Show cattle is not an industry or a business. It is a joke. If u breed a bunch of clubby stuff u might just b able to sell a show calf. There isn't that many buyers if you havent noticed and a whole lot of suppply. if u sell a calf the buyer might just pick it up. And, most of all, the buyer might just pay for the calf, but probably not. the calves that u are left with wont even sell at the sale barn because they are midget cripples. So i just wonder, where might your cash flow come from to generate this very good living that you are talking about?
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It is statements like this that make me about lose my mind. I fed cattle here for many years, and I saw cripples from every breed and we also fed lots of clubby sired calves. Chambero's comments are exactly right. Many of these clubby sired calves hang great carcasses. Some don't, but I also fed lots of straight bred so called ranch raised cattle that were disaster on the rail. You simply cannot make statements like this. Many people make a very good living from producing and selling steers and heifers for show businesses. That sounds like a business to me. And what exactly is wrong with someone buying cattle and selling them at a profit ( ie : Trading cattle)? If this is wrong, then I suppose it is also wrong for a person to buy machinery, real estate or even stocks on the market and sell them for more than you purchased them for. Let's get real, the beef industry is a business regardless what little part you have it it.
