My favorite ex-show heifer is one we fondly call 7. Her sale tag number was 7 when we bought her for Anna from Traynham Ranches. We have been buying show heifers from Buckley and Brad for a few years and really liked what this heifer brought to the table. Our goal is to get show heifers that ultimately fit into our cattle herd. That is always a challenge but we have been lucky to find some really awesome breeders that we have been able to purchase heifers from year after year. Some of my other favorite ex-show heifers have come from Seldom Rest along with other breeders. I feel like we have been very lucky in our friends that we have gained in this chapter of the kids showing outside heifers. Back to heifer 7. Anna showed her all over and she did pretty well. Kellie and I continue to pick heifers that are probably more broody and future cow potential than true show heifers and 7 was no exception. After 7 was done being a show heifer, she did not calve as a 2 year old which is our goal. Always disappointing but not abnormal for show heifers to miss their first year in calving timely. They are under tremendous stress. To make up for the fact that 7 did not calve on time, 7 blessed us with twins when she was a three year old, again as a four year old, and this year as a five year old. In three years 7 has had 6 live calves. That is what I call a money making heifer.
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