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MAB Heifers(rodgers cattle)
submitted 5/23/2013 10:21:17 PM to blogs
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MAB Heifers(rodgers cattle)
submitted 5/23/2013 10:21:17 PM to blogs
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1

MAB Heifers(rodgers cattle)
submitted 5/23/2013 10:21:17 PM to blogs
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1

RIP Jim Zabel – Iowa(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/23/2013 10:20:02 PM to blogs
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1

Four Bar W Cattle Co - South Dakota(Trausch Farms)
submitted 5/23/2013 9:00:37 PM to blogs
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New Videos

ET Contracts Presentation by Cari Rinker

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013

Go view the entire blog post at RinkerLaw.com...

Australian Cattle Market

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013

Via Southern Livestock Standard

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So this goes back two years to the Four Corners program and that footage of appalling treatment of Australian cattle in Indonesian abattoirs.

And of course, the result of that was Indonesia taking somewhat retaliatory trade action and really cutting right back to the bone the quota for Australian cattle - 2009, we exported something like three quarters of as million head of live cattle into Indonesia; last year, it was about a quarter of a million.

So those extra half a million cattle that don't have a home have been growing bigger and bigger and bigger, and of course as the drought conditions across the north and the west of Queensland take their toll, those cattle have to find a home somewhere, and in some cases they're being put down on their properties because the market has really collapsed.

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The Photography Stuff

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013

Side Note: I don’t make fun of people’s cattle.  If you think I have, go back an reread what I said because you're wrong.  Once you take the opportunity cost of owning land into account, it’s virtually impossible for most folks to justify owning cattle.  You do it because you love it and all that really matters in my book is if you like the cattle you raise.

Daily Web Summary 5/22/2013

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

Daily Summary

Updated Websites

• Blackford Club Calves
• Caldwell-Willoughby Sales
• http://agrigenomicsinc.com/
• http://nelsonff.com/
• http://sharedlutheranministry.org/
• Minnesota Angus Association
• Missouri Angus Association
• National Livestock Exhibitor
• Shell Creek Cattle

Updated Blogs

• Matt Lautner Cattle - 68
• Lautner Farms - 23
• Trausch Farms - 11
• Diamond G Cattle - 6
• Habeger Show Stock - 4
• American Chianina Assoc. - 3
• Collins Cattle - 2
• Wade Rodgers Blog - 2
• Skinner Cattle Co. - 2
• Sure Champ - 1

Most Active Forum Threads

• Calves born with rear leg issues - Steerplanet
• fencing tool - Cattle Today
• Good looking heifer - Cattle Today
• JPJ daughter - Steerplanet
• Two embryos per recipient cow? - Steerplanet
• 2013 calves - Cattle Today
• Getting close - Cattle Today
• Pics of my first heifers and bull - Cattle Today
• Pregnant heifer? Need some help - Cattle Today
• Corn V.S. Grass - Cattle Today

Top Five on Halterbreak.com

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(rodgers cattle)
submitted 5/22/2013 11:41:44 PM to Uncategorized
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1

(rodgers cattle)
submitted 5/22/2013 11:41:44 PM to Uncategorized
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1

Georgia – Florida Trip Top Sellers! – From Brandon Snider & Glen Toews(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/22/2013 11:20:03 PM to Uncategorized
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1

M Lazy Heart Ranch - Wyoming(diamond g cattle)
submitted 5/22/2013 10:40:57 PM to Uncategorized
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1

Facebook(diamond g cattle)
submitted 5/22/2013 10:20:39 PM to Uncategorized
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New Videos

Show Steer X-Games Events #1 - Photo Backdrop

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

Daily Web Summary 5/21/2013

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

Daily Summary

Updated Websites

• AgriGenomics, Inc.
• American Shorthorn Association
• Blackford Club Calves
• Brice Conover's Cattle
• Caldwell-Willoughby Sales
• http://stthomas-wharton.org/
• http://www.ranchhousedesigns.blogspot.com
• http://www.searsmarketingservices.com/
• Sears Marketing Services
• Show Stock Planet
• ShowStockPlanet
• TRULINE Maines

Updated Blogs

• Matt Lautner Cattle - 67
• Lautner Farms - 37
• Habeger Show Stock - 4
• Diamond G Cattle - 4
• Wade Rodgers Blog - 4
• Trausch Farms - 2
• Mittag Show Cattle - 1
• Frye Cattle - 1

