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My neighbor is a life time Simmental breeder who tells me that he generally figures his due dates at 290 days on his cows.  He says that he has several each year that may go 295.  I don't know if that would translate over to Angus cows bred by Simmy bulls or not.  I usually figure 283 on our...

I don't believe there will be a charge or at least not very much.    We've lined up sponsors for most of the expense.  I'll post a flyer as soon as the NIACC group gets them finished.

North Iowa Area Community College is hosting a Beef Clinic on Saturday,April 14th.  It is intended for junior cattle enthusiasts and will include segments on clipping and fitting (instructors from Stock Show U), show calf nutrition,  showmanship, FSQA certification for those wanting to show at...

I would buy embryos out of the best cow in herds that I admire mated to bulls that I have followed for more than one calf crop.  Might not be as exciting as pulling the lever on a slot machine or trying to find the "gold nugget" weanling, but it sure would have a lot better chance of paying off...

There  were a lot of good bulls in Denver this year, but as has been stated by others on here many of those bulls mated to a 6 frame or less cow would produce IMHO a smaller framed  calf than most people are looking for in their feed lots.    The Shorthorn breed has had larger frame sizes, etc...

I'll be there from the 14th--16th---Hope to see some of my SP friends!!

Do any of you Shorthorn historians remember breeders from north Iowa back in the 60's named Lester Luckason or Bob Sherrard?  My understanding is that both these gentlemen were involved in raising Shorthorns in our county around that time.  We're interested in finding out more about the...

GRF is right--- there's some good heifers on this sale.  I particularly like the Lot 11 Simplicity X Nautica/Carly, Lot 1 Hard Drive X Ali, and Lot 5 Simplicity X Open Bar.  The dams of Lot 5 & 11 have been favorites of mine for some time.

I was in Wichita for a few hours this week.  Sure wish I'd had an extra day to run out and see the cattle in person.  I hate it when my job gets in the way of my cattle obsession!!Ha Ha!

I feed a combination of hay & corn stalk bales each year.   I have put them in side by side feeders or alternated one bale of stalks then one bale of hay.  I've even used a 2 bales of stalks to 1 bale of hay ratio with success.    I usually feed a small amount of grain/DDGs mixed with a rumensin...

Great sale!!  Tremendous quality top to bottom!  John, family, and crew did an awesome job again this year.  I think they could almost start their own breed with the Vegas X 898  line and the other Shorthorn Plus calves.    Congratulations to John, John, and all the crew!!

I saw the NIACC calves this morning and Braun's calves on Saturday.  Should be a very impressive offering.  The Lot 12 steer really caught my eye as well as a couple of younger steers that have a lot of upside in their future.  Great sale offering!!

Congratulations, Mitch!  I followed along on EDJE and everything went very well.  Impressive sale lineup.  The Wacos looked great!!

Great to see you this weekend too, Stumpy!!  I wish I could make your sale this year.  By the looks of the offering you shouldn't be short on bidders, though!!  Good luck!!

Great looking group, Stumpy!!  Good luck on your sale!

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We're offering a TM Gus X Myrtle Bo Shorthorn heifer  and a K&A Spice X "Fancy"  Shorthorn Plus/Maintainer steer on this sale.    They are both flashy looking, quality calves with super dispositions for young showmen.  Check them out on the website mentioned above.

All three are very nice looking heifers!!  Congratulations and Good Luck!!  Looks like Wingman did a good job for you!

AJ--if you see JIT has posted something please just ignore it and go on to another post.     All of us realize that for some unknown reason you don't like JIT.    Your complete disdain for anything that JIT posts was apparent a long time ago.   It got really tedious then and its still tedious...

the genetics of color can be a very funny thing.  I don't believe I've ever seen a true mono color Shorthorn--I'm not saying they don't exist, I've just never seen one and I've looked at a lot of shorthorns over the last few years.  I've never had a completely white one--usually there are red...