Beef Cattle Discovery - Judging Simmental Calves

Simmental Heifer Calves Adrian Austin
 

I liked the Simmental Heifers 2413. 

2 reads as the maternal, easy keeping option with the most cow power. Here’s the good bodied, stout hipped female that is heavy boned and big footed, while still being the surest at the ground and the most correct in her structure. She’s a smooth shouldered, clean jointed heifer that’s the most comfortable in the set to her pastern. I admit, 4 is an attractive, feminine heifer that’s refined in the shape to her neck and she stays more collected in her topline on the go. Still, the heavier naveled heifer that’s frailer and smaller footed is lighter dimensioned. She’s flatter ribbed and narrower made. 

Even so, her added female quality and balance keep her over 1 in my middle decision. She’s more striking in her presence. On the profile, the more up headed, neater necked heifer is more relaxed in the angle to her shoulder and attractive in her hind leg set. I realize, 1 has more mass and power. The stouter boned heifer has more natural dimension up high and is stouter pinned. Nonetheless, that power comes at the sacrifice of look. This is the plainer headed, deeper chested heifer that’s rounder hipped. 

Yet, in a final decision of heifers that both strike me as lower quality, I’ll side with 1’s maternal volume. Simply put, this is the easier fleshing, better bodied heifer that has more true power. Now sure, 3 may give an impression of being more feminine- she is more refined in the shape to her head and neck. But this doesn’t change the fact that she’s still a straight shouldered, tight hearted heifer that’s the flattest and frailest.

Thank you