
Our Philosophy and Goals
We believe that time is one of our most precious resources. Our time with our Maker, our families, and our livelihoods all must be balanced, and because of this, we believe our cattle should do the job mother nature intended them to do. We do not compromise on this balance, and neither should you.
Our philosophy of breeding registered Angus cattle is that reproductive performance is paramount to all other traits. This includes an emphasis on physical conformation, as soundness is essential for animals to hold up in large grazing systems. We employ selection criteria that emphasize trait enhancement for Fitness and Consumer Demand.
Fitness traits we strive to enhance and optimize within our system include the following:
Reproduction and Fertility
Conformation
Low to moderate birth wt.
Weaning Wt. (reflected in wt. of calf and milking ability of the mother)
Maternal Behavior and Capability
Longevity and Stayability
Disposition
Consumer Demand traits enhanced and optimized include the following:
Growth and Performance
Carcass Composition
Mission: To produce a quality animal that meets consumer demands and expectations, with a special emphasis on, in order by rank:
Vision: Our cattle will exceed commercial producer expectations in being able to excel in maternal and performance traits while delivering on consumer demands.
Values:
Laser-focus vision on our philosophy
People-centered and cattlemen-centric
Resilience
Humility
Ethical behavior and ethical treatment of livestock
We utilize both artificial insemination and embryo transfer in our program, focusing on specific sires and dams that have proven themselves and value sires descended closely from pathfinder dams.