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<blockquote data-quote="Ana" data-source="post: 1237958" data-attributes="member: 23779"><p>Talk to some folks who show at your county fair before you give up. Every county is different. At plenty of 4-H fairs commercial steers and heifers make up most of the entries, and you won't necessarily find the prized show cattle at the top of the heap on sale day. That tends to be more about Mom and Dad's connections and how cute the kid is. </p><p></p><p>There are several commercial producers in our neck of the woods who are happy to let 4-H kids take first pick of their calf crop each year and a few are known to knock off a few cents per pound, because they like supporting the local youth. You end up with a decent calf for a reasonable price and the rest is fitting anyway. </p><p></p><p>If your main goal is to take home grand champion obviously this isn't the best approach, but if your goal is to teach your kid about bringing up livestock of their own, marketing the product and then managing the money to do it all over again you don't need to put a pretty penny into a show calf. YMMV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ana, post: 1237958, member: 23779"] Talk to some folks who show at your county fair before you give up. Every county is different. At plenty of 4-H fairs commercial steers and heifers make up most of the entries, and you won't necessarily find the prized show cattle at the top of the heap on sale day. That tends to be more about Mom and Dad's connections and how cute the kid is. There are several commercial producers in our neck of the woods who are happy to let 4-H kids take first pick of their calf crop each year and a few are known to knock off a few cents per pound, because they like supporting the local youth. You end up with a decent calf for a reasonable price and the rest is fitting anyway. If your main goal is to take home grand champion obviously this isn't the best approach, but if your goal is to teach your kid about bringing up livestock of their own, marketing the product and then managing the money to do it all over again you don't need to put a pretty penny into a show calf. YMMV. [/QUOTE]
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