aussie_cowgirl":uvfwvlx6 said:
I hate when a judge says this. I don't know about anyone else but if I have a heifer, sibling to a steer or not, if she hasn't good structure I'm not keeping her. Maybe this is the fundamental issue with people. And anyway, when we are judging a steer at a show, we are judging THAT STEER, not it's darn sister/brother/mother/father/cousin or whatever. As far a prospect show, unless a steer has pretty bad leg structure it's going to make it to slaughter, as in, more than average sickles/cow hocks/ bow legs etc. And considering you get 6-700kg cows with bad legs making it a few years a steer with the same structure getting to that size as a maximum, minus the mating and what not, they're going to be ok. This is another fundamental lesson I learnt at the feedlot. I think some judges need to go spend some time there before they judge steers because it really is the extreme. If a steer can make it through that and still walk, his structure is FINE.
Alright here it goes, Some of you may get offended but oh well,
Judges mention the sisters of poor structured steers for 2 reasons,
1. Your already showing a sorry steer that you didn't cull, so what makes you think you are smart enough to cull the female(sister,mother,grandmother)?
2. Its a much kinder way of saying, your steer cant walk, im sorry, 10th place.