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XBAR - I'm assuming this is what you were looking at for A&M.  If you include room & board, etc, it adds up to a total of $160K. http://vetmed.tamu.edu/dvm/future/tuition Oklahoma State adds up to $118K: https://financialaid.okstate.edu/costs-veterinary-medicine-students But kids really...

I guess part of the problem is the animals you look at for show steers must be totally different than the ones down here in Texas.  I totally agree -  a steer that weighs 900 llbs at 12-14 months old is too small.  The show steers we raise/buy are generally weighing between 1100 and 1200 lbs at...

Probably what you are seeing are the ones that are just over a year old being collected for the first time.  As mature bulls, they aren't that small.  Not that you'd never consider them large framed.  The offspring of these bulls still consistently reach FS 5 or just under.  It takes a 51-52"...

Tack up front, cattle on back for us.  We get all tack in 8' compartment up front.  We usually haul 4-5 hd to prospect shows

Vet school tuition and fees are much more than resident undergrad.  I could see it getting to $200k counting living expenses.

Shame on us for expecting them to do things for free.  When it comes to labor, they should be charging at least $150-$200 per hour to cover overhead.  Think about what your plumber/mechanic/welder charges.

I had to make some hard decisions on calves for my boys when they were little.  Many, many calves are fine for older kids but not little ones.  In my experience, you are fighting a losing battle.  Some heifers also just flat dont like being messed with.  We've had two that were quite gentle...

Baseball is a game of failure.  The best hitters don't "win" but 30-35% of the time.  This is no different, just with an even lower success rate.  Nobody concedes anything.  And you are talking to a parent in my case.  My son has the same attitude in the show ring as he does playing left tackle...

I've got responses for both XBAR and DLD so pick through this. XBAR - I'll use a small town Texas sports analogy.  Whether or its football or baseball, everyone says they want to win state.  Even if you really are good enough to have a chance, for the most part it's the same schools that have...

You don't have to spend that much money to compete - but "competing" is a broad category that doesn't have to result in 1st place. Two reasons we steers over heifers: 1. I value good heifers as cows more than showing.  In my opinion, british heifers in particular have problems as cows if you...

Very few people do spend that kind of money, even in Tx.  The vast majority of those calves get concentrated in the hands of a few families - say 20-30 or so here off the top of my head.  There are 6 "big boy" breeds at our steer shows - chis, maines, simmis, char, limis, & aobs.  3-6 classes...

"Just" Winning a steer class at a Tx major with a $20k steer is a good thing.  There a lot more 20k + steers than there are classes available to win.

Because it IS the most competetive and hardest thing to be succesful at involving the breeding and showing of livestock.

I vote coyote because the entrails are the most nutritious part of a newborn (not much muscle at that age) and they are hungry for fat coming out of winter. A cat would have drug it off.

Honestly, excessive rinsing is highly overated.  Keeping them in dark and cool is not.  The primary purpose of rinsing should be to keep them cool and clean.  No more than once a day should be necessary if you have a cool barn with fans.  Frankly, we don't rinse everyday. The more you rinse...

Where are you at?  You really need to talk to one of the really good show steer vets such as Dr Barker or his sons in Ok or Dr Wariner in Tx.

Far right scares me every bit as much as far left.  The far right has a mean streak and a general lack of knowledge about how the world works.  The people that I know who call themselves "tea party" are not business leaders, church leaders, community leaders, or anything else - they are fringe...

Any of Dan Leddy's charolais bulls are good.  Almost all of my Char-x cows go back to an old bull of his called Troy

Pb Charolais bulls generally work better on smaller clubby cows.  Some of the best can be found from Kris Black, but none are really head and shoulders above the rest. On your type of cow, you likely would get the best steer out of a halfblood bull.  Check out some of Brandon Horns bulls.  Some...

A WMH steer was Ch Angus steer at FW 5 or 6 years ago.