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- [00:01]
A
All right, so we got another preview, and I'm real, real excited for the opportunity to be representing the amount of quality Americans in this set, but to continue to do so as well. Mr. Frankie has decided to entrust us here on Empower you to represent him in its entirety. There on Steer Bidder, you'll find the Setting the Standard sale that happens on the 12th. We're real excited to discuss everything that it has to offer. There's so much variation in terms of what you can do, whether you're looking for bull prospects or show steers. I think there's something for everybody in here. So, Jake, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself to the audience. And then after that, Clayton, you're obviously on here with us as well. You can give us your thoughts on the sale, and then we'll dive into all the lots.
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B
Yeah, you bet. Weston and Clayton, thank y' all for having us on. My name's Jake Franke, and I own operate Frankie Cattle Enterprises myself, along with my dad, Bob, and then a good friend and partner, Carl Muntine. We all, we've teamed together for the last, gosh, 12 years or so to have a American sale this time of year. Started off as selling them right off the cow. When we all lived down there at College Station, we'd sell them right off the cow and sell them from 30 to 90 days old. And it got to a point where our customers out west and up north couldn't get there until after Houston and most of the cattle were sold. And so we decided we'd go to old school, private treaty phone bid off. That worked well. It took a long time to go through as many as we typically have in this sale to bid them off via phone and started doing online marketing and have gotten along well and expanded our customer base. It's been a very, very good venue for just kind of showcase the work that we put into it and trying to get as good of American set of calves out there as possible. It was. It used to be named the MAGA Sale back when Trump first ran and was elected in his first term. We since then have kind of developed into having a bull sale in the fall. A couple of bread heifer sales, fall Kevin Bread Heifer set in the summer, and then a spring Kevin Bread Heifer offering in December. And we've kind of gone to Setting the Standard is the name for all of those sales. And we do those female and bull sales with two cattle, Jacob and Jared and Ingrid and Jared's wife. And so we wanted to kind of Keep that name and brand recognition consistent. And so we just kind of went with setting the standard/maga for this year's American set. But I appreciate you guys explaining your platform. I'm excited to be on this podcast and to discuss the cattle with or Clay.
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C
Yeah, I'm just super excited to, to have Jake and, and Carl and Bob on with us this year. And Jake's a longtime friend of mine, and this preview is something I've, I've been looking forward to. I was fortunate enough to be out in the area yesterday and got to personally walk through each one of the lots with Jake and discuss them. And so if there's anything I can be of assistance on from now till sale day, my phone is certainly open. But again, just super thankful and really excited to discuss these cattle with Jake.
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A
Something I think every sales rep should do for sure. And I commend you for that and thankful for Clayton to putting in all the hard work that he has. Mr. Frankie, I think now we can get through the lots A through F, as we talked about, are all going to be bull prospects, all different in terms of their type and kind and what they can do and in terms of future matings. But why don't you walk me through and highlight some of them for me and what you think they can do for somebody's future?
- [03:52]
B
You bet. So first off, the hammer price, if you keep them a bull is for 50% possession, 50% interest, and we let the buyer of that particular lot determine when they need that bull to be turned out. I would say regardless of what season it is or what months they are, we. We've been very easy to work with as far as, you know, making sure that man that makes that initial investment is getting to use that bull the first season when he really does need him, and then we use him after that, before that, et cetera. We like to get semen collected on these bulls before we ever turn them out, just as insurance and to be for the other partner to be able to utilize AI with that bull if he's being turned out at the other partner's place. So the hammer price is for 50, possession, 50 semen. And if you want to sell semen on them, we are happy to do that. We typically haven't marketed a lot of semen over the years. Just kind of kept it in house and in herd, and that's worked well for us. But we're open to exploring some marketing options for selling juice on these bulls as well. There's a handful of these Western and Clayton that can be cut and will classify. There's a pair of these cattle that are way too iffy. Probably a trio of these cattle that are way too iffy in terms of classifying that just need to be left intact and to be utilized as a herpes. Starting off, Lot A, incredible creature here. Great color by really good performing young cow of ours. She raised one of the best bread heifers in the December sale. Her first calf we kept, this is her third. And he's marked just like the cow. He's moderate, stout, big, ribbed, great headed, smooth necked. Everything blends and proportions the right way. He could be cut and make a hard run at the simbraws in Houston. I'd see him as being a big middle by Houston. He's never going to be a heavy. He'll have enough density and barrel and bulk to him to easily achieve a middleweight status. But I could see that rascal going on a setup eared cows and having is a variety of color as you would want, breeds as you would want. And he's going to moderate, broaden and make a very set, a very, very high quality set of crazy colored Americans is my opinion of him. I said it in the footnotes. Lot B is without a doubt the best calf I had born here at Kokomo. I thought he would class. We quartered him. He will not classify. There's no need to even consider that. But he's out of a born free shell 750, which I believe is a rockstar. Festus Charolay. That and that cow is the oldest one on the place. She's stifled in both stifle joints and she is. He's still on the cow and he's that good a rig. Incredible calf, great color, tremendous hair. Not near enough sheath, not near enough front character to even think about cutting him. But if a guy's got a set of eared cows, he will put bone, squareness, power, body shape and unbelievable hair into that set of cows. I don't know why lot C didn't have more character when he came out than he did. He's really close in all the aspects. His throat, his chest, his sheath is all almost ready to go be a steer. His ears are a little too Mickey Mouse. Like, they're a little erect, they're a little short. Talk about bold, powerful, wide, great ribcage, livestock. And then still he gets out and he takes a big step. He's smooth, he acts like a bull already. He's got a great set of nuts on him. I think he Makes a tremendous. I think a guy could sell a lot of semen on him. He will need to go on a set of cows that have a smidge in the ear though in our opinion. Lot D. And he's dual purposed. If you cut him, he's as good a hair as we've got in the sale. Perfect natured. He's going to be a lightweight at Fort Worth and I see him being a light at San Antonio if you want him to be. If you want to rev up the engine and crank on him. He could be a middle by San Antonio. He's a class. He's a big middle guard at Houston or a class, you know, three or four ABC at Houston. Extremely high quality calf. First year broke. He's out of a flatliner. Solid gold judge. 106 is what he is and or sorry the 106 cow which is a judge but tremendous pedigree there. This is the first whistle pig that we own with Yendrish livestock. They bought whistlepig as a baby in one of our sales a couple of years ago. And this is the first whistle pig and talking to Connor down south and what we've had here. Those cattle work. They're awesome built, they're great haired, they're stout featured. This one resembles exactly what I think that bull's going to do for several years and generations on down. Very good calf. I would love to see that rascal show as a lightweight ABC in Fort Worth personally. And if you got a little kid, he is extremely broke. Head quality is second to none. Harris second to none. Great body, great hipped and his movement is right on track for where they have to be. These days we use Nelson the thick fins bull Nelson to flush with and AI with this time and got along really good. I love Lottie. The gray paint bull is built with as much width and bone and substance and density is what we have in this offering. He won't class. There's no question in my mind he's got to be a bull. He needs to go on a set of eared cows. He will transmit moderation body shape, skeletal width and then keep the hip, the hind leg, the integrity of their skeleton all where they have to be. So very, very good bull. Not the biggest one. He's a little small in his frame and shortness cannon. But if you've got typical eared cows he will do the right things that they need done to complement that frame and that growth. Really the color ought to be crazy out of him because he's. He's Gray and white painted up the cow silver. She's throwing paints every time. And then of course Nelson being black hided, there's really no telling what color you might get. I will say this. He's got a big set of horns on him and he's going to need to be cosmetically dehorned just because everything about him, from his horn, the base of his horn, his skull, his feature and his body is stout. Blot f man. He's had as many, as many people like him out there on the cow as anything that's out turned out on those pairs. Perfect attitude, great headed. Structurally speaking, that cat is sound. He's perfect on his feet and legs. Great bone, great hip. Ditched down his top for a young one. You'll hear pinto Crimson Tide bleeding purple a lot in this sale. And this goes back to her. She's. We flushed her to overkill and we took that overkill pinto when we flushed into American Ranger, Dusty Graves and Blaze Beerschwall and I did. And that's a product of this one. Out of their i80 son, he came about £50. So if a guy needs to find something that's rare in a low birth weight, high quality American Cavanese bull, this one works. I would just think the general public, the majority would want to cut him and just go win the lightweight simbra class at every little prospect show and then on to Houston. That that's my opinion of that section of bull prospects. So again, you know, just talking out loud, B, C and E need to remain intact. In our opinion. A, D and F have the option to be very high quality steers as well.
