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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Frederich Reinhardt Schauer IV of Beeville |
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auctioned his prize steer for a record $230,000 during the Junior |
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Sale of Champions at the Fort Worth Stock Show, the highest price |
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paid for a steer in the event's 116-year history; and |
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WHEREAS, "Cuatro" Schauer raised Spider Monkey, a |
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1,328-pound European Cross steer, for a year prior to the show on |
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his family's ranch in Beeville; he has been showing steers and other |
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animals in competition for more than nine years, and his previous |
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wins include Grand Champion Youth Market Goat at the State Fair of |
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Texas in 2011, Grand Champion Junior Market Steer at Rodeo Austin in |
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2011, and Grand Champion Lamb at the 2009 State Fair of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of A. C. Jones High School in Beeville, |
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Mr. Schauer is using the funds he earned from his sale to pay for |
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his education at Texas A&M University, where he is studying animal |
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science; and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding young Texan has distinguished |
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himself through his commitment to excellence and perseverance in |
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the pursuit of his goals, and he may reflect with pride on a job well |
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done; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Frederich Reinhardt Schauer IV on |
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his success at the Fort Worth Stock Show and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Schauer as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |