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I like the way you are thinking on the embryos young fella!!  Good for you. You like show steers, and you like cattle shows.  Go with club calf genetics! Embryos on Snow sale in Denver is a great place to start.  You will find embryos there that are absolutely proven donors.  Sure they are...

The reason that CW has lost sales is because they lost the "C" in CW.  Todd Caldwell is doing his own thing with ShowCattleConnection.  Todd is likely the highest volume trader in the Nation excluding maybe Bonham.  CW got all of those sales because Caldwell was buying a lot of the higher end...

I am an old pro with Melatonin.  We have used it in pretty much every combination that I know of.  Implants, Grow & Shine, top dress, bolus, and dissolved in a solvent solution. Melatonin will not cause a steer to stop gaining weight.  If you have an "edgy" steer, it will actually help them...

One of the issues that Show Circuit wanted to solve revolved around this.  If you look at the top selling 25% of steers sold on Show Circuit, what percentage of them would you guess were sold to traders?  I don't know the exact number, but I believe 80%+ would be a very good estimate.  Now...

Here I Am.  I know he's dirty.  Risky, but might very well be worth it!

I have found that Sullivan products work best with other Sullivan products. Weaver Products work best with other Weaver Products. I am not saying that it won't work.  I am saying that the products were developed to fit in with their complete line of products.

Clippers are 100% personal preference.  There is not better or worse.  They are all good and they are all bad depending upon the hand that they are in. Go with whatever you like better, and keep them clean.

What part of the country are you in?  If you are in the north, just hang on a month!  It isn't unusual for these things to shed late like this. The biggest thing is to go easy on the glue when you are fitting, and be certain to get it all washed out when the show is over.  She might be losing...

Mostly, this comes down to hard work, and a willingness to work on the cattle nobody else wants to. When I was a puppy, I wanted to be a steer trader in the worst way.  It was the only thing I truly loved to do.  I took every second of work that I could get.  I didn't care when, where, or what...

IN MY OPINION Don't get too caught up in the rate of gain thing with a calf that isn't really designed to be holding an pushing and holding and pushing.  Club calf genetics lend themselves to that type of treatment.  Commercial cattle genetics really don't. Feed him 3% of his body weight of a...

I agree with you, but have made an observation the past few days while browsing through the online club calf sales.  The majority of these sales have a few TRUE fat steers on them.  Little droopy behind their shoulder, little bit of throat (not chest), great legged, super loose spine, soft...

I believe it has a lot to do with getting the right cattle in the right homes. Producers or traders (whichever is the case) that really want to make a career out of the club calf deal really need results.  They may even be willing to take a little less money to get their cattle into good...

Ok, time out cowboy!!  Slow down. It is mid September and I believe you are in Iowa??? You don't need to do ANYTHING to get more hair on him.  Take the easy hair that mother nature it going to give you.  Don't chemical him all up.  There is absolutely no reason. All you need to be doing with...

Wade Shackleford or Mike Mustian

Ryan Rash seems to be pretty good about hitting as many as his schedule allows.  Maybe you have already hit him up.

It is about the steer, not the sire group. You will find good feeding M2O steers, and you will find good feeding HIA steers. You will find lots of both that aren't good feeding.

We have seen this happen too often. First off, I am sorry this happened to you.  You felt you could trust someone, and that person clearly violated that trust. Second, share the name of the trader with everyone in the group.  Do this for a couple reasons.  We all need to know so this person...

We have showed fat steers in that 20-22 month age range.  There is a big difference between a steer being fat and a steer looking mature.  It has nothing to do with weight. Many (if not all) fat steers showing at that 1350 weight range are pulled back nearly 100 pounds.  They have to be that...

Correct. IF you get caught, you DESERVE to be in trouble. 

I get so tired of this conversation. Bottom line is this...and it is really simple.  They are your kids.  They are your cattle.  The experience and value of said experience has nothing to do with you giving your/your kid's calf a little slow down before they head to the show ring.  Do what is...