- [12:16]
A
Absolutely. No, I completely agree and I think there's a lot of variations in terms of what people can utilize for sure. Clayton, what's your thoughts?
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C
Yeah, I thought Jake described those six to a tee. When I walked into the pins, just kind of reflecting on top to bottom of these six, it seemed like everyone that I was asking about or looking at came back to that Kokomo bull which I didn't know anything about. I was a huge fan of all of those cabs and I think the three that he described that need to stay intact. I would definite there and those other three are going to be sure fire steer prospects that will make a family real excited about owning.
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A
Well, you start off lots one, the red steer that's got a little bit of white dabble there on his flank if I read that right. But the calf is extremely nice. He's a gray fox. You mentioned a patriot on a crimson Tide female calf could run ABC or girt depending on what Frankie's thoughts are. But I understand why he's lot one. I mean I don't think there's one as high tying tall shouldered or even transitioning back into such a bold rib cage or very square hip and hind leg. What's your thoughts Frankie?
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B
Well this is definitely the largest sale and the most volume we've had and, and the reason is guys, we do a whole lot of things nutritionally and and watching recips to try to get our ET conception rates up and when you do those things it's inevitable you're going to have more numbers than you're used to having to sell. With that being said, I can get a little long winded with myself notes especially about 4:30 in the morning after a few cups of coffee I can get very into it, energetic, passionate about this. So what I wanted to do with this mini is not exhaust myself or the viewers of this cell and belabor the point. And I was real short and sweet here. The picture, the video and when you see this rascal in person there was no doubt it in my mind that which one would be lot one. And I think this is the deepest set we've had. This is the most variety of weight classes, end points and different breeds that we've had. But there was not a doubt in my mind that this red hided creature was going to earn Lot 1 status. Bone, Feature, forearm all make sense of why he's so powerful in his hip, so dimensional. Up high his spread, his dimension is unbelievable when you factor in the the realization that he is a absolute outlier for an American with the way his neck set is, his head quality, his balance and proportion and I mean for that kind of bone and that kind of power he is rugged in his barrel, he's great feeding in his rib cage. I don't know what else you would want to pack onto one because he is blessed with exotic type hair. It's extremely good. It's been good since the day I saw him at my buddy's place. That raised him for us and I mean just I think that one goes to Fort Worth and we're all really excited as we're leading up to cowtown with this one. Obviously you can tell how he'd sheer when you study him down his top and out of his hip and in terms of just rugged structure as well. But puppy dog, gentle, absolute, just ringer for us to start off this sale with.
- [15:46]
C
Yeah, he was in a pen by himself under the barn When I was there and I don't care if that thing's on the back 40 or the front yard, you're going to find that calf. Jake described him to a tee. He is an absolute creature. Lots of, lots of options. Hard to make calf, real hard to
- [16:05]
A
make lot twos next. This is a patriot on female. You call donor 70, which is an American Idol. This one can classify bring us smooth polled and really truly I think he does is the perfect description of what a brangus show steer that's winning as of right now looks like just in terms of length of front end in tandem with awesome shape up high and a very, very flexible hind leg. Talk to me about what you think his best endpoint is, Frankie.
- [16:32]
B
I think this one goes and goes to San Antonio and competes at a high level. He is extremely high quality. I'm not a big fan of just straight black hided ones but when they're smooth pulled and their brain gets featured and their head and their brow and their muzzle and everything that has to check the boxes. He is an absolute beast. His full brother would have been champion Gertrude in 2019 for the Lambert family at San Antonio. He is a full sib or a half sib. Excuse me, to the, to the, the mother of lots 1, 3, 7 and 28. Genetically speaking. He's got the backing and the pedigree to feed and to do everything that has to be done to get to the winner. Circle on foot. There's no question he's big footed, great hipped, perfect structured and I mean he is ripped up with meat animal shape at this age to his back, his upper hip, his stifle, everything checks the boxes from just the fundamental standpoint of being stout and very sound and then he has an elite look in terms of neck set, top line strength. Everything fits the bill. He does need to be cut and I mean it's a, it's walking a tight line, right? You either make them classify and like I used to say, there's a fine line between common and complete. And if you have too much American in them, we can get to, you know, teetering on that line. If we go the other route and we're trying to infuse a little exotic blood into these American cows, we can get some that are a little iffy, AKA some of our bull prospects. So our goal is to make them as exotic looking as we can with an American ear, with an American head and the ideal sheath. And that's what this cap is, is that to a T and he will go bring us in my humble opinion, he will need to be cut. If you want us to take care of that after the sale, we will if y' all feel more comfortable. Whoever buys him wants to take him home and cut him, no problem. But he is endowed. I'll just put it that way. It will need to be somebody that knows what they're doing and get him out of there. Let him clean up in his head just a bit. But that one fires me up a lot. That 70 Cal has been the strongest donor of the Montane Frankie Partnership herd of any of them. She's placed every one of her embryo calves last year. Placed at a major and of different breeds. ABC Maine Red Cross, Lemmy Charolay. Just. Just one was second at Fort Worth. So she does a great job for us patriots. Been exceptional as far as going on exotic cows and making them class and making them exotic looking where they have to be to win. That casts a very high quality brangus.
