Beef Cattle Discovery - Judging - Commercial Heifers

Written Reasons - Judging Commercial Heifers

Commercial Heifers Will Banks 

I like the Commercial Heifers 1324.

I'll always buy into cattle that combine structural quality, with a maternal rib and body; from a brood cow basics standpoint the smoke female is here to win. Not only is she the boldest ribbed, stoutest hipped heifer , but throw in her most desirable hip and hind leg and I read her to be built for the long haul. Make no mistake, my class winner isn't perfect. She's a notch heavier conditioned, and that's where I prefer the baldy female. The greener conditioned female is more fresh and juvenile in the shape to her head and neck. Still, her condition works to her disadvantage. The tighter hearted and flanked female's best days are as a heavy bred. 

Even so, there's no denying her more practical brood cow look over 3 in the middle. She's by some margin more feminine and attractive, specifically through the front third of her body, but where I truly prefer her over 2 is her structural build. She's much more relaxed in the angle to her shoulder and knee, and the bigger yet more correct footed female hits the surface more secure in her hind leg. Sure, the 2 female is softer through her flank, but rib isn't the only essential thing in making a cow. As I study her at the surface she's the most incorrect in her foot shape, and is rocked too far forward in the angle to her shoulder. Structurally, there's changes that have to be made before I deem this one truly maternal. 

Still in a bottom pair of females that need to be modified in different ways to better suit commercial cattle production needs. Although I’m not comfortable with her structure, I still prefer the softer rib shape and natural width found within the 2 female. Yes the brown tinged female is as high performing as any, and reads correct in her front foot shape. But what true value does this hold when she’s the flattest made, narrowest female whose kind isn't what I want in my cow herd.

Thank you