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<blockquote data-quote="cowboy43" data-source="post: 662207" data-attributes="member: 10124"><p>I have been around cattle all my life but I have never devoloped a good eye for judging or grading cattle and that bugs me when I go to the auction and watch the buyers evaluating an animal so quick and deciding it's value. I have had the auction owner look at my stocker calves and he grades them 1,2,3 instantly . Sometimes I do not see what difference makes them 1 or 2. Do other cattlemen have this problem or am I the only dump enough to confess this lack of skill. I believe there is because I have talked to some sellers and they wonder why their calves did not bring top price, and even I can judge them as no. 3's I never had any formal education in livestock judging , so how do you educate yourself to be skilled in judging livestock , is there educational classes in Texas that would help or do you try to self educate yourself. When going to auctions and watching the buyers I do not grasp what they are looking for. Being retired and if this Texas drought ever ends I would like to buy stockers to make up for the cows I had to sell. I know the buyers will sometimes run the price up on you if they see you are paying too much and I do not want to be taken advantage of. I know one thing I would not be confessing this if you could see my face and knew me, It would be like confessing you were a 40 year virgin. :</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowboy43, post: 662207, member: 10124"] I have been around cattle all my life but I have never devoloped a good eye for judging or grading cattle and that bugs me when I go to the auction and watch the buyers evaluating an animal so quick and deciding it's value. I have had the auction owner look at my stocker calves and he grades them 1,2,3 instantly . Sometimes I do not see what difference makes them 1 or 2. Do other cattlemen have this problem or am I the only dump enough to confess this lack of skill. I believe there is because I have talked to some sellers and they wonder why their calves did not bring top price, and even I can judge them as no. 3's I never had any formal education in livestock judging , so how do you educate yourself to be skilled in judging livestock , is there educational classes in Texas that would help or do you try to self educate yourself. When going to auctions and watching the buyers I do not grasp what they are looking for. Being retired and if this Texas drought ever ends I would like to buy stockers to make up for the cows I had to sell. I know the buyers will sometimes run the price up on you if they see you are paying too much and I do not want to be taken advantage of. I know one thing I would not be confessing this if you could see my face and knew me, It would be like confessing you were a 40 year virgin. : [/QUOTE]
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