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C
Yeah, Jake, you're making it too easy for Weston and I here describing these things to a tee. It's hard to make black hided ones look like this one. If you followed Jake in the years and kept up with calves sold and accolades of cattle being sold, you know, the donor 70 has been a big part of what they've done. Like this calf a bunch. I think he gives you a lot of options, one you'd certainly be excited to own.
- [20:05]
B
Yeah. And Clayton, I would say though, and this is my opinion, and I want Yalls opinion, but I don't think a first year feeder needs to show this one or a second year feeder. And here's why. I think he's 15, 25 San Antonio. And I'm probably the only crazy person that'll put a 60 pound kid on a 15, 40 pound steer and ask him to go do it at a level of perfection. But I just think that there's a lot of beef animal there and I don't know if we need to put, you know, the first year 4H or FFA showman on that one.
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C
Jake and I discussed this yesterday while we were there looking through the cattle because he's going to give his honest sentiment on what he thinks size wise kid, maturity of a kid, experience of a kid would maybe need on certain. Lots of. And I believe that he hit the nail on the hammer with this one. He's got a little grow to him today and I would agree he's going to be a bigger calf. Thank you Jake for, for starting that off on this one.
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A
Well, y' all talk about Excitement. And I get real excited not to take anything away from any other calf we've talked about this far. Lot 3 excites me a lot. He's a gray fox, obviously a half sib. And on that on the bottom side to several Patriot, Crimson Tide, ABC Prospect. I love this calf's look from profile. I love his feet and legs. Talk to me about what you think, Frankie. And his best end point. Seems as if he's got real nice hair quality too.
- [21:38]
B
Yeah, the calf had really good hair on the baby and he kind of. I mean, we've been hotter than young love, you know, here in Texas this spring, abnormally warm and we've. I've seen that calf on the cow with a really good hair, like very, very good hair, Fort Worth hair. But today you'd look at him and think, well, we probably need to slick him. I love this calf. He's one that my daughter wrote down on her list because I make her buy out of this sale if she's interested in something. That calf is puppy dog gentle. I, I went up there when Clayton and I were looking. I kind of rubbed on his side when he was loose out there in the pen. He has no problem as far as attitude or kicking or fire goes. He's, he's ready to go to a home and go through their program about a week or two and he's ready to go to a show. The calf is built perfect in my opinion. Big footed, heavy bones sound as they come. His body and barrel are like very, very bold, dense, practical, easy feeding appeal to it. Loaded with shape, loaded with power. Does not affect him on his mobility whatsoever. His head and his ears are perfect, his muzzle's perfect. He's got a little bit of character like you would want him to have through their dewlap and down into their brisket. I think you're going to have to implant him strategically just to get a little bit more sheath on him. But when you look at his head coming in there, he gets in seven days out of the week. I think he can be a Fort Worth one. To me. He gives them a lot of heat at San Antonio. Houston as an ABC is the way I read that calf, I don't think he's going to be the tallest heavyweight, but I do think as dense and as powerful and as bold as he is from his sternum all the way back, he will be a heavyweight contender at those two slicking majors.
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C
Yeah, he was in the barn, one of the ones in the barn. And it's, it's real Hard to go through that. Just so much quality. I will say this was in the handful of my personal favorites. You sit there and study the calf and my eyes just kept going back to the foot shape and size and his angles. It's just a really hard to make foot. Just incredibly built animal first year, gentle like that Kev a whole bunch.
- [24:03]
A
I completely agree with that statement. Lot four will be next. This one is out of a sire you'll call cats meow on a dame. That's a no free rides ABC or girt prospect. I think the calf's extremely unique in terms of his depth of rib in tandem with a level and useful hind leg thing. His hair quality is just as good. I think he classes extremely well. Talk to me what your thoughts are, Frankie.
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B
Yeah. So catch me out is a bull that Myers cattle up in o' Donnell has and he sired by Cat House Beast. So we sold Cat House Beast many years ago as a bull option. And black and white, tremendously stout, great, great bull for that. Our partner Luis Martino bought and some people bought some semen and made Cat Meow. Myers bought him out of Horn Sale and that's the sire of this calf and he is man. I like this calf a lot. He's dual purpose. His hair quality is very good. His attitude is incredible. I love his build, I love his structure, his body depth, the shape of his rib. He's got power to his top, he's got thickness from behind. The calf is all there. I don't see him being a big heavyweight for his age. He just looks like he's going to be a little bit more of a middle types calf. I think you could feed him if you knew what you were doing and make him a big lightweight at Fort Worth with his hair quality. But realistically I like to feed on
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D
him and I'd make him a middle
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B
at Fort Worth and I think he's a middle at San Antonio in Houston. I don't see him getting out of hand weight wise. Love the color, love the versatility with the hair coat that he has and the basic build and shape that he has. And I will tell you he is one of the most docile, best acting calves in the sale. Like I'd be fine with my 7 year old boy leading him around, which he thinks he needs to lead them all freaking around. But he, he could easily handle and maneuver this one At a prospect show this summer. He, he's a very good calf, good variety of end points. But I do view this tap as middleweight at all the majors Yeah, I
- [26:15]
C
think this one, you know, whether you're a first or second year family getting started or you're a seasoned family, this calf can do what you need him to do. As far as the aspect goes of being a first time or second time feeding family, there's really no guesswork with this calf. Just feeding, just feeding love on him and he'll go do the rest. If you're a veteran family, you're super excited to have this one in your pen and and all the potential that he possesses.
- [26:43]
A
Lot 5 will be next and this one was out of the Nelson sire from Colton Thig thin on a donor that y' all call 2109, which is an extra special solid gold. This calf has the hair quality to make it to Fort Worth. There's been multiple Nelson's that have exhibited there at Fort Worth and have branded as well. But I think he also reads to have incredible slick shape. The calf can run Simbra. If so, I think the calf is an awesome middleweight contender. What are your thoughts, Frankie?
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B
Yeah, you pegged him right. He's. He's never going to be a heavy but boy, he's got the quality, the shape, the power, the bone, the head and neck set of this calf are all just draw your attention to him. He's out of a really sound, great new donor for us. That's a red baldy and I love this calf in terms of slick sheer potential. Personally, I don't know. He was real hairy as a baby. He shucked it, he slipped off right now and I mean when he shucked it you could see. I thought I told Carl I go, well, here's a real good middleweight Sharon Simbraw for somebody and if he comes back with the hair, he will be able to go to Fort Worth without a doubt. I don't read him being a heavyweight, but I love the color, I love the power, I love the body shape and I mean his head's pretty, his neck's chiseled out nice, especially on the halter. A lot of these will walk around and have a little bit of smidgen of waddle the throat but when you time up it blends and it's perfect. I mean if there's one that's a problem from a throat and neck and look like they ran the 40 in the 30 yard gym, we will let you know. But he does tie up good and he is high quality flickering, built to me.
