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High Dollar Heifer
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:41 pm
This past weekend was the Hudson/Valentine longhorn sale in Bowling Green, KY.
This heifer was the sale topper...
Before watching, guess how much she sells for.
Video of the sale...
This heifer was the sale topper...
Before watching, guess how much she sells for.
Video of the sale...
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Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:48 pm to Clyde Tipton
I watched and no way I would have guessed that on a heifer
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:49 pm to Clyde Tipton
Tell me how much so I don't have to turn sound on in the office 
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:51 pm to Mark Makers
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Tell me how much so I don't have to turn sound on in the office
Way more than you would imagine.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:51 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
No kidding.
She's young and her previous measurements project her into the 90's tip to tip. The record for a female is 95.5 inches.
I'd be scared of getting in a wreck hauling her home.
She's young and her previous measurements project her into the 90's tip to tip. The record for a female is 95.5 inches.
I'd be scared of getting in a wreck hauling her home.
This post was edited on 4/5/16 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:57 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:
Before watching, guess how much she sells for.
'bout tree fiddy
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:58 pm to Clyde Tipton
I can't believe a longhorn went that high. The supreme champion heifer at NAILE in Louisville went for 90K.
It's incredible what show animals bring. I watched a boar sell for 375k online one time.
It's incredible what show animals bring. I watched a boar sell for 375k online one time.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:59 pm to Clyde Tipton
Not really surprise...but I grew up showing livestock and going to sales all over Texas and Oklahoma. The amounts of money thrown around would baffle most of you. I'm guessing she'll likely be flushed and used as an embryo donor and they'll sell eggs. It's not uncommon for the owners of a popular bull to clone him because they can't keep up with semen sales.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:59 pm to Clyde Tipton
Must be where Ruth Chris gets their beef.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:10 pm to YOURADHERE
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The amounts of money thrown around would baffle most of you.
Yeah, they have a big one in Grapevine, TX. Instead of an auction barn they hold it in a hotel ball room. The prices on the best cows is jaw dropping.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:18 pm to Clyde Tipton
What is the overall reason for owning these type of cattle other than for the shear novelty of it?
They don't produce the best beef and for ranching purposes the long horns are a hindrance and viewed unfavorably.
They don't produce the best beef and for ranching purposes the long horns are a hindrance and viewed unfavorably.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:21 pm to eyepooted
Other than crossing them with Corrientes they are just pasture ornaments
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:23 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Ok that's what I though. Good to know.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:26 pm to eyepooted
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the shear novelty of it?
Basically, yes.
They do cross well with unrelated beef breeds creating hybrid vigor, but for the most part it's about preserving the breed. If everyone thought...
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They don't produce the best beef and for ranching purposes the long horns are a hindrance and viewed unfavorably.
They'd be extinct. They almost disappeared in the early 1900's.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:29 pm to Clyde Tipton
Curious but what makes a good longhorn a good longhorn? From a show cattle standpoint that thing is a grade A piece of shite.
Assuming horn girth and length play a big factor? Color patterns?
Assuming horn girth and length play a big factor? Color patterns?
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:33 pm to YOURADHERE
Im sure Clyde can answer better but besides horn the only other selling point is coloration. they make fine rugs but from what ive seen from breeders I know you cant predict color or pattern on offspring
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:35 pm to YOURADHERE
rich people selling a worthless animal back and forth to each other..
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:36 pm to YOURADHERE
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Assuming horn girth and length play a big factor? Color patterns?
Yes and yes. Those two are the first things that you notice.
Milking ability (size and shape of her bag), weight & conformation(hooks to pins, tail set, trim underline, tight skin, small ears) should be considered.
Disposition is very important. Any wild ones get culled since they do tote around 2 baseball bats attached to their heads.
If you watch the video, the heifer is extremely docile with a man in the ring with her. Watch how she reacts to him.This post was edited on 4/5/16 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:43 pm to Clyde Tipton
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tote around 2 baseball bats attached to their heads.
I had always been around cattle growing up but most were either muleys or roping steers. Ive had a finger smashed a few times while wrapping steers horns in the chute before we roped but I gained a new respect for their un- forgivingness the first time I hung up on a bull that had Louisville sluggers on each side and got cracked above the eye with one. A 'baseball bat" is exactly the way I would have described it
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:48 pm to Clyde Tipton
shite I did pretty good. I bought half of a 650# calf
for $325.
for $325.
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