Most Active Forum Threads

• Bulls to make steers in pb chars - Steerplanet
• Beet pulp in creep feed. - Steerplanet
• Butt Shot - Cattle Today
• Weaning Nose Flap thingys - Cattle Today
• Jawbreaker Calves - Steerplanet
• Fence Repair - Cattle Today
• SCF spring preview of calves - Steerplanet
• Steer Planet Email Issue - RESOLVED, Please Resend - Steerplanet
• Online Auctions - "The Fine Print" - Steerplanet
• need goat panels for a barn - Steerplanet

Top Five on Halterbreak.com

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From Show Stock Planet – Online Sale(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/21/2013 11:00:04 PM to For Sale
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1

Mark Pesek Online Sale(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/21/2013 10:20:02 PM to For Sale
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1

Another Stout King Of The Mountain(mittag cattle)
submitted 5/21/2013 10:01:24 PM to Uncategorized
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One Of The Stouteset Bulls At Hawkeye Breeders(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/21/2013 10:00:05 PM to Uncategorized
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Twitter News(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/21/2013 10:00:05 PM to Uncategorized
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New Videos

Daily Web Summary 5/20/2013

MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

Daily Summary

Updated Websites

• CRC Show Steers
• Blackford Club Calves
• Hammer Time Cattle Company
• http://agrigenomicsinc.com/
• http://www.goebelbuildings.com
• Minnesota Angus Association
• National Livestock Exhibitor
• Nelson Livestock Co.
• Spring Smackdown Sale

Updated Blogs

• Matt Lautner Cattle - 39
• Lautner Farms - 38
• Diamond G Cattle - 15
• Habeger Show Stock - 6
• Wade Rodgers Blog - 3
• Trausch Farms - 2
• American Chianina Assoc. - 2
• Mittag Show Cattle - 2
• Rinker Ag Law - 1
• Skinner Cattle Co. - 1
• Humphrey Agrimarketing - 1

Most Active Forum Threads

• Bull choice - Steerplanet
• Gas vs Diesel - Cattle Today
• Injured Calf Question - Steerplanet
• Getting close - Cattle Today
• Breeding angus cow to clubby bull - Steerplanet
• Luting heifers? - Cattle Today
• Beefmasters I saw today - Cattle Today
• I need all the help I can get... - Cattle Today
• Fence Repair - Cattle Today
• TH Bulls - Steerplanet

Top Five on Halterbreak.com

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Tommy Matthews – Cowboy(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/20/2013 10:40:02 PM to Uncategorized
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Charley Long - Facebook(diamond g cattle)
submitted 5/20/2013 10:20:41 PM to blogs
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1

From Kim Blue - Indiana(diamond g cattle)
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King Of The Mountain prospect(mittag cattle)
submitted 5/20/2013 10:01:24 PM to blogs
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Charley Long - Facebook(diamond g cattle)
submitted 5/20/2013 10:00:49 PM to blogs
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New Videos

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Daily Web Summary 5/19/2013

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

Daily Summary

Updated Websites

• AgriGenomics, Inc.
• Alberda Angus
• Blackford Club Calves
• http://agrigenomicsinc.com/
• Missouri Angus Association
• National Livestock Exhibitor
• Show Stock Planet
• ShowStockPlanet
• The Showtime Magazine

Updated Blogs

• Matt Lautner Cattle - 38
• Lautner Farms - 29
• Trausch Farms - 8
• Diamond G Cattle - 7
• Habeger Show Stock - 3
• Mittag Show Cattle - 2
• Skinner Cattle Co. - 1
• Wade Rodgers Blog - 1
• Z-N-T Cattle Co. - 1
• Duncan Livestock - 1
• Frye Cattle - 1

Most Active Forum Threads

• Feed Brands.... - Steerplanet
• No worries - Steerplanet
• Your Opinion of Bull Calf Please - Cattle Today
• Our fun filled day! - Steerplanet
• Sale Barn Report 5/18 - Cattle Today
• Wagyu Ribeyes - Cattle Today
• Pink eye and Carnation milk - Cattle Today
• BSE - Cattle Today
• Beefmasters I saw today - Cattle Today
• Coughing cow revisited - Cattle Today

Top Five on Halterbreak.com

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Walkie Talkie Heifer(mittag cattle)
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Walkie Talkie Heifer(mittag cattle)
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Knapp Monopoly 2 Bull Video(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/18/2013 11:00:07 AM to blogs
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Dave Vansickle - Facebook(diamond g cattle)
submitted 5/20/2013 12:20:47 AM to Uncategorized
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Dave Vansickle - Facebook(diamond g cattle)
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Top Web Sale Lots Week of 5/13/2013

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

Sale Reports

Top individual sale lots of the past week...

