Which is your top pick?

[Aaron]

Rank these bulls from top pick to bottom pick. All are curve-bending moderate-frame bulls.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

 

[seth]

1,4,3,6,2,5 ages?

 

[highgrit]

I like 2 and 6 myself.

 

[glacierridge]

3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Purely judging by looks...
3 looks the longest with the meatiest looking frame, nice full rear on him too.
Looks like the highest carcass yields.
Personally I like the higher yields, and I like more steak than burger.

Are they all about the same age in these photos?

 

[Backbone Ranch]

1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 5. I would like to see a bit more length in #6. I would like to see #5 with a straighter back. I like the first 4 bulls.

 

[glacierridge]

I agree with backbone that the first four are a decent set to pick from.
Really not wild about the last two.

 

[Aaron]

1,4,3,6,2,5 ages?

22-23 months.

 

[cmf1]

2 6 3 1 5 4
Single pics are tough for comparison.
Different stances, different light, different angles...

 

[Limomike]

tough to pick on one photo, but I like #2 & 5

 

[u4411clb]

1,3,4,5,2,6

If the stance on #1 is just in middle of picture taking. I know how hard it is to get a pic with them standing in the ideal position.

 

[double v]

3/2,5,4,1,6 3 and 2 look like a push for first good selection

 

[SPH]

Wish people wouldn't take pictures standing in deep straw like #3 is. It sometimes means they are trying to hide some kind of flaw with the animals legs or feet. May not be the case but always makes you wonder. Just off the pictures #2 looks like the most complete bull but opinions could change after seeing other angles or how they walk.

 

[double v]

I guess you didn't notice the snow in the background. I guess standing in snow wouldn't hide anything, the pics are fine he's in Canada and its winter. Don't think he posted them to see who could or couldn't pick flaws, he was just asking opinion on looks

 

[glacierridge]

Wish people wouldn't take pictures standing in deep straw like #3 is. It sometimes means they are trying to hide some kind of flaw with the animals legs or feet. May not be the case but always makes you wonder. Just off the pictures #2 looks like the most complete bull but opinions could change after seeing other angles or how they walk.

It does make you wonder.
I would sure like him a whole lot more to see the complete animal.
Would actually like to see all the bulls at the same angle and walk.

 

[branguscowgirl]

As others have stated, "just by the pics"...........#3, #2, #6, #1, #4, #5
I like a more compact package myself......Good or bad, I don't know. Just what I am drawn to.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Well Chuckie told me I had to disqualify 3,4,5, & 6 for standing in straw so I'm at a loss to make a pick here.

 

[SPH]

I guess you didn't notice the snow in the background. I guess standing in snow wouldn't hide anything, the pics are fine he's in Canada and its winter. Don't think he posted them to see who could or couldn't pick flaws, he was just asking opinion on looks

It was just stating an observation, I was not saying that hiding something was the intention just that it can come off appearing that. Especially skeptical of it when you see it in a sale catalog as it's a well known trick some guys will use to hide flaws.

 

[OakCreekRanch]

I guess you didn't notice the snow in the background. I guess standing in snow wouldn't hide anything, the pics are fine he's in Canada and its winter. Don't think he posted them to see who could or couldn't pick flaws, he was just asking opinion on looks

It was just stating an observation, I was not saying that hiding something was the intention just that it can come off appearing that. Especially skeptical of it when you see it in a sale catalog as it's a well known trick some guys will use to hide flaws.

:nod:

 

[WalnutCrest]

2 -- I think his secondary fertility traits (curly hair around the head and shoulders) is superior to the others ... which makes me think he may be more hormonally balanced and/or more fertile

3 -- I like the bull, but not sure how much of the curly hair around his head and shoulders was trimmed for the ring vs. that's his natural look ... if there was no trimming, he drops down a couple of spots -- I'm assuming this him after his haircut

1

6

4

5 -- looks to have more leg than the others -- hard to eat the sky underneath the belly

 

[WalnutCrest]

Just curious ... do you have hip heights and weights at 8mo and/or 12mo? If you do, and if you'll share them, I may have a different opinion.