30TH ANNUAL BULL SALE

Thirty years of selection for moderate milk, fleshing-ease, and fertility has built a cow herd that gets bred even when things are tough. In 2019, 97.6 % of our cows were bred, including first calf heifers, despite only receiving 50 % of our annual moisture. In 2022 we had an exceptional year for moisture and nearly 98 % of cows bred up.

In our country a mature cow should wean about 50 percent of her body weight. Cows that wean a lot more than that usually are too milky and end up open or late. Cows that wean a lot less than that are too big, eat too much and don’t give you enough calf.

There are a lot of GIANT Angus cows. Our cows weighed 1156 pounds in a dry 2019 and in the last couple of wetter years they have averaged closer to 1225 pounds. Study after study show small cows to be more profitable than big cows. Commercial cattlemen don’t need bulls out of 1500+ lb cows. The balance needs to be found as to have moderate cows that raise good performing offspring.

Our customers routinely sell calves in the fall that weigh over 600 lbs and finish cattle that efficiently grow to 1400 lbs. Again, we strive for a balance between cow size and performance.