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Advice for Selecting your Next Show Heifer or Steer

By: Lacey Noterman, Livestock Extension Agent

You’ve decided you want to show a steer or heifer, and it is prime time to start the selection and purchase process for your new project.  There are so many resources out there about sales.  There are magazines nearly two inches thick promoting every show steer open house, you start looking at online sales, and then you start hearing about the sales that are taking place in your area.  It is easy to become overwhelmed with so many options.  Before you become overwhelmed go back and think about the basics and following these three main factors when it comes to selection.

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