Blogs
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 56
- Lautner Farms - 41
- Trausch Farms - 5
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 5
- Diamond G Cattle - 3
- Habeger Show Stock - 2
- Mittag Show Cattle - 2
- Skinner Cattle Co. - 1
- Humphrey Agrimarketing - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- 2 Tone - Steerplanet
- occasionally feeding sweet feed am I making a mistake? - Cattle Today
- Late/Non Responders to CIDRs - Steerplanet
- grazing mature ryegrass and wheat--problems? - Cattle Today
- Cows w/red hide & ear.. Beefmaster vs. Gert - Cattle Today
- First cattle purchase - Cattle Today
- Horse Slaughter facilities continued - Steerplanet
- Hay Season 2013 - Cattle Today
- Word Association Game - Steerplanet
- grafting a calf on a cow - Cattle Today
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Monopoly X Heatseeker Promo Bull(mittag cattle)
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New In 2014 Bull Calf – Heading To Adel, Iowa(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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From Vickland Show Cattle – Colorado(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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The Hound Group
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
Classed Out
Nothing
The Ibizan Hound got a really close look.
Breeds Pulled
*Originally overlooked, pulled on the way out
Placing Bottom to Top
8th – Beagle
7th – English Foxhound
6th – Harrier
5th – American Foxhound
4th – Treeing Walker Coonhound
3rd – Otterhound
2nd – Norweigan Elkhound
1st - Bloodhound
Reasons
This was certainly an interesting class. You’ve got a solid top three with the depth, dimension, and finish you’d like to see and they’re followed up by a group of steers that have a ton of look to them.
You can tell I had a hard time with these top two based just the amount of time it took me to decide which way to go. Both are excellent calves, just different in their types as it has become apparent to me that there is significantly more variance in type than I originally planned on when I took this assignment.
We’re going with the Bloodhound. He moves like an absolute dream, just like the calf in second. His added length in relation to the Norwegian Elkhound behind him is the thing that’s going to put him over the top. Does the Elkhound have more in the way of depth? Sure. I won’t argue with you too much there. The Bloodhounds length and slightly softer feel are what’s going to put him on top today.
The Otterhound in 3rd is an awfully nice calf with a modern build to him. His got plenty of depth through that chest floor and more than enough power. He just doesn’t have the overall design to jump ahead of our top two steers.
Then you get into a group of similar calves that could be sorted a few different ways. I know people say that a lot but I want the young lady in 8th to know she could easily be 4th. Each of them are a tick straighter in the front than I’d like but all of them have that look and can move nicely.
Trying to sort them out, I ended up with going the Treeing Walker Coonhound because of his overall power. The American Foxhound follows him nicely and the Harrier in 6th is a very similar steer.
The last two calves here are significantly more moderate in their build than the rest of the class and the English Foxhound is going to come out on top because he does possess a slightly more market appropriate build.
I don’t want to take anything away from this little Beagle here either. If he were a 2 frame scores larger, he’d likely win this entire class going away. Every judge that likes clichés says their daddy told them they either won’t grow or won’t stop growing and this is a case of that. Pound for pound, he’s got the depth and build of everything else in the class, he just doesn’t have nearly enough of it for me today.
Overall, a nice class.
Daily Web Summary 5/14/2013
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
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Updated Websites
- CRC Show Steers
- Blackford Club Calves
- Caldwell-Willoughby Sales
- CRC Showsteers
- http://2htransport.com/
- http://agrigenomicsinc.com/
- http://donbrunersales.com/
- Keller Club Calves
- Missouri Angus Association
- National Livestock Exhibitor
- Show Stock Planet
- ShowStockPlanet
- Southwest Lowline Breeders Association
- Spring Smackdown
- Spring Smackdown Sale
- Whelan Farms
Updated Blogs
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 44
- Lautner Farms - 35
- Trausch Farms - 7
- Diamond G Cattle - 5
- Skinner Cattle Co. - 3
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 2
- Z-N-T Cattle Co. - 2
- Habeger Show Stock - 1
- Mittag Show Cattle - 1
- Ranch House Designs - 1
- Rinker Ag Law - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- New cows- not eating. - Cattle Today
- I have come to hate fencing but it looks good when done - Cattle Today
- Bull Question... - Cattle Today
- Whats selling the best in SE Texas? - Cattle Today
- Content heifers (pics) - Cattle Today
- Cows w/red hide & ear.. Beefmaster vs. Gert - Cattle Today
- Crossbow per acre - Cattle Today
- Best outlet for buying good cows? - Cattle Today
- in the beginning... - Cattle Today
- Several Questions about a Heifer 7-9 Months - Cattle Today
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Erin Houghton – Southern Iowa Facebook(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Jason Allen Farm Visit – Southern Iowa(Matt Lautner Cattle)
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Sporting Breeds
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
Classed Out
Clumber Spaniel
Susssex Spaniel
Breeds Pulled
Placing Bottom to Top
10th – Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
9th – English Cocker Spaniel
8th – Irish Setter
7th- English Setter
6th – Gordon Setter
5th – Field Spaniel
4th – Irish Water Spaniel
3rd – Labrador Retriever
2nd – Golden Retriever
1st – Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Reasons
An especially nice class that has a solid group of four steers that I wouldn’t argue too hard with you if you took them in a different order. Perhaps a few more tight flanks than I’m comfortable with but there’s a ton of soundness all the way through.