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C
Yeah, I told Jake yesterday when we were walking through these things that I thought those guys had some special with that Kokomo bull. And here's another one. Just lots of options. Big rib, big back, big ended, awesome. Looking great on their feet and legs. They've got a bright, bright future with that bull.
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A
Yes, sir. I completely agree with that statement as well. Lot 6 will be next and this is going to be a cm, which is Ivy's bull. Frankie, how do you say that? Lagnaf.
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B
Yeah. We'll just leave it at that. Yeah. Lagnaf. Yes, sir. I'm not going to explain what it means. You can ask Bob, Frankie, what it means. I'm not getting into that. How's that? But yeah, okay, that works for me.
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D
I just didn't know we and Bob
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B
will gladly share that story with anybody that wants to. I would just not have your kids around when he does do that.
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A
Makes complete sense.
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B
So the Ivy family was great customers, great friends for a long time. They got along with our cattle and just like the Lambert family did, highest levels of success. And so the same bull actually goes as sired by a bull that the girls, the Ivy girls and I own together that went back to BDR and horn breeding and solid gold and all the good stuff. And so I wanted to use CM. We AI'd this Lagnaf cow who is a beast of a cow, I mean incredible red hided cow and got this calf. And I, I told Clayton yesterday, this calf is easy feeding. You can't mess him up. He's perfectly sound, big footed, rugged, old school foot shape, bone body, feedability, all of that. He will not show himself off like the others do. Now when he's on a halter, it's really nice. But when he's out there in the pen, it's kind of like Igor walking around. I don't think a little kid needs to show him for that sheer reason. We need to have a big forearm football playing or basketball playing girl or something that can get this calf presented
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D
at a high level.
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B
He's got the, he's got the goods to do it. But I'm going to tell you, if you walked out there in the pen like he frustrated me to no end on picture day because he would not just throw his head up. Everything was just kind of like walking a dang dog. And so we've got to have a big kid to masterfully exhibit this cap up to where his full potential is. In my opinion. He's a heavyweight at San Antonio, he's a heavyweight at Houston. I've got, sadly, I've got more hair than he does. His hair is terrible. But he, everything about him reads like a easy feeding, practical, stout heavyweight gird that has to be shown by a bigger kid to get him exhibited the right way.
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A
So lot seven is next. This will be a gray fox on a Patriot Crimson Tide female that we've talked about previously. This is a silver abc. His hair quality is exceptional, his profile is just as good and I think he couples that with some awesome shape. I think the calf can land there at Fort Worth or if someone decides to slick him. He's an awesome middleweight contender. What's your thoughts, Frankie?
- [31:36]
D
No, I think lot so lot sevens a brother to one three and 28. Incredible flush. It's hard to get a flush with for all of them to work out and those four work and they're sister that's over here in the keeper pen worked as well. I told my best friend this morning this is as safe of an option for a high quality ABC as I've ever offered. If you want to rareback and feed him, he's not going to get messed up. His structure is perfect, running gear is phenomenal and he is going to feed as easy as you want him to. If you want to coast him and let him grow a little bit, he's going to grow slowly. He's not going to go straight up in the air like a lot of Americans can and will. I view this one as middleweight at Fort Worth, middleweight at San Antonio, and then I think get after him. Class 4 ABC at Houston. Perfect feet and legs, perfect ribbed, unbelievable head and neck quality. The calf square from behind and he is as dead level from hooks to pins from the profile. Standing there and in motion is what you'll find in an eared show steer. I love the balance, I love the squareness, I love the integrity and his attitude. I mean seriously, a first year kid can show this thing in the next month, month and a half, no problem.
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A
Yes, sir. Well, lot eight will be next. This is a hedge fund which is a Wall street son on the donor you call 2195, which goes back to been doing it young money aftershock. This is a brangus or Gert. Talk to me as to what you think in terms of classification he runs into and also what his best endpoints are.
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D
Hey, I'm gonna pick on my buddy Carl here. He put slash girt on this one and I said that looks like a brangus seven days out of the week. Like there's no doubt he's a brangus. And that hedge fund bull is one that we recently bought from Scamardo. Andrew Scamardo down there at Brian and he's worked awesome for us. This calf is goes brangus in my opinion. Sound great necked, great hip. Love the shape to him. He's a little skinny coming off of that recip cow, but I mean that calf is legit. As far as slick Sheeran bring us potential. I don't think he's a heavyweight and I wouldn't want to show against Lot 2. Okay. San Antonio. So I, I wouldn't gear him towards the heavies at San Antonio. He looks like a middle it San Antonio and then I think he's a heavy by Houston time. His hair is terrible so don't ever think you'd show him at Fort Worth. You're buying him just to slick him and to go get after him as a middle. Middle brangus at San Antonio and then progress to a heavy by Houston. Very nice calf.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Lot nine will be next. This is going to be a kokomo on the carpe diem main cow Yalls ABC or Gert. But I think like you have stated, this calf is extremely dual purpose. His hair quality is exceptional for Fort Worth. He's got the hind leg that Frank Ward is seeking after in terms of being stout and flexible. But he couples that with an awesome rib cage just being so expansive. And I think that also goes with the same saying that that calf could slick off so well and be so highly presented no matter where he is.
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D
I agree with you and I'll tell you, I think if you, if the family that gets this calf feeds him and strategically implants and use some beta agonist on him, I think he will look lights out at Fort Worth and be a big middleweight. His hair is unreal. I mean unreal. It, it's just like lot Ds. It is thick, it's good textured, it's long. And I mean he's been hairy since the day he came out of the cow and she cleaned him up. So there's no question he's got the hair to go to Fort Worth. He's the right color to go to Fort Worth or to go slick off as a girt. Feet and legs and body wise, exceptional neck and head and chest. And the way it shoots high out of the top of his blade. Perfect. The calf needs a shot of lower quarter and stifle. And the calf walks so well and he's so big bodied that he's going to be one that we can just rear back and do whatever it is that we need to do from an implant and an Optiflex standpoint and get the bulk and the meat animal turned to him. I do think if you want to shear him, he makes a big middle at San Antonio and he's a for sure heavy by Houston time. But God's the good Lord's never made a perfect one right. And so I'm trying to be as, as forthcoming and transparent as possible. If you were to slick this calf, you need to square him up just a hair on his rear feet and you need to make and just have him be a little bit more powerful into the lower part of his quarter. Hair wise it'll look huge as much hair as he has. But if we slicked him, we're going to have to implement some feeding strategies to achieve that to for him to go win. His structure, his balance, his look, his smoothness and his barrel get him into the sale, wherever you want to take him. But I think our goals are all a little bit higher than that in this game that we have decided to adventure into.
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A
Yes sir. Well, lot 10 is next, another Nelson sired calf that's out of yalls 7168 which is a Dakota Gold troubadour. I mean this cap's an awesome sim bra prospect. I love the calf standing still. I love his profile. But I think the most intriguing thing about the calf is his shape up high and how he creases so much right behind his shoulder. But he couples that with an awesome hip and hind leg that is extremely powerful. What's your thoughts, Frankie?
