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Cattle.com BlogBeef and the Internethttp://www.cattle.comEnglishMarch Cattle Site Visitor Reporthttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=417Beef and TechnologyJeff General<OL> <LI>Cattle Today Sites 21.11%</LI> <LI>CattleNetwork.com 14.45%</LI> <LI>Beefmagazine.com 12.41% (5)</LI> <LI>Cattlerange.com 12.13%</LI> <LI>Cattle.com 11.06% (3)</LI> <LI>Showsteers.com 7.01% (7)</LI> <LI>Drovers.com 6.78% (6)</LI> <LI>Steerplanet.com 3.78%</LI> <LI>Cattlepages.com 3.53% (10)</LI> <LI>Cattlegrower.com 3.18% (9)</LI></OL>2010-03-19http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=417ACCBA Salehttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=418Beef and TechnologyJeff General  <IMG src="/Clients/Kotzur/SN852342_opt.jpg"> This late October Shorthorn steer by Maximus out of an Elbee Leader cow will sell with 31 other steers as lot #32 in the Atascosa Club Calf Breeders' Association Sale this Saturday, March 20, at 1:30 p.m. at the Atascosa County Showbarn on Hwy 97 here in Pleasanton. For more information, please feel free to call Kotzur Farms @ 210-884-6254 or visit <A href="http://www.hkfarms.com">www.hkfarms.com</A> [Sponsored Post]2010-03-18http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=4181st in Class -> Champion -> Grand Championhttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=416Beef and TechnologyJeff GeneralIf it?s not obvious, I?ve never gone through the struggle of attempting to come up with enough to put an ad together.  While I do sympathize with those that do, there's one pet peeve that doesn't trick anybody.  It seemingly comes up over and over at this time of year when people attempt to needlessly exaggerate accomplishments that are already good enough to stand on their own. With few exceptions (breed shows, divisions, etc.)? A class winner is a class winner or first in class.  Winning the medium weight class does not make a calf the champion middle weight. In multi-breed steer shows a breed champion is a breed champion.  Winning the breed does not make a calf the grand champion of its breed.  Unless the calf was slapped at the end of the show while in the ring with cattle of other breeds, it was not a grand or supreme anything.2010-03-18http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=416Skinner Cattle Company Private Treaty Bid Offhttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=415Beef and TechnologyJeff GeneralSkinner Cattle Company (home of Captain Morgan and Smilin Bob) is holding their private treaty bid off now through March 28th.  You?ll be able to bid online through <A href="http://www.fatsteer.com/">Fatsteer.com</A> later this week.  The cattle are located just outside of Bryan, Tx. <A href="/video/category.aspx?cat=Skinner Cattle">View All Videos Here</A> My personal favorites? <IMG src="http://skinnercattle.com/photos/Calves%20for%20Sale/2010/7-Direct-Ticket-2.jpg" width=200> Tag #3 This time of year everything that?s red with four legs is a ?possible Red Angus?.  This is a quality calf that is actually built like a Red Angus.  Add a tick of bone to him and this is what that Red Angus I sold that went Reserve Champion in San Antonio looked like at this time last year. <IMG src="http://skinnercattle.com/photos/Calves%20for%20Sale/2010/13-Big-Dog-X-Meyer-1.jpg" width=200> Tag #13 If you are a fan of neck extension and chrome, it?s going to be hard to find one that fits better than this. <IMG src="http://skinnercattle.com/photos/Calves%20for%20Sale/2010/27-Big-Herford-3.jpg" width=200> Tag #27 Better than his picture, this little guy was a complete calf that knew how to setup. For more information call.. Sam ? 979-575-5357 Rusty ? 979-595-4420 Beau ? 979-574-1857 ?or visit <A href="http://www.skinnercattle.com/cattle-for-sale.html">Skinnercattle.com</A>. [Sponsored Post]2010-03-16http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=415Fort Worth Angus Championhttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=413Beef and TechnologyJeff GeneralHow mad do you think the Fort Woth Angus snobs are to see it openly advertised that the champion Angus was a Heat Wave?2010-03-15http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=413Houston Steer Showhttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=412Beef and TechnologyJeff GeneralI took a trip to Houston yesterday to watch the majority of the American breed steers and one calf we bred.  Yeah, I?m a sentimental little dope.  