1. $8,000 - Steer sired by HL 7542
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #3
2. $4,750 - Flush sired by Heat Seeker
   
   Hanewich Cattle Co and Martin Livestock Sale 2013 #1
3. $4,750 - Steer sired by Solid Gold
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #2
4. $4,250 - Steer sired by Troubadour
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #1
5. $3,250 - Heifer sired by Bojo
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #9
6. $3,000 - Heifer sired by Bojo
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #8
7. $1,950 - Steer sired by Mooshine
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #7
8. $1,900 - Steer sired by Hooch
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #10
9. $1,600 - Steer sired by Milk Man
   
   Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #4
10. $1,500 - Steer sired by Milk Man
    
    Potts Show Cattle Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #5

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Daily Web Summary 5/18/2013

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013

Daily Summary

Updated Websites

• Alberda Angus
• ALM Show Cattle
• http://agrigenomicsinc.com/

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

Top Five on Halterbreak.com

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Knapp Monopoly 2 Bull Video(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/18/2013 11:00:07 AM to blogs
sired by: Monopoly

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MONOPOLY X ALIAS(mittag cattle)
submitted 5/18/2013 2:42:26 PM to blogs
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MONOPOLY X ALIAS(mittag cattle)
submitted 5/18/2013 2:42:27 PM to blogs
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Twitter – Mittag Show Cattle(Matt Lautner Cattle)
submitted 5/18/2013 2:40:04 PM to blogs
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Twitter – Mittag Show Cattle(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)

Houston starts March 17th

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.

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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.

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The Hound Group

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

The Entire Class

Classed Out

Nothing

The Ibizan Hound got a really close look.

Breeds Pulled

American Foxhound

Beagle

Bloodhound

English Foxhound

Harrier

Norweigan Elkhound*

Otterhound

Treeing walker Coonhound

*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.

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Sporting Breeds

TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

The Entire Class

Classed Out

Clumber Spaniel

Susssex Spaniel

Breeds Pulled

English Cocker Spaniel

English Setter

Field Spaniel

Golden Retriever

Gordon Setter

Irish Setter

Irish Water Spaniel

Labrador Retriever

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

Wirehaired Pointing Giffon

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.

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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.

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Top Web Sale Lots Week of 5/6/2013

SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013

Sale Reports

Top individual sale lots of the past week...

1. $25,000 - Bull sired by TH 71U 719T MR HEREFORD 11X
   
   Oklahoma Hereford Association Spring Time Sale 2013 #1
2. $20,000 - Steer sired by Believe in Me
   
   Brock Wallace Cattle Co Better Late than Never Online Sale 2013 #2
3. $16,500 - Bull sired by Monopoly
   
   Kopp Land and Livestock Online Pasture Club Calf Sale 2013 #1
4. $9,500 - Heifer sired by Golden Oak Outcross 18U
   
   Buck Cattle Co Spring Online Edition Sale 2013 #1
5. $8,257 - Heifer sired by Heat Wave
   
   Hammer Ranch Online Steer and Heifer Sale 2013 #9
6. $7,600 - Steer sired by Unforgiven
   
   Brock Wallace Cattle Co Better Late than Never Online Sale 2013 #1
7. $7,500 - Heifer sired by BK Unlimited Power 472U
   
   Buck Cattle Co Spring Online Edition Sale 2013 #4
8. $6,700 - Pair sired by DM BR Moler 803
   
   Oklahoma Hereford Association Spring Time Sale 2013 #62
9. $6,500 - Steer sired by One and Only
   
   Brock Wallace Cattle Co Better Late than Never Online Sale 2013 #6
10. $6,400 - Pair sired by GO 3196 Advance S109
    
    Oklahoma Hereford Association Spring Time Sale 2013 #63

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