Pacifica 4-H Guess the Steer's Weight

 - We are gearing up with our favorite math challenge for our community - are you ready to guess the weight of Willie, the Pen Pride steer?


Every year, a different 4-H Club raises a steer - (this year it is Pacifica) which is a really expensive and amazing learning experience, by the way, from feeding to grooming to making sure this huge animal is comfortable being cared for, around humans, etc.    Did I say they eat a lot?  Well they do - which is why Willie gained 435 pounds in about 5 months.  And he's still growing... but how much he'll be on June 15th is anyone's guess - including yours.   So how will you do it?  Pick a number out of the air? Use that math equation y= mx+b? Decide that like humans, they can't grow that fast for that long and throw in a fudge factor?  The fun of some family time spent thinking about it, and the prizes for good guesses are really worth the $2 for one guess, $5 for 3 guesses or $10 for 7 guesses....

So come by and see Willie at the Youth Barn - he's really gentle, and cute!

Meet Willie

I weighed:

460 lbs. on      11/1/13

570 lbs. on      1/3/14

662 lbs. on      2/1/14

895 lbs. on      4/23/14

???   lbs. on     6/15/14