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D
Yeah, he, he's, you know, half brother and built real similar to Lot 5 Sim bra Middleweight status at the slicking majors. Immense shape from the back of his shoulder out of his hip down to his lower quarter. His stifles ripped up good and bone fits the muscle up high to balance into proportion right from the profile. I don't think this is just me and I'm just one opinion here. When they have that kind of shape and that kind of expression and power and bone, we don't need to get carried away with overloading them with protein. And I don't think you need to feed him to be a heavy or I think you'll have him so wide and broad too early. I think he needs to be high fiber, low corn, low protein, ease him along. Just smooth little ride there through the fall. Put him on half and half half high fiber, half finisher there about Thanksgiving. Let him come into himself as a is a good sized big middleweight at the shearing shows. But his head is beautiful. I mean it's clean. It's pretty. He classes and he's got shape for days. Bone for days, look for days. Just need to kind of slow grow him into what he needs to be for all of us to be excited at the end is my opinion.
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A
Yes, sir. Completely agree. Lot 11 is next. This is going to be a hope for gold out of the cat house Cowboy daughter Sim bra prospect. I think my favorite thing about the calf is his build. I love the angle to his shoulder and knee. I love his length and levelness of hip and the utilization of his hind leg. Great character. I love the calf as a whole. I think he's just a tick green. I think a little time and TLC and feed scoop, this calf will look like a monster show steer at a slicking show.
- [39:14]
D
Yeah, Funny story on this one. I had an old coach's moment come out because she calved and her teats were larger than ideal. And we got her up and the calf wanted to nurse. And I'm telling you boys, if she kicked once, she kicked a thousand times. And I about went and got my gun and shot her right there in the chute. I was so sick of it. But we tubed him. We got him latched on. He went to nursing. He weighed probably 50 pounds when he was born. He had a very rough, slow start. That cow kicked so hard and so many times that it started like smelling. You could smell the burnt smell from the chute that she was hitting it. It was kind of eerie. I. I was ready to shoot her. Everybody's ready to ship her for sure. But this one has evolved into one that I really think has as much potential to do something big at Houston is what we have to offer. He is brindle hided. He will go simbraw. And his look is incredible. His basic build is phenomenal. He is square. He's got creases all down his rear end. He's got a ditch down his back. And he shouldn't have for how skinny he was about two months ago. We started creeping them about 45, 60 days ago, they had blown in two. We weaned him. He actually gained weight after four days of being weaned, which is not typical. And this one's look, this one's chiseled appearance. He's athletic, I guess would be the best way to describe him. Perfect, perfect joint work. Clean joints, flat bone. Go get him hip and hind leg. When he hits the turf. If you want to show him there or put him in Houston where I think he really belongs, I don't Know what to tell you. Weight wise, he's not a heavy at San Antonio. He should be a heavy by Houston, but he was so far behind that I think he's probably realistically, let's max him out as a big middle. He could surprise us and be a heavy. But X perfect, great natured, great disposition and I mean an absolute athletic build to him.
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A
Yes, sir. Well, lot 12 is next and it seems as if you found this calf there in Mason, Texas from Mr. Glenn Martin. This one will be out of his bull called Skippo on an American cow of his. This calf is a girt. I think the calf's character is exceptional. I think his build is just as good. I think his slick shear and shape is going to appall a lot of people when he shows up to San Antonio Houston.
- [41:46]
D
Yeah, so. So Glenn and Austin, his son in law, they've been great customers of ours on the mineral and protein supplement side of things and for several years now. And they, I was visiting with Austin one day, said, hey, come by here and look at these things. We drove out there on the, on the buggy and this calf hit me like a ton of bricks. And he was, he looked like the world champ brangus at Houston. And we got him here and we sheared his head and I thought, oh no, he's got to be a girt. But I'm telling you, his feature, his foot bone, forearm body, hip is crazy stout and he moves like you would not think one that kind of, with that kind of ruggedness and that kind of power would move. And he does it and I mean he glides across there. Perfect structure, great look. Needs to be knife cut right after the sale. But the calf is easy feeding, high quality and he acts awesome. I mean he is a calm, easygoing, easy doing steer that still knows how to throw his head up.
- [42:54]
A
Yes sir. Thirteen will be next. And this is another purchase from what it looks like from Mr. Glenn Martin. This would be a Skipo on a donor called 2031. This calf is extremely dense made. He's got a huge rib cage cage and he's packed full of muscle and shape, especially out of his hip and lower quarter and stifle. What do you think, Frankie?
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D
Well, just. And I know it seems that way, but Carl actually raises calf. He, he bought that, been doing it out of Chris Black sale a couple years ago and he got some Skippo juice and flushed that cow to him and that's a product of that flush that Carl had. Hey, this one's got raw power and rib cage and body shape for days. And his bone matches his rear end, which is hard to do because his rear end is stout, but it's not obnoxious and he uses it the right way because his bone matches it. His joints are good, his footwork's great. I really think he's not first year broke. He's come around from the very first or second time they haltered him. If my little girl had a little bit more than 60 pounds of weight and she had a little bit more lead in her britches, we would show this one at Dallas. I think this one makes a Dallas steer or makes a big heavyweight at San Antonio because he looks like one you could just sit there and feed on. And he's going to do all the right things in converting feed to gain and put it in all the right places. Neck heads good, top lines good. He just. I think you can max him out and go win you 15,000 at Dallas and go after that lightweight American division is my opinion.
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A
Yes, Sir. Well, lot 14 is next. This is going to be another Nelson sired calf on a flatliner. Solid gold female. Talk to me about what you think he classifies as and what his best endpoint is. Calf Reed's extremely docile. Your showman type of calf. It'll be really fun to exhibit no matter where he ends up.
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D
Well, I'm going to say this. I do not claim in, in current times to be a classification expert on any breed. Okay. But I don't, I do realize that the white doesn't go past that cast the backside of his sheath or into his, in, into his flank. I thought he was a brangus. And then we sheared that sheath off and he's got a smidgen of white there. God has a very great way and, and a great sense of humor to humble us. I have no clue why this calf isn't heavier, fatter and juicier than what he is. Because that flat liner solid gold O12, solid gold cow I got from horn, she is an absolute beast and a unit and she milks great. This calf weighed like 55 pounds when he was born. And there for a while, right when he was born, he was kind of stout featured for a little one. And then he went through a stage and I'm telling you what, I wanted to throw rocks at him about when he was about three months old. And we would drive out there and check him. And my daughter named them all after different candies and candy bars and types of candy this year because she always has this, you know, wants to have this little thing going on now. And she and Autumn named all these things. And that's his name's Kiss. Hershey's Kiss. Well, this one, Kiss, I said, hey, Kiss ain't making the cut like it. It's bad. He looks like Fido's rear end. And then we weaned him and I thought, oh, Kiss must have heard that and kind of caught another gear. This thing has done nothing but get better since we weaned him. And when we washed him the first time, he's got about five creases in his rear end on both sides of it. And he kept coming. He kept coming. Puppy dog, gentle, perfect structured, great look, great hip. And his top and rear end has doubled in size since we weaned him three weeks ago. So I feel very confident. His hair was great. He can go to Fort Worth as a lightweight. He'd be a middle whatever you got creative with and wanted to try to major Gert ABC Brangus. He classifies no problem. He just you got to figure out where you want to be in those particular breeds. But the cast, dual purpose and he acts awesome.
