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There's a "exotic" animal auction* coming up nearby, and I was perusing the consignment list today. On the list is a Longhorn steer that is trained to be ridden. It also says something about him being very friendly, easy on fences, loads easily, etc. I'm almost interested in buying him, if he goes for a fair price (fat chance, but I can hope).
My question is... are Longhorns generally easy keepers? I already have a decent sized herd of Polled Hereford cattle (and a couple Angus, and this completely stupid half Holstein heifer that's first in line for next month's slaughter haul./irrelevant), and the pasture is far from overrun, so it's not like I don't have the property to keep him. But none of the cattle push fences, and a few sections of fence can be a bit questionable (usually the ones back in the deeper parts of the woods).
Another worry I have is if his horns would be an issue -- are Longhorn prone to goring other cattle over food or anything? I mean, there are two big round bale feeders for hay in the winter, and they graze the rest of the year. There's not much to compete over, unless Mr. T (the current rent-a-bull) decides to take offense to him or something -- he wasn't real fond of a couple of this season's steers, and kept running them off the one feeder.
I've never dealt with horned cattle -- had a few throwback calves with horns, but we've always sold them ASAP, or occasionally dehorned them, but that's it.

Here's the full consignment ad, if you're curious. It gives his age/weight/horn spread:





*Don't worry, the most exotic they get is the occasional llama or uncommon goat breed; last auction featured a pair of hand-raised pet foxes. It's nothing black market worthy. xP

They used to have some really weird animals -- I specifically remember a Capybara one time -- but more recently the number of "exotics" has dropped.

Oh god. Now I have these mental images of him wandering around our fields wrapped in the pink bubble wrap we have in our garage. xD