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Plenty of downright shady things have taken place within the show industry.  Anytime $$$ & prestige are the key driving factors behind something, people will be tempted to do all sorts of things to gain an advantage.  Some cave in to temptation & some do not.  I don't think that anybody would...

I am assuming that his rate is for the whole entire load & then it would be prorated per head.  $400-$500, for 1 head, that is hauled 1,000 miles, is indeed pretty typical, but you are only going to get that rate if they are hauling something else, if they haul something else on the return trip...

If they are like most of mine, under that very same scenario, I wouldn't be calling them "really easy doing", I would be calling them dowright obese.  ;)

Opinions are just that.  I don't see a problem here.  But, that is just my opinion.  ;)

Without seeing this heifer on the move, she looks like she could be pretty nice.

And we have had some Tarentaise calve at 14 months... until we started giving the shots.  We always gave 5CC of Lutalyse + 10 - 20 CC (depending upon weight) of dexamethasone just to be safe.  That combo will take care of anything over 3-4 months.  However, it is way better to do it before they...

That is the Hatfield's High Desert Ranch Composite developed in the 1970's, maybe even the real late 60's.  Dr. Hatfield later started the Oregon Country Beef, now known as Country Natural Beef.  Also, that is the exact same 3 breed combination that made up as the original Pharo Cattle Company...

Very much off of the original topic, but...  It sounds like you should consider a Jersey cross or a Tarentaise cross cow nursing a Lowline Angus sired calf, based on your criteria.  I bred some pretty young, late born, purebred, virgin Tarentaise heifers to my first Lowline bull.  The following...

At the Great Western Beef Expo, they weighed the actual feed fed & the steers.  Each pen entry (sire group) was fed individually from the other pen entries (sire groups).  That is how that information was gathered.  

Just read the Sullivan Flyer thread below.  Totally goes against what I just posted above.  You can achieve 1,300+ lb. finished steers at 13-14 months of age with a frame 5-6 bull, if you work at it.  I know.  IMHO, it's got a lot more to do with having the right genetics and the right body type...

I agree 100% too.  Despite flawed modern wisdom that you must have the biggest framed cattle to get maximum feedlot performance, our Tarentaise bull, MHWF The Intimidator, sired the top gaining carcass (actual daily gain with carcass % factored together) at the Great Western Beef Expo Feedlot...

  It's certainly cheaper when you don't any feed corn or grain by products, etc.  I refuse to feed it for that very reason.  However, I'd be even more concerned about fuel costs.  If they start to sky rocket, this whole thing might get pretty ugly and quick.  Higher fuel is probably going to...

Thanks!  She's just way too small, unfortunately.  Probably not even a frame 0.

"Is the mini/ small type cattle just a niche market?"   Mini cattle absolutely are niche only!  Small cattle will depend upon just how small you are talking.  I wouldn't call frame 3 or bigger cattle strictly a "niche".  But, smaller than a frame 3, absolutely it would be a "niche".   "Or how...

Sale pending on this heifer, but just for your viewing pleasure, attached is a 50% Lowline X 50% Mini Hereford. I ended up with the black baldy in the background too & she's very similar in size.  These 2 are way too small framed for me & for my taste.  Plus, I am really not a baldy fan, but...

Jason has expressed his wishes.  It's his site.  These classifieds are 100% free.  I really do not see the problem, especially when he has paid advertising options on this same site where you can do things exactly the way you want... including advertising your cattle without mentioning a price...

Price, location, description & either a PICTURE or a VIDEO are all very good things list when posting classifieds & possibly should all be required, IMHO.  For those "serious" calves, I'd think it would be better for all if they bought a banner Ad on the left.  After all, if they are that...

I found them a ride.   

"The traditional practice of finishing cattle on corn may not be the only way to achieve high marbling, a desirable characteristic of quality beef." The above statement taken from Knabe's link is absolutely 100% correct.  Corn isn't the only way.  High marbling can be achieved on pasture IF...

Congrats!  Nice looking animal.