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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 1139689" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>You are looking at a specific breed. Look for the strong traits that breed is known for. </p><p></p><p>For any cows, look for conformation. Structure. It is not about how she is going to look now but how she will perform a dozen years down the road. If the legs are not right, pass on her etc. Top line. Length. Body. </p><p></p><p>There are a whole lot of links that you can look at that will tell you how to select. That doesn't necessarily give the "the eye". </p><p></p><p>I have never reall had an "eye for cattle". My grandaddy did. He was amazing. He could look at a pen of cattle and tell you traits on each and every one of them. Which would be okay to take and which ones to pass on. </p><p></p><p>At the sale barn I look long and hard. Often times the bidding is over before I am ready to start. I think the key is to get a look at them from the get go when they hit the ring. How do they move etc. A cow may look good standing in a pen out back in the presale viewing but you are not looking at how she moves. </p><p></p><p>Read read and read some more and then get with a mentor who can show you things with a group of cows. </p><p></p><p>Conformation has been discussed over and over on the forum and there are a lot of links if you search it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 1139689, member: 3162"] You are looking at a specific breed. Look for the strong traits that breed is known for. For any cows, look for conformation. Structure. It is not about how she is going to look now but how she will perform a dozen years down the road. If the legs are not right, pass on her etc. Top line. Length. Body. There are a whole lot of links that you can look at that will tell you how to select. That doesn't necessarily give the "the eye". I have never reall had an "eye for cattle". My grandaddy did. He was amazing. He could look at a pen of cattle and tell you traits on each and every one of them. Which would be okay to take and which ones to pass on. At the sale barn I look long and hard. Often times the bidding is over before I am ready to start. I think the key is to get a look at them from the get go when they hit the ring. How do they move etc. A cow may look good standing in a pen out back in the presale viewing but you are not looking at how she moves. Read read and read some more and then get with a mentor who can show you things with a group of cows. Conformation has been discussed over and over on the forum and there are a lot of links if you search it out. [/QUOTE]
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