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  1. obie105

    American Royal results

    I also read that he broke the sale of champions record at 170,000
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    American Royal results

    Alex Alliger from Iowa had the champion. I believe lautners blog had a break down.
  3. obie105

    Show Steer Eating Issues

    From my experience the more you change feed or mess with it the more they will go off feed. Go back to the basics. Is he getting any roughage to scratch his gut?
  4. obie105

    Ulcer fix

    I know people that feed yogurt to horses to treat ulcers long term and they claim it works.
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    Tyson stops buying Canadian beef due to US country-of-origin meat labeling

    No offense to anyone but when I worked at a Tyson beef plant Canadian cattle was a huge pain in the a**. They have to be kept seperate, kill seperate, while a Canadian truck is unloading they can't run in any cattle. They are generally even kept in a cooler seperate. This has to do with export...
  6. obie105

    Sullivan sale

    There's another post on here with full results
  7. obie105

    sullivan sale results

    The Herefords sold very well where did lot 25 go?
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    Shows

    There is a good size junior show in Norfolk, Neb the weekend of thanksgiving. Right now Iowa is pretty quiet til Beef Expo in Feb.
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    Bama, Oregon, Ohio State, FSU (N/C)

    Wish someone would take out Alabama can't stand them. Yes I know they are good but get tired of hearing about them. Would love for it to be Oregon and FSU.
  10. obie105

    Swine help, Beginner needs help

    At our county fair all swine have to be weighed in and tagged or ear notched. It is usually sometime in the spring for a late summer county fair. We always bought our pigs in the 40-60 lb range. Talk to your 4-h or FFA advisor for you important dates. We always did self feeders for the pigs and...
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    at the end of the rope

    If you think it might have been the trip or the cattle he was around do you have something quiet at home for him to be with? Even an old broke cow can make a world of difference on disposition. I read through the post but you never really said what he is doing. Someone might have an idea to try...
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    Question, 4 days past due with twins (updated: Pic )

    I had a cow this spring act like she was trying to push for a day off and on. Not hard labor but you could tell she was uncomfortable. It was her due date with an embryo and we didn't have a bull so I knew she was due. I palpated but couldn't feel much. She's big and I'm short. I talked to the...
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    Hoffman sale

    That is what was reported on the buy Hereford Facebook page tonight. One of the reps that was at the sale posted the results. It didn't say where she went just what she brought. I don't know the cow but knowing how Hoffmans have had some very good success over the past few years she must have...
  14. obie105

    Hoffman sale

    A donor cow their sale catalog is online
  15. obie105

    Hoffman sale

    Lot 182 brought 175,000. Total on 262 lots was $2,400,000. Averaged over 9k.
  16. obie105

    Recip Cost

    We put embryos in at a guys place last year and that's all that he does is put embryos in commercial cows for other people. We paid all syncronization costs then $150 per embryo that took then $1250 at weaning.
  17. obie105

    How long will clipper blades last?

    I have had 2 people in the past month say don't even sharpness them anymore just toss them and get new. I had another guy say 1 time to resharpen then toss. I have some older blades I don't do much clipping and they seem to still sharpen up well. My guess is just like everything anymore is how...
  18. obie105

    Weight help !

    Those are the birth weight epds. Each breed is a little bit different on how they do their epd system that's why I asked for the breed. Also the type of animal that your breeding. Negative bw epd are smaller bw and for the most part considered heifer safe. Depending on the breed and the bull...
  19. obie105

    National FFA Convention 2013 IGNITE

    Both years that I went it was in Louisville. I had a blast.
  20. obie105

    Need Advice....should I try to start my daughter showing?

    If she wants to do it then go ahead let her. I know at several of the county fairs in our part of IL there are open shows where any age can show.
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