As I watched that steer go to the floor truck (he was 13th out of 45 but they only sold 11) I had some disturbingly gay montage going in my head starting from the moment I vividly remember slapping his mother on the hip and telling her to have a steer when I AI?d her. Randy Daniel Judges Market Steers Like You Eat Them Crazy right? I would like to send a big thank you to Mr. Daniel for actually emphasizing mass and finish in his reasons.  Yes, cattle had to be structurally correct and move to do well but he acted like he realized the junior heifer show is next week. He also didn't go overboard on mass.  If he thought a steer was pushing 1,400 it was going to be tough to make the sale (see the first paragraph). Randy Daniel Went Black Yeah, about that whole slick shear color bias, it doesn?t really apply to Randy Daniel. <IMG src="/blog/Houston_Med_Steers.jpg"> That picture was from the medium weight ABC class.  It?s all of the steers he pulled out of the lineup to make the cut up to that point.  If you saw the steers still along the rail about half of them would be colored and painted steers.  If I recall correctly that <STRIKE>blatant Charolais</STRIKE> cream colored ABC in the bottom right ended up 4th.  Not only did he not shy away from using black steers, he used them heavily.  I missed the AOB classes (where he did use colored cattle heavily) but in general during the ABCs, there were more black steers being used than I've seen since the hair came off in the late 90s. Comparing Houston to San Antonio Let?s imagine a sceneario where you and I both breed and show two steers. You flush 602 to Heat Wave multiple times and select the best calf from all of the flushes.  You put the steer on the best feed available and in a cool room every day.  You have the best fitters around groom the calf on show day.  Your steer sets up perfectly in the ring at every stop. I go to a South Texas sale barn and find the best tiger striped steer I can find.  I put the calf on above average pasture, perhaps Tifton 85, with no additional feed, mineral, or supplements.  I wash the steer only once, the day of the show.  He gets away from me in the ring while we?re showing. You are the Houston stock show, I am San Antonio.2010-03-12http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=412Skinner Cattle Companyhttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=411Beef and TechnologyJeff GeneralSkinner Cattle Company, the owners of Smilin Bob and Captain Morgan, will hold their bid off sale through March 28th at 6PM.  We'll be uploading videos taken on Sunday of a few calves they're bidding off over the next few days. The first is a deep bodied steer from one of the best nicks going right now, Ali x Heat Wave... <OBJECT width=640 height=385><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/hdSxe41X6Ts&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><PARAM NAME="allowFullScreen" VALUE="true"><PARAM NAME="allowscriptaccess" VALUE="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hdSxe41X6Ts&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></OBJECT> Skinner Cattle Company is a client of Cattle.com2010-03-10http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=411Tuesdayhttp://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=410Beef and TechnologyJeff GeneralHere?s some advice, if you want to kill a blog off, just stop updating it. Between majors, steer sales, playing with <A href="http://www.cattlemax.com/">CattleMax</A>, and oh yeah, paying work it?s no surprise I?ve abandoned the blog over the past two weeks.  To make it worse, I?m heading back on the road to watch a few of the Houston classes later this week. Skinner Cattle We?ll be posting videos of some of the steers selling in the upcoming <A href="http://www.skinnercattle.com/">Skinner Cattle Company</A> steer sale late tonight/early tomorrow.  As a Red Angus breeder (I can?t even type that without snickering), my favorite of the group we videoed was a stylish little Red Angus calf that in my opinion would class all day long. Rachel Williams Engaged I gave her plenty of time to announce it on her blog but Rachel Williams and Brandon Cutrer are now engaged.  From the few times I?ve been around him, Brandon is the prototype nice guy cattleman.  He was also an uncredited assistant for the Denver interviews this year. With both of the Williams girls now married or engaged, there?s likely just over a decade before it will be a complete waste of time to try and compete for banners in the Brahman or Shorthorn heifer divisions in Texas.2010-03-09http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=410