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A
Well, 15 is next. This is going to be a Cat House cowboy on a BDR milkman. Female. Another silver whitish ABC prospect that I think's character is exceptional. I love the fact that he is that cool looking from profile but couples it with an awesome view from three quarter angle because he's so shapely and dimensional and extremely stout featured at the surface. Talk to me about what you think his best endpoint is. Frankie. I know he's also looks like he's got some nice air quality.
- [47:43]
D
Yeah. So Icle's cattle bought half of that BDR milkman and one of the share the brand sales from us. We flushed her to cat House. His sister that's going to cab this fall is unbelievable. Unbelievable. And we sold a few the other year that had good success throughout the summer. Throughout the fall they rolled around one to Dallas or two of them to Dallas. This one's a beast. I mean he's. He is chock full of shape bone. His movement is spot on. He has a fat steer build to him with his bone forearm body and power that's hard to make. And that's coming from both Cat House and the cow. He definitely got his daddy's bone power and presence and he got the cow's body and movement and flexibility. So everything for, you know, like we want it to. On paper it sounds good. It looks good. Let's go make it happen. Some days it works. Some Days it doesn't. This one it worked awfully well on. I like this one a lot. He looks like a middle at San Antonio and then again four or five at Houston.
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A
So lot 16 is next and this is going to be a dog house out of a. Get you some 16, 14 female Simbra or ADC prospect. I don't think that there's one that can quite look the way that he does in terms of length of neck and where it sits in the top side of his shoulder. His angularity and his feet and legs are just flat. Impressive. But he couples it with an awesome shape up high. Talk to me about what you think his best end point is. Frankie.
- [49:12]
D
Hey, I'm going to tell you, my son is ate up with sports and he's the most competitive human I've ever been around.
- [49:19]
B
And he's seven.
- [49:20]
D
Okay. When he hit his home run the other day and three of us had put some money together and told him, he. He made 170 bucks at that baseball game because he hit a home run because we didn't think he could. This one walks around like brand Frankie did after he hit that home run. I mean, he is the presence, the arrogance, the. Just the. The air about him as he struts around. Without a doubt, this one needs to go and go hard at the lightweight Fort Worth ABC class. His hair is crazy. It's awesome. It's dense, it's good textured. It's long. It is thick, thick, thick, big bodied, big ended sound great headed. I mean perfect headed. Bryce Gosnell and I own that. Get you some 1614 together. And we flushed her to doghouse and dog house is a bull that bros bought just like A through F. He bought him one year, developed him and has had tremendous luck with him. And I mean this calf right here, as far as a Fort Worth lightweight contender, without a doubt. That's where I see his endpoint.
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A
Yes, sir. Lot 17 is next. This is going to be a bull pro or a steer prospect that's out of the Schroeder bull. You might talk to us about the backstory on that. But then he's out of a Patriot H E F Hereford. Is that what y' all meant to.
- [50:39]
D
It's the old half Earhart half bull.
- [50:42]
A
Yep. Okay. Okay. So Patriot over the old Hef Earhart bull. So talk to me about what you think his best endpoint is. San Antonio Houston. Obviously, he's an awesome girt prospect. I think his shape and rib cage is phenomenal and I think he couples it with an awesome set of feet and legs.
- [50:59]
D
Without a doubt. This one right here, if, like I said in the footnotes, if your goal. We all have different goals, right. Is show families. And if your goal is to win a lightweight girt class at a slick shearing show, this is the calf to buy. Without a doubt. Seth Collins and his dad bought that Patriot Hef from us out of a share of the brands. And we've said it from the get go, we want to help our customers on the seed stock side, the breeding side of things, help market their calves well. Seth sent that picture. He sent a video, went and got the calf. Love the calf. He's not going to be anything but a lightweight because that Patriot Heff cow is real small and very, very high quality. But this steer's bone, his body, his head quality, his power for a lightweight is phenomenal. And you don't need to feed him hard because his belly is huge. His power is checked right at the top of the box. The calf is awesome natured. He is one of those that walks around with. With more throat than what you would deem ideal in the pin. And when you tie him up just like I did for that family a couple of weeks ago, it's like, oh, gosh, yeah, there he is. That's him. That's the one we need for a lightweight. Girt hair's not good. Not going to be anything but a lightweight. But he can go after him in the lightweight girt class.
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A
Lot 18 is next. And you switch it up a little bit, this is going to be a golden boy on an overkill pink toe cow sim bra or girt prospect. I think him as a sim bra is extremely competitive show steer. He actually resembles a lot of things that would have been a golden boy. Second place middleweight there at Houston. Same color, same color pattern, just being golden white. Very unique from profile, high head, carriage with a lot of rib shape. I think the calf's hair quality is exceptional as well. Talk to me about what you think his best endpoint is.
- [52:53]
D
Hey, this one, before his mother died, made your mouth water. Dusty Graves and Blaze bought a set of bread heifers from me. Half interest. And one of those was an overkill. Crimson tide, bleeding purple. And she would be the mother, the grandmother of, like, lot F, the black and white bull prospect. This one we flustered. The golden boy. Lights out. F is legit. KE is incredible. There's no holes in him. He does everything you'd want a showster to do, and then he takes it to a different league. As far as his look up front and his skeletal strength to his back and hip. He is a little behind because that cow died in that snowstorm in January. But I feel like if you'll put, if you'll take him home and you'll feed him, he could be. I think he wins a lightweight class for. The heck of it at Houston is my opinion of that calf. If he were, he hadn't lost his mother. I mean, just if, ifs and buts, we all know the story, but it is what it is, right? So now we got to make the best of it. I thought he was good enough to be the champion Simbra at Houston, but everything that happened, I think he's going to be the champion lightweight at Houston in the Simbra division. Love the calf. Attitude's good colors second to none in my opinion. And the, the quality and the build is absolutely spot on.
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A
Lot 19 is next. Another Whistle Pig sired steer, Prospect, that's out of a cat house Cowboy daughter. I think he's in a phenomenal Gert. He's obviously one of the youngest, one of the most behind in terms of condition or, or finish. But I think the calf's build is incredible and I think if there's a family out there that knows how to feed and feed a lot, I think this calf is going to look the part at the end of the day.
