Although we sell females, both cows and heifers, we consider our main business to be bulls. We breed and raise bulls to be used in commercial/ordinary cattle breeding. And we take pride in what we produce and sell. We see our calling as the production of genetics to improve the American cattle herd.
We select genetics from all over the angus world---both red and black. The use of artificial insemination allows us to do that. We are currently using genetics from Australia, Scotland, and Canada as well as from all over the U.S.
The bulls listed below all sell with our guarantee that they will be satisfactory breeders for 1 year. They have been raised in a commercial environment---that is, on oat pastures and hay in the winter and large grass pastures the rest of the year. Neither they nor their dams have been fed any grain.
For our own use, for clean up after AI, we select and use the best of what we produce. We use them 1-2 years and offer them for sale.
Management of young bulls
These are all high libido angus bulls and will breed any cow or heifer that is in heat when they step off the trailer. It is not unreasonable to compare them to a 14-15 year old teenager with surging hormones. But it is also important to note that they are still at 55-60% of their mature body weight and have a lot of growing to do before reaching full maturity. Our over 38 years experience breeding, raising, using, and selling red angus bulls has shown us that a young bull following and breeding cows in heat will not eat. The sex drive is strong and overcomes the interest in eating. And because it is a time in life when he is losing his immature teeth it is not unusual for a young bull to lose 150-200 pounds of body weight in 4-6 weeks. We have painfully learned that weight loss and inadequate nutrition will have a profound negative impact on a young bull’s fertility.
Therefore, these are our recommendations for your new young bull:
1) He should be able to handle 15-20 cows or heifers that are cycling in 4 and not more than 6 weeks. More females than that or a prolonged period of time will make his semen/sperm count go down to the point of infertility.
2) After 4-6 weeks of moderate or heavy breeding he should be penned up and fed a high energy ration and good hay for a couple of weeks.
That will usually be enough to restore and replenish his body condition and he should be ready to be turned out again.
3) Using multiple sires on a large herd of cows (30-50) is another good practice, but remember that even then the young bulls will go down
from not eating and from walking constantly. If you have 50 or more cows that need breeding it is best to rotate bulls in and out. That
allows some of them to rest and get replenished while others work.
Guarantee
If for some reason a bull that is purchased from us becomes infertile or an unsatisfactory breeder before the year of purchase is over, we will take him back and provide you with another bull of the same price range if available or return your money. However, if a bull becomes an unsatisfactory breeder we want him brought back so we can see that he is not crippled, injured, or malnourished. If any of those conditions are found then our guarantee does not apply. We also ask that you bring us a copy of the fertility test that shows the bull is no longer fertile. And we retain the returned bull’s salvage value. Here are the breeding age bulls we have as of October/November 2017. The pictures were taken 2 weeks ago in the bull pasture.
The large part of our breeding is done artificially, but only 60% of our mature cows are bred that way. For us it is better to synchronize heat, breed AI once, and then turn out clean up bulls to breed the cows that did not come in or settle with the AI. Our heifers usually breed AI 90-95%.That means we have to keep and use superior clean up bulls. We usually select one or two bulls a year from our own production and obviously we choose what in our opinion is/are the best. We use these bulls from one to three years and sell them as 3, 4, or 5 year olds.
By the time we sell them they will have information on the red angus website about their calves. We are a Bangs free herd and have not had any outside bulls for over 30 years. We will usually announce these older bulls here when available and may have pictures. Ask Lester about when we might have older bulls for sale. They can also usually be seen here at the ranch when they are out working in the pastures or when we have them penned up.
We select genetics from all over the angus world---both red and black. The use of artificial insemination allows us to do that. We are currently using genetics from Australia, Scotland, and Canada as well as from all over the U.S.
The bulls listed below all sell with our guarantee that they will be satisfactory breeders for 1 year. They have been raised in a commercial environment---that is, on oat pastures and hay in the winter and large grass pastures the rest of the year. Neither they nor their dams have been fed any grain.
For our own use, for clean up after AI, we select and use the best of what we produce. We use them 1-2 years and offer them for sale.
Management of young bulls
These are all high libido angus bulls and will breed any cow or heifer that is in heat when they step off the trailer. It is not unreasonable to compare them to a 14-15 year old teenager with surging hormones. But it is also important to note that they are still at 55-60% of their mature body weight and have a lot of growing to do before reaching full maturity. Our over 38 years experience breeding, raising, using, and selling red angus bulls has shown us that a young bull following and breeding cows in heat will not eat. The sex drive is strong and overcomes the interest in eating. And because it is a time in life when he is losing his immature teeth it is not unusual for a young bull to lose 150-200 pounds of body weight in 4-6 weeks. We have painfully learned that weight loss and inadequate nutrition will have a profound negative impact on a young bull’s fertility.
Therefore, these are our recommendations for your new young bull:
1) He should be able to handle 15-20 cows or heifers that are cycling in 4 and not more than 6 weeks. More females than that or a prolonged period of time will make his semen/sperm count go down to the point of infertility.
2) After 4-6 weeks of moderate or heavy breeding he should be penned up and fed a high energy ration and good hay for a couple of weeks.
That will usually be enough to restore and replenish his body condition and he should be ready to be turned out again.
3) Using multiple sires on a large herd of cows (30-50) is another good practice, but remember that even then the young bulls will go down
from not eating and from walking constantly. If you have 50 or more cows that need breeding it is best to rotate bulls in and out. That
allows some of them to rest and get replenished while others work.
Guarantee
If for some reason a bull that is purchased from us becomes infertile or an unsatisfactory breeder before the year of purchase is over, we will take him back and provide you with another bull of the same price range if available or return your money. However, if a bull becomes an unsatisfactory breeder we want him brought back so we can see that he is not crippled, injured, or malnourished. If any of those conditions are found then our guarantee does not apply. We also ask that you bring us a copy of the fertility test that shows the bull is no longer fertile. And we retain the returned bull’s salvage value. Here are the breeding age bulls we have as of October/November 2017. The pictures were taken 2 weeks ago in the bull pasture.
The large part of our breeding is done artificially, but only 60% of our mature cows are bred that way. For us it is better to synchronize heat, breed AI once, and then turn out clean up bulls to breed the cows that did not come in or settle with the AI. Our heifers usually breed AI 90-95%.That means we have to keep and use superior clean up bulls. We usually select one or two bulls a year from our own production and obviously we choose what in our opinion is/are the best. We use these bulls from one to three years and sell them as 3, 4, or 5 year olds.
By the time we sell them they will have information on the red angus website about their calves. We are a Bangs free herd and have not had any outside bulls for over 30 years. We will usually announce these older bulls here when available and may have pictures. Ask Lester about when we might have older bulls for sale. They can also usually be seen here at the ranch when they are out working in the pastures or when we have them penned up.
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- Beside "Animal ID", type in the ID you want to look up (Ex. 3569)
- Beside "Prefixes", type "LAE"
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