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<blockquote data-quote="Boot Jack Bulls" data-source="post: 1399752" data-attributes="member: 24016"><p>I honestly don't know if the broken pills work as well as the implants. We have always just used the implants. If he is super sound, I have heard you can get away with some of the supplements like Optiflex. My concern is if you do compromise his soundness to up his gains, you may give up an advantage you may have over other steers that are just a tough heavier..if that makes sense. We never got into using the fancy stuff, the elbow grease, show chow and melatonin got the job done just as well, but for a ton less money!</p><p></p><p>Any chance you know who the judge is for the target show? Is he/she the type that wants them heavy and doesn't care how they move ("they only have to make it to the kill floor") or is he/she the type that will pick a little lighter one that moves great over a bad moving heavy ("this steer is the most perfectly finished one in the group, but his shoulder structure makes me worry about his heifer counterparts")????? We actually had a judge say that one about a county fair steer that was competitive at state, came from a highly respectable Char breeder, and was the only one in the show even close to finished! He we just to bold in the shoulder for that judge. Knowing which judge you have may make an impact on your gameplan....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boot Jack Bulls, post: 1399752, member: 24016"] I honestly don't know if the broken pills work as well as the implants. We have always just used the implants. If he is super sound, I have heard you can get away with some of the supplements like Optiflex. My concern is if you do compromise his soundness to up his gains, you may give up an advantage you may have over other steers that are just a tough heavier..if that makes sense. We never got into using the fancy stuff, the elbow grease, show chow and melatonin got the job done just as well, but for a ton less money! Any chance you know who the judge is for the target show? Is he/she the type that wants them heavy and doesn't care how they move ("they only have to make it to the kill floor") or is he/she the type that will pick a little lighter one that moves great over a bad moving heavy ("this steer is the most perfectly finished one in the group, but his shoulder structure makes me worry about his heifer counterparts")????? We actually had a judge say that one about a county fair steer that was competitive at state, came from a highly respectable Char breeder, and was the only one in the show even close to finished! He we just to bold in the shoulder for that judge. Knowing which judge you have may make an impact on your gameplan.... [/QUOTE]
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