- [54:42]
D
Yeah. So my dad's probably the hardest person to please and he is without question the hardest on our cattle of anybody I've ever met. And I told him when this calf was born and got to be about a month old, I said, this whistle pig93 is unbelievable. And I don't know what's going on with the cow. We've checked her for hardware, we've checked her for everything. And she just gets skinnier by the day. So we went ahead and pulled him off earlier than what we typically. Or we haven't pulled him off, but we're about to as soon as this sale's over. And it's going to be earlier than what we typically would. The calf's look, structure, bone, hip, everything's there. His ribs good, his rib shapes great. But he's a little skinny because his mother got down and is going downhill on us. And so if you trust the build and you trust the bone and you trust the creases and you trust the body shape for a young one, this one can be very competitive in a lighter weight class at San Antonio Houston. He does have little horns, so he will not go brangus like I was thinking. He would before we sheared him. That's perfect too, by the way.
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A
Well, lot 20 will be next and this is a God bless America on a solid gold bringas cow Gert Prospect that has exceptional hair quality. I think his build coupled with his shape is going to make him a very nice contender no matter where he lands. I'd love to see the calf as a lightweight ABC at Fort Worth.
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D
Hey, this rascal is really, really good. We sold his mother to Eichel's cattle as a bred heifer. She's had some really nice females and I mean he. We unloaded this pair to help, you know, market the calf for him. And this thing's lights out quality like his, his feature, his structure, his power, everything is at a top tier. He's the only thing that's going to get him a bad grade on his report card is over there in that conduct section of your report card. It's not going to be satisfactory today. Okay. He doesn't need to go to a young kid. He doesn't need to go to an inexperienced home or a juvenile, naive type home. He needs to go to somebody that has patience, that will spend time with him and love on him and give him TLC every day or every afternoon after school. That's what the cat needs. He's obviously breakable. He's broke to tie, but he doesn't need to go to a young kid and he needs to go to an experienced home. But you'll love the calf without a doubt, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, does not matter. He's there. Just going to have to spend a little bit of time, have a little bit of patience to get him where you want to be attitude wise. He doesn't come get you. He doesn't kick. He just. It'd be about like any of us or not. Clayton. Heck, he's tall. It'd be like me and you, Weston, going and seeing about a 65 giant about to body slam us. That's how he acts when you put a rope halter on it. There you go.
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A
Well, lot 21 is next. Another hedge fund sired calf that's out of the Wall street over your donor 2109, which is an extra special solid gold bring us or Gert. Once again, I think his character is perfect for the for the bring us deal. He couples that with some awesome slick shearing dimension and mass. Talk to me about what you think his best end point is. I think him highlighted on the turf would be really, really neat.
- [58:07]
D
Yeah, his structure so good and his character's Just ideal to me for a brangus that I would want to show him as a brangus in San Antonio. This is the natural calf out of Lot 5's donor cow. And so that, that red baldy extra special, that's her natural calf out of that bull from Skomato. This one's built very, very well. Big bodied, sound, easy feeding. Go gets a brand. I don't see him going to win. Let's face it, they're not all going to win, right? But this calf is a solid cell maker because he's got the body, the structure, the density. To do it, gonna have to train him just a little bit like we've had to with the 60 pound girl. Just train them a little bit and be unique in how you train them to get their nose and their head up to where we can get him a little bit neater looking up through his front end. But he is, he is castrated and that will help, obviously.
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A
Well, lot 22 will be next and this is going to be a rocket man, which is out of the QB's rock on the American legacy heat wave. And I actually take that back. Rory D. Owns the bull now, but he is originally from Thigpen's place. I do like the calf as a girt prospect. I think his shape up high in tandem with an awesome rib cage, um, and so much dimension from behind it, I think the calf will be an awesome slicking one. His feet and legs can definitely hold it to be pushed and get right to 12 o'.
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B
Clock.
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D
100%. So this one came from Dusty and Blaze over at Coleman. And I'm going to tell you, if you come here to look, you got to go out there and see this one's mother. She is phenomenal. And if that, if you are like me and want to know cow side and pedigree and to some guys it doesn't matter. To me it does. She is a awesome cow with all the pieces that any of us would want. And she weighs about 160 pounds or 70 pounds. And so that tells me that that calf is going to feed. He is going to resemble the body, the power, the soundness, the dimension that he has today all the way till the end and he gets to the finish line. And I think when you got one that dense and you got one that practical and sound with that kind of look and backed by a cow like he's backed with, good things happen when it all counts at the end.
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A
No. Lot 23 will be next. And this is a Kokomo on a Here I am. Whiskey donor. Bring us prospect or his hair quality seems as if it was real, real good as a baby. And again, with all the weather that we've had here in Texas, it doesn't surprise me if there's calves that are shucking. But I think the calf, calf's hair quality was real, real good and it still is to this day. I would love to see that calf at Fort Worth, but I also think he's got the right proportions and symmetry alongside with shape and dimension to be an awesome slicking calf.
- [60:55]
D
Well, I'll tell you this, as hot as it's been, this one has not lost an ounce of hair. The only reason he's lost hair is when we quartered him and he didn't lose it where we didn't sheer him. He has got the most unbelievable hair for an American I've ever, ever had. He will only be a lightweight, folks. He's not ever going to be a middle. He will not ever sniff the heavies. But he is a awesome lightweight prospect for Fort Worth. Feet and legs are a hundred, body's great, neck hook, up line, hip are a hundred and his hair's twice that. I mean it's very, very good. He's got a perfect attitude. Little girl, little boy first, second year, time to show. This is one to consider without question.
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A
So lot 24 will be next and this is another hedge fund sired calf that goes back to Wall street. But on the bottom side he's a 2032 which is a horn livestock 750 on the yj. Talk to me about him. I think the calf is an awesome ABC prospect and I really think that his shape is definitely needing to be highlighted. As a slick shearing calf, I think his feet and legs could be really neat to look at on the turf as well.
- [62:05]
D
I think this calf makes a real good middleweight to heavyweight ABC at San Antonio or Houston. Again, Hedge fund came in clutch for us as a cleanup bull. Calf is sound, powered up, shaped up, slick shear built all the way through. Hair is not good, but the calf is very, very nice. I love the fact that he's got that kind of power and that kind of soundness and body shape and his neck is as long as a well rope. I mean he's long neck sets up high like it needs to. He'll be easy to show and like I said, you can push him to wherever weight class you so desire to at San Antonio, Houston. But if it were me, I'd be thinking he makes a heavy in an average home he'll make a good sized heavy about Houston in the right home.
- [62:54]
A
Yes, sir. Well, lot 25 is next. Another Rocket man calf that goes back to the rock and on a main Angus cow. I think the calf is extremely unique in terms of his look from the side. I mean, he's really high tying. He's real long and level hip. He's stout, featured at the surface. And I think if everything starts at the foundation with him being that stout featured, I think the calf will end up being extremely dimensional at the end of the day when he hits 12 o'.
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B
Clock.
