This week I'll be in Denver for that National Western Stock Show. The company I work for sponsors several of the cattle events, and the Boy's family will be showing their Hereford cattle. Throughout the week I will get in numerous cabs, and people will have several conversations about cattle and the beef industry. Today's conversation.
Cabbie: You here for the bucking bulls.
Me: Nope my family will be showing cattle here.
Cabbie: You ride bulls.
Me: Nope, we show these cattle in a showring.
Cabbie: Ah, and where do you come from.
Me: My fiancé's family brought 25 head of cattle up from Oklahoma, but people from all over the U.S. will be showing cattle.
Cabbie: Do you bring their food too.
Me: Yes, that came in a separate stock trailer. We bring grain and hay for the to eat.
Cabbie: How much does a bull weigh?
Me: Well taking a guess the big bull they have here might weigh 1,800 lbs.
Cabbie: How much do they sell for?
Me: Well they can sell for anywhere between $3,000 and a $100,000. (This is when you clutch the door real tight, and hope that they don't swerve off the road from shock).
Cabbie: (In shock) Per pound! For meat?!
Me: No our cattle here are for breeding purposes, we won't eat them. However, they do have really good meat producing genetics and the progeny from the bulls may go into the food chain.
Cabbie: Ah I see. Maybe I should get some cows.
It happens every time. But I love it. Nothing better than learning what the consumers think about agriculture in a cab ride down to the Stock Show grounds.
This is a video that I put together last year at the Stock Show. It'll be you a better idea of what will go on this week.
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