2024 Legacy Longhorn Sale

Journey with me to experience some of the magic of this fabulous sale!

[@ChickenScratch-Feathers]

Absolutely beautiful! A few of my neighbors have some longhorns and Watusis, and man those are the most beautiful cattle I've seen. Seeing them in the fields during snowfalls and sunsets are so pretty. I never can get over the beautiful coats and horns!

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Certainly eye candy! Thank you 😊

[@j.pcattleco.8700]

Such a great video! We watch the sale every year, was great to get a behind the scene experience, maybe one year we will make it over from Australia 👍

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Hope that you do! But pick a less rainy weekend!😅

[@j.pcattleco.8700]

Absolutely, it looked terrible the weather, always comes when you don't want it though haha 😆

[@lazytbonecattle]

Wow those twisted horns are amazing.

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

I think so too!

[@mollyalexander9227]

Beautiful they look wowww I love it soo much ❤❤❤

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Thank you! I completely agree with you!

[@TexasNana2]

Very interesting... Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Thanks for watching!

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

I do have another video with Silent Iron! There is now a playlist!

[@CPLonghorns]

Lots of twist this year!

[@clairemiller1420]

Gollereeeee big one

[@YonelaMphalala]

These animals would be fit for the heavens themselve if they could ever be crossed with the nguni

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

I agree...what a cool breed the nguni are! So many great qualities they share with longhorns.

[@johnnydavis3866]

With all the great cattle Longhorns are dinosaurs can’t milk good for their claves just a Rich Cowboy’s Hobby nowadays and them horns can hurt you

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

The cows sold at this sale are certainly a rich cowboy's hobby... However, longhorns are the least messed with breed timewise. Just look at what people have done with dogs! Or check out the sizes of the champion winning beef steers from 50 years ago... People definitely like to mess with stuff. This breed was forged by nature until the early 20th century. We wouldn't trade our longhorn. Mothers for anything.

[@cherylmiller5438]

How in the world u get them on a truck! As wide as their horns r

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Especially the big ones, we let them walk in individually. They'll turn their heads so that they fit. Wider, 8 foot, trailers are often used.

[@johnmcmccormack9203]

Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪 just wondering, what is the point of the huge horns? Is there not a high degree of danger involved with handling the cattle?

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Thank you for your question! 2 things, there are contests held measuring the horns...and people are involved. Even with the smaller horned longhorns, it still takes a long time and somewhat specialized equipment to do anything with them... So certainly not for mass production. Our business is a family business and so we had children involved in all stages of growing and working with these cattle. Temperament is a big deal! Let's just say that flighty or aggressive animals taste very good 😉. We work with our animals close at hand so sometimes there are bruises involved but they are normally an accidental thing and not on purpose. Generally speaking though because OUR horned animals have a different level of relationship with us, there is greater chance of injury caused by rude excited polled animals worked and pushed using fear or aggressive energy as a tactic. Many more longhorn breeders are like us than regular beef cow producers.

[@johnmcmccormack9203]

Thank you for sharing with me, as I am a very small beef producer in Ireland 🇮🇪 we are not allowed have horned cattle in sales yards. I do hope to visit some farms in the U S A sometime in the future.

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Wow! Are you allowed to sell beef independently?

[@johnmcmccormack9203]

No we cannot sell privately, but horns will not be allowed in the sales yards and vets won't treat dangerous horned cattle. Safe handling facilities are also a must. Burocacy has farming badly restricted in Ireland due to European regulations.

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

@@johnmcmccormack9203 wow, makes me sad. I hope that you do get to come and see how wonderful these cattle can be!

[@giles-df9yu]

Have never understood why anyone would buy a longhorn?? They don't sell except for a very tiny market.

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

It's a labor of love. They are a unique part of American culture, beautiful to look at, longlived, healthy and tasty to eat. They are smart, efficient and personable. Kinda like hand crafted by an expert vs cheaply mass produced 'Made in China'. They are not good for quick beef produced in bulk. Perhaps the best of both worlds is a homozygous polled bull over longhorn cows. Anyway...they're not for every program, but they are the ones for us. Thank you for commenting! 🙂

[@davidnikodym4672]

Not trying to convert you, but the TLH breed has a definite place in the market. It is a little like raising Race Horses or Fancy Poodles, not for everyone. This is near the high end of the TLH market and I hope that you enjoyed the video

[@adamlittlecousin3223]

11:10❓❓

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

It was one of the ring men making a statement on how amazing this cow is.

[@danielcollins7588]

These cattle are about as wortless as a poodle show, except they can stab and kill you when you feed them

[@thelonghornchannel3092]

Stab, not so much... but bruises, sure. The origins of the breed were forged in the wild vistas of Texas. A stronger and more adaptable animal you won't find. It's ironic, we call club calves poodle cows. Practically choked on all the hairspray that was used when stalled near them at shows! 😆