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<blockquote data-quote="aussie_cowgirl" data-source="post: 687699" data-attributes="member: 1279"><p>Because it isn't important, it's a steer that only has to make it to about 18mths old. If you have a steer that comes in with awesome muscle, awesome finish but has a few minor structural faults he should still be viable for the top spot because he's done his job. By all means, if you have 2 steers that are equal on all levels of muscle, finish, growth etc and one has a structural fault, I suppose you have to split the two and that's ok. Most minor faults don't get that much worse with the amount of weight that goes on. If we're talking about a bull that goes from a weaning weight of say 350kg to 900kg then yeah, but a show steer that goes from 350kg to say 600kg maximum isn't going to show that much change in a minor fault. Structural integrity in a steer should not be a priority in the show ring unless it is a fault that is severe and will cause issues. Structure in a steer is a tick the box thing "is his structure OK?" not necessarily perfect, just ok is fine. I thought you would understand this coming from an operation with a commercial side to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aussie_cowgirl, post: 687699, member: 1279"] Because it isn't important, it's a steer that only has to make it to about 18mths old. If you have a steer that comes in with awesome muscle, awesome finish but has a few minor structural faults he should still be viable for the top spot because he's done his job. By all means, if you have 2 steers that are equal on all levels of muscle, finish, growth etc and one has a structural fault, I suppose you have to split the two and that's ok. Most minor faults don't get that much worse with the amount of weight that goes on. If we're talking about a bull that goes from a weaning weight of say 350kg to 900kg then yeah, but a show steer that goes from 350kg to say 600kg maximum isn't going to show that much change in a minor fault. Structural integrity in a steer should not be a priority in the show ring unless it is a fault that is severe and will cause issues. Structure in a steer is a tick the box thing "is his structure OK?" not necessarily perfect, just ok is fine. I thought you would understand this coming from an operation with a commercial side to it. [/QUOTE]
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