These calves, when compared to the average, provide a number of desirable and stylish qualities.  To begin, this group of calves stands on a more than adequate circumference of bone as viewed in the size of the hoof and cannon bone.  Furthermore, calves in this herd exhibit more pounds per day of age than that of the industry average, which is due, in part, to the influence from strong selection.  This group of calves demonstrates good breed character, also.  This is exemplified by the refinement of the head in the heifers giving them a feminine appearance.  By the same token, the steers have masculine heads without the length often associated with the Charolais influence.  In both cases, there is no more than an eighth Brahman influence in the ear on any of these calves.  In addition, this class of calves has tremendous spring of rib and depth of body accompanied by an impressive degree of muscling in the hindquarter.  All of these characteristics are evident when viewed broadside where one can see the obvious bulges in the rib cage and hindquarter.  As viewed from behind, these calves display very nice width from stifle to stifle and remarkable depth in the twist where they are quite clean, showing very little waste.  Moreover, they don’t show to be wasty being relatively trim around the dewlap and clean in the brisket.  It is for these reasons that we believe this set of weaned calves to beget carcasses that will produce a higher percentage of lean retail cuts than the average calf in the industry.  Overall, we feel that this group of calves are not only a good performing bunch, but they are a very stylish group that present an overall good balance between muscling, finish, and frame size combined with a high degree of uniformity.