Our first place calf just plain old has the look of a show steer and is the most complete calf we have here today. He’s not the most powerful calf but he’s got plenty. He’s not the deepest bodied calf but he’s got enough and it carries through his flank. He’s there structurally and easy on the eye.
Where he contrasts with the second place steer is the second place steer tries to tick up there in the flank and doesn’t have quite as level a hip or nice lines that we get with our first place steer. This is is certainly an excellent calf though.
If you watched me, you saw that I originally had this calf winning the class. He’s the most powerful of our top three calves and he probably has a bit more depth. Once you start really looking at him though, I just don’t see the design and build of the two calves we used in 1st in 2nd. If we could level out that hip a bit more and freshen him up through the middel, I think you’ve got a calf here that could win this one pretty easily.
Next we have a calf that really caught my eye when he came in. When you get over him, he’s got power and depth all the way through but that front end concerns you the more you look at him. At a bit of angle to that shoulder and he’d likely be at the top here.
A moderate framed calf that has the same basic build of our class winner comes in fifth. For today, he’s just a tick too far on the moderate side to content with our top four calves.
Then you come to a group of three calves you could place five different ways and I wouldn’t really disagree with you. They’re all long, athletically built calves that need some more guts to balance out their front ends. I went with this calf in 6th because he does carry that flank back a bit better than the next two.
This calf that comes to us next is another moderate made calf that has quite a bit of good to him but doesn’t put it all together well enough to move higher.
We round out the class with a steer that I’d like to level out through his hip and clean up a bit in that front but a good calf none the less.
Daily Web Summary 5/13/2013
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
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Updated Websites
- CRC Show Steers
- AgriGenomics, Inc.
- Blackford Club Calves
- Campbell Show Calves
- CRC Showsteers
- Doris Show Cattle
- Eastern Wisconsin Beef Producers
- Fullblood Limousin Alliance
- Green Valley Cattle
- http://gccattleproducts.com/
- Keller Club Calves
- Show Stock Planet
- ShowStockPlanet
- Spring Smackdown
- Spring Smackdown Sale
- ZNT Cattle Company
Updated Blogs
- Lautner Farms - 48
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 17
- Trausch Farms - 10
- Diamond G Cattle - 7
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 5
- Habeger Show Stock - 3
- Skinner Cattle Co. - 2
- American Chianina Assoc. - 2
- Z-N-T Cattle Co. - 1
- Stock Options Marketing - 1
- Vansickle Cattle Company - 1
- Mittag Show Cattle - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- steer planet app - Steerplanet
- I have come to hate fencing but it looks good when done - Cattle Today
- in the beginning... - Cattle Today
- She's raising a decent calf - Cattle Today
- Cost/Head/Day to run cows - Steerplanet
- MOVED: Sullivan Air Express III blow dryer for sale $250 - Steerplanet
- Brown Swiss/Brangus - Cattle Today
- Market heifer short strides - Steerplanet
- Little Red Cow - Cattle Today
- Best outlet for buying good cows? - Cattle Today
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Cattle.com Kennel Club Steer Show - Apologies in Advance
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
Seriously.
I apologize right now for the next two weeks of blog posts if you are the slightest bit serious about cattle in any way, shape, or form. This is a high risk/high reward series of posts. It will either be one of the best things ever posted or something people will laugh AT me for. The next nine days of posts will possibly be some of the most moronic stuff you’ve seen posted on the internet since that conspiracy theory guy was banned from Steerplanet.