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D
Yeah, this one's changed a lot, fellas. This one came in, that pair came in and we videoed and pictured him like two days later. And now the calf has really turned the corner. He's doing the right things, he's progressing in the right direction, speed that we want them to when they get here. The calf goes Brangus. There's no question in my mind that he doesn't classify Brangus. He's a Brangus. He's sound. Great, great bone, good look, and he's twice as stout as he was when we pictured him. If you went out there and walked through him today. So Kev's doing the right things. Good attitude and just as sound and as doable as you could make one.
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A
So lot 26 is next. This can be another Skip o sired calf that goes back to the 20, 31 been doing it daughter that we talked about prior to this calf's a girt. His hair quality is not for Fort Worth, but I think the way he looks in his picture and video, that calf is going to have an immense amount of mass and dimension that'll definitely be sought after as a slicking steer.
- [64:22]
D
Right. His hair quality is. Is not. Well, let me just say we don't even need to think about Fort Worth with this one.
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B
Right.
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D
One, he doesn't have the hair to do it, and two, when you've got that kind of power and that kind of width and shape and dimension and bone and soundness that just caters to slick sheer, you know, competitive steer showing. And so to me, this steers like some of the other ones we talked about. The fundamentals are there. His head will look 5,000 times prettier after he gets it Dehorn job done to him. He's pretty smooth for how stout he is. He's really sound for how stout he is. And I think he catches a brand as a heavyweight guard at San Antonio Houston because he's always going to be sound. He's always Going to be powerful and he still balances in his strength, the top line and rump structure the way they need to be at that level.
- [65:14]
A
So lot 27 is next. And this is another hedge fund sired calf. It goes back to the 2109 donor, which is an extra special solid gold bring us or girt. But I think the calf's character as a brangus is definitely sought after and can get him in. Just looking at what's been classifying the last couple years, the calf's rib shape is awesome. His shape up high is just as adequate. I love his feet and legs and his utilization of his hind leg. What's your thoughts?
- [65:39]
D
Hey, I really, really like this calf. And Carl, this was his favorite of the hedge funds when he sent him from College Station up here to my place. I don't know what in the hell got into this thing in the picture pen, but he went just berserk. And he's not crazy, he's not wild, but he did not want to be in that particular pen on that particular day. Just like any of them can do. He's got, you'll see, he's got. Went down the fence, the barbed wire fence a few times and he's, he scratched himself. But the calf's power, the calf soundness, the calf's feed ability is all present perfect bring us character. I couldn't ask more out of these hedge funds to the way that he marked them with brangus characteristics. So he goes brangus again in my opinion. And he's got the power, the depth, the look to do and to get really high up into that. Bring us class.
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A
Yes, Sir. Well, lot 28 is next. This would be a gray fox on a Patriot Crimson Tide female. I love the calf. I think he's extremely soft haired for an individual to have fun with him over the summer. But like you state, you believe that this calf could definitely make a run at Dallas and I believe so as well. His hind leg is exceptional and the flexibility he has at the surface in terms of his lower joints. And I love the calf and profile.
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D
Yeah, he resembles his brothers from a foot quality and structural integrity standpoint. And he looks like lot one through his front one third. Okay. But the calf's a shot bigger. He's big bodied, he's easy feeding. He is perfect in his hip and hind leg. And I think a guy, if I were, if it were me, I would be putting him on feed to go and win Class 1 at Dallas. And I think he makes a hard run at that because you can Rear back and feed the snot out of this thing. All right? And I feed him twice a day, and I want to see how aggressive they are. I want to see how quick it takes them to feed. Finish up eight or nine pounds split over two feedings. So four, four and a half pounds in the morning, four and a half pounds in the evening. He eats like there's no tomorrow. So there, that's that. You know, there's glimpses there of little things that I like to watch that make me think, hey, he's going to be easy to get to Dallas. And it's hard to find a good Dallas American. And this one's body and this one's bone allows him to have a mature look in that lightweight class. And I think he gets there with ease.
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A
Yes, sir. I completely agree. Lot 29 is next. This can be a hope for gold on a cat house cowboy daughter Sim bra prospect. What I love the most about the calf is, yeah, he's a little green, but he still highlights an awesome ratio from forb to flank in terms of his depth of rib and body shape. I'm in tandem with that. The calf's feet and legs and stoutness of features is highly sought after. What are your thoughts?
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D
Well, I'm very blunt. And the people that raise this calf force are new calf raisers, and they're great people and good friends. Their cow did a terrible job of raising this embryo baby. When he was born, there was no doubt in my mind. We got him. We finally got him. His brother won his class at San Antonio two years ago. And this one's got the extension, the length of hip and the growth to tandem with his body and bone and power. And I thought, we finally are going to go after him. Andy turned his head in that video they sent me, and he had the streak down his face. And I thought, oh, yeah, we got the cimbrough. Not just the abc. Unload them. They weaned him and they were all skinny, okay, because the cows got skinny on them. And I get it. It can happen. You can look up one day and think, whoa, what happened? That's what happened. The calf is very legit. He's very high quality. I always end the sale with one of my personal favorites. And if you saw this calf as a baby, you'd know how stout, how dense, how much bulk he's going to have as a fat steer today. He looks a little juvenile. He looks a little green. And that's okay because he's doing everything that he needs to be doing. His body and power are twice as good as as they were picture day and about 10 times as good as they were when they came to us off the trailer. So the calf's good? The calf's bred to be awesome, and he will be plenty stout with that hope for gold and cat house tandem going on there.
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A
Yes, sir. Well, that wraps up all the lots that we get to talk about. And like you said, this is arguably one of the biggest sales that you've had, but it is packed full of quality, and I think there's so much variation in terms of types and kinds that people can utilize for what they're trying to exhibit and also grab a hold in terms of success. But I think that this set of cattle is phenomenal. Is there anything else that you want to leave with the audience before we end the preview?
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D
I would just encourage anybody that's interested in a lot to give us a call, and we can talk through attitudes, we can talk through where they're going to be as far as ideal end points from a breed and weight and show standpoint. And we like to be hands on Weston. If they need help feeding, we're there to help. If they need help implanting, we're there to give, you know, strategy assistance if they want to bring the cattle here, like several people do throughout the year, to let us get eyes on them, or if we're in the area, stop in, get eyes on them. But we want to try to maximize your investment to get the goals accomplished for your son or daughter that, you know, that y' all said as a family. But we're big on that and we're passionate about this business, and we look forward to helping anybody that that gets one out of our sale from us.
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A
Absolutely. I completely agree. And kudos to y' all for doing all that you do for the people after the sale. I think that's extremely important as well. So with that said, I've stated this before. You can find it on Steer bidder. It happens all on the 12th. There's a lot to be able to grab out of this sale, and I know Frankie will always take care of who he gets cattle out of this sale. So with that said, I'm very grateful for the opportunity. Can't wait to see what the future looks like. And we'll go from there. And empowerment's here. We'll see y' all next time.
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D
Hey, thank you, guys.