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<blockquote data-quote="aussie_cowgirl" data-source="post: 689588" data-attributes="member: 1279"><p>I don't think youth has anything to do with it. I don't think the majority of us judge any harsh than some others. We aren't the only people who question how an animal stands or it's growth etc. Someone who is harsh with critiquing is not a show off, just meticulous if you will. We can appreciate Knersie's comments about small detail and we can see that his meticulous eye and critiquing result in him having fantastic cattle. We don't pretend to know things. We openly say we don't understand EPDs and things like that, we might me opinionated but at least we will give reasons and justify as to why we think a certain way. Our show industry isn't like yours alftn, growing up I've seen plenty of commercial animals that are better than some of the stud ones around. The show industry here is not a big money business. We don't sell cows for $100,000. Some people with big money throw it around but on the whole show people are just regular producers. Our show steers sell for reasonable prices. Unplaced or low placed animals tend to go for market price. Grand champions will go for more because the butchers want to hang the ribbons on the wall to attract animals. A large part of what stud cattle are judged on are functionality and how suitable they are for a stud or commercial environment. A massive muscled bull that's slow or can't walk/has leg structure issues won't always win because he isn't seen as functional in a herd, no matter how muscular he is. I don't know about the others but I've always been told to judge cattle on structure, reproductive traits and then muscularity.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Just to be clear I'm not saying our commercial cattle are as good as our stud. What I'm saying is the divide isn't that big...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aussie_cowgirl, post: 689588, member: 1279"] I don't think youth has anything to do with it. I don't think the majority of us judge any harsh than some others. We aren't the only people who question how an animal stands or it's growth etc. Someone who is harsh with critiquing is not a show off, just meticulous if you will. We can appreciate Knersie's comments about small detail and we can see that his meticulous eye and critiquing result in him having fantastic cattle. We don't pretend to know things. We openly say we don't understand EPDs and things like that, we might me opinionated but at least we will give reasons and justify as to why we think a certain way. Our show industry isn't like yours alftn, growing up I've seen plenty of commercial animals that are better than some of the stud ones around. The show industry here is not a big money business. We don't sell cows for $100,000. Some people with big money throw it around but on the whole show people are just regular producers. Our show steers sell for reasonable prices. Unplaced or low placed animals tend to go for market price. Grand champions will go for more because the butchers want to hang the ribbons on the wall to attract animals. A large part of what stud cattle are judged on are functionality and how suitable they are for a stud or commercial environment. A massive muscled bull that's slow or can't walk/has leg structure issues won't always win because he isn't seen as functional in a herd, no matter how muscular he is. I don't know about the others but I've always been told to judge cattle on structure, reproductive traits and then muscularity. EDIT: Just to be clear I'm not saying our commercial cattle are as good as our stud. What I'm saying is the divide isn't that big... [/QUOTE]
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