We’re going to hold a steer show for the 180+ breeds of dogs.
Yes.
Okay, I’ve apologized, I’ve admitted this is pretty darn lame, from here on out though this will be serious business.
The breeds will be broken into seven divisions based on their groups and shown on the following days…
Tuesday – Sporting
Wednesday – Hound
Thursday – Working
Friday – Terrier
Monday – Toy
Tuesday – Non-Sporting
Wednesday – Herding
Thursday – AOB
Friday – Grand Drive
The classification process will be handled like San Antonio, they’ll be classed on their way into the ring so you won’t know if certain breeds get kicked to the AOB class.
He show will be judged and talked by myself.
I like complete market steers with adequate finish. I don’t like to be overly critical on soundness but I don’t like freak muscled calves that can’t walk.
It’s an honor to even be considered for such a position. I understand how many years you have put into developing these breeds and will do my best over the next two weeks to give each of the breeds entering this ring my full attention.
First Call for Sporting breeds. Please make your way to the classification arena.
Daily Web Summary 5/12/2013
SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
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Updated Websites
Updated Blogs
- Lautner Farms - 46
- Matt Lautner Cattle - 38
- Diamond G Cattle - 7
- Trausch Farms - 7
- Habeger Show Stock - 6
- Wade Rodgers Blog - 1
- Mittag Show Cattle - 1
- Skinner Cattle Co. - 1
Most Active Forum Threads
- Hay Season 2013 - Cattle Today
- 80 days... shoot'em up - Cattle Today
- Manure bleaching hair white on a red calf - Cattle Today
- Retained Placenta - Cattle Today
- Grass killing Cattle ?? - Cattle Today
- Milk and fish oil as fertilizer for pastures - Cattle Today
- Beefmaster Heifer's - Cattle Today
- When will a bull start breeding? - Cattle Today
- Thin hay - Cattle Today
- Brown Swiss/Brangus - Cattle Today
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Good Females Make GREAT Steers!!(diamond g cattle)
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Top Web Sale Lots Week of 5/6/2013
SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
Sale Reports
Sale Reports
Top individual sale lots of the past week...
- $25,000 - Bull sired by TH 71U 719T MR HEREFORD 11X
- $20,000 - Steer sired by Believe in Me
- $16,500 - Bull sired by Monopoly
- $9,500 - Heifer sired by Golden Oak Outcross 18U
- $8,257 - Heifer sired by Heat Wave
- $7,600 - Steer sired by Unforgiven
- $7,500 - Heifer sired by BK Unlimited Power 472U
- $6,700 - Pair sired by DM BR Moler 803
- $6,500 - Steer sired by One and Only
- $6,400 - Pair sired by GO 3196 Advance S109
CEA/AST Suggested Major Show Judge List
THURSDAY, MAY 09, 2013
This is obviously just filler content. 90% of the steers that will be shown are already bought and half of the other 10% were bought a few months ago before being repossessed.
It’s already a shaky proposition to buy cattle specifically for one judge, let alone three potential judges. It's even more foolish when the big boys already have a pretty good idea which of the three will be the actual judge for the shows that haven't made the info public yet.
But, if you’ve never seen it before…
…it’s on the VATAT site.
Ward has been confirmed on the San Antonio website.
Schaake has been confirmed on the Houston website.
From what I hear Dan Hoge will be judging Austin.*
If I had the thankless job of running a major, I’d move the date that info is announced up into January. Holding off on announcing it only furthers the advantage of the professionals over the kids without connections.
Did my friend judge meats in college?
MONDAY, MAY 06, 2013
Have you ever wondered whether one of your friends was on a meats judging team in high school or college but you’re too embarrassed to ask. Try this…
Go to a really nice restaurant known for their thick steaks. Order a rib eye. When you taste your steak, comment on how good the steak tastes.
If your friend ever judged meats, there is a lingering reflex left over in them that will cause them to immediately correct you and say that it’s actually a roast because it’s too thick to be a steak.
It's not that they're trying to show off their knowledge, they just flat out cannot control it. Even if you've been somewhere a dozen times before and comment on the steak again, they're going to point out that it's actually a roast.
Try it.
It works every single time.
Interesting Blog Post
MONDAY, MAY 06, 2013
I've always been a fan of the larger bull owners describing the different ways to use the bulls in their battery...
