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Dad, Burke, who had been around great Shorthorn cattle for over 50 years, and I were watching the show at the NAILE.  When Rodeo hit the ring, Dad said he'd use him!  Since Rodeo Drive was syndicated we never did, but his influence is certainly in our herd.  Having Rodeo several times in a...

Hopster1000, that is food for thought, as an old farmer used to say to the preacher on Sunday after the sermon.  Yours and other posters sure got my attention about the phenotype of offspring of myostatin carriers.  Many hog breeds added thickness to their hams and general muscularity by...

Weston Surprise 14th is NOT a carrier of F94L.  I apologize for my error.  The F94L carrier is DMH What A Surprise ET, right? Thanks for the phone call, Joe S. and setting the record straight!

I am not sure either.  We owned another Weston Surprise bull, the 3rd.  His phenotype was thicker than most, plus his prominent stifle was something that attracted us to him.  He was in the ASA sire test and his progeny were not desirable in cutability (like a bull would likely be if he carried...

We market some freezer beef, and carcass is of extra interest in our program.  This myostatin mutation is important to nearly everyone breeding cattle, including dairy, with the breeds listed in the 2nd article.  In Shorthorns there are 2 more myostatin mutations to deal with.  Every breeder...

Some of the higher BW genetics dilute well--for instance, Rodeo.  Astronaut is in the last generation of JJC Wild Side's pedigree, and Wild Side sired only one calf that required assistance at birth for us.  High Hope in the pedigree of these two Ash Valley bulls, and they have sufficient growth...

Back in the day we had Holstein nurse cows.  Our field experience verified them as the smallest cow brain!

He is even more impressive when viewed on the desktop and larger screen, which does justice to his stoutness.  More bulls with that body type need used in the Shorthorn breed.  He will represent the breed well in Western Canada.

Glacial Storm is up-headed, moves well, and has good chest floor width.  We used another horned white Canadian bull, International Grand Champ, Aberfeldy Deacon.  Reford Gardhouse had a 2nd successful white bull that was reserve in Chicago, maybe a year after Deacon.  Deacon was yesterday's...

I recall hearing of her and probably saw her at the NAILE?  An Improver according to DigitalBeef. Another Margie from the same family was also flushed a lot--AF SHANNON MARGIE 924. 

http://www.steerplanet.com/bb/the-big-show/black-noses-on-shorthorn/15/

https://www.heritageshorthorn.org/cattle-viewpoints/tag/Shorthorn+Black+noses Black noses do not sunburn.

Our Scotch-influenced cattle of the 50's and 60's had short wide heads and calved with difficulty too often.  We won a lot of shows back then, and many of them were born with assistance, but we did not own calf pullers then.  Those winners always had lots of thickness and bone.  And some of them...

Leader 9th passed that marking on a lot of the time, mostly on the right side.  Scotch Shorthorns often had a belt in the heart area, and it was not considered a desirable color.  At the local 4-H show a belted roan won grand champ for me twice, and a reserve grand for our daughter.  Sometimes...

Keith Lauer's cattle are functional.  Besides having at least 2 KL cattle in our herd bull's pedigree, we have Gauge (bred by Keith) and Teddy daughters.  Use KL genetics if you want your herd to stand the test of time.

Keith Lauer was a master breeder.  His Shorthorns are maternal, docile, sound, have enough growth, and generally are commendable in marbling, stayability and CEM.   

http://www.angusjournal.com/salebooks/schaff021321/ Sale report is up.

Robert's sire, Bonanza, is one of the great ones.  Robert, like Bonanza, has masculinity, which is not as common as it should be.  Dad used to say that when a bull looks around the corner of the barn (with only his head visible) that there should be no doubt about his being a bull.  Masculine...

Muridale Robert needs to be used more!  Look up his 57 offspring on Canada's digital beef.  Robert is free of myostatin.  He's a real beef bull, and sires high volume cattle. https://csa.digitalbeef.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=_animal&file=_animal&animal_registration=M473721

"I have not read this entire thread, so forgive me if this has been mentioned before. Check out the genetic conditions page on the Canadian Association site, especially the E226x results. I really commend the Associations for making this information visible and the breeders for testing...