A steer can neither be a father nor give milk. A steer is just beef on the hoof. But last week at the International Livestock Exposition in cattle-wise Chicago, one chunky little black hornless steer brought $7,835, making its steaks and loins worth about $12 per lb. This steer was Lucky Strike, an Aberdeen-Angus, grand champion of the show. Elliott Brown, 20, of Rose Hill, Iowa, who raised Lucky Strike, said he would use his prize and auction money to lift the mortgage on his father's farm, to go to college. Chainstoreman James...
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