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Philosophy.
Our breeding program is simple.
We use genetics that will help our commercial customers meet
their needs and provide these genetics in a user friendly package.
Our basic criteria starts with calving ease,
disposition
and competitive growth while maintaining a moderate mature size.
We keep our own replacements so we demand fertility, udder quality
and great dispositions. Customers also wanting growth and
muscle know our bulls will deliver.
These bulls have
completed their gain test and
are being hand fed on
fescue pasture.
Management.
Currently, Angell Charolais has 150
females. Eighty percent calve in the Fall and 20% calve in the
Spring. We have
synchronized our Fall calving cow herd for the past three breeding
seasons with CIDRs and follow with our clean-up bull. We
demand fertile cows and if they are open, they are gone!
We have purchased our herd bulls from Wienk
Charolais at Lake Preston, SD for the past ten years.
Recently we have AI'ed to bulls from Weink Charolais and the
Lindskov-Thiel Ranch of Isabel, SD.
Current Sires.
In the past, we have
had great success using
Tradition 066
as a calving ease sire for our heifers and he has
done an excellent job. Sir Tradition 4402 is
066's
sire.
In 2005 we
bred
the heifers to
Easy Pro
and we are very
happy with Easy Pro's calving ease.
His sire is LT Unlimited Ease 9108.
Our
2006 Spring calving
heifers were
bred to
LT Polled Value
(M501702) and our Spring calving cows to
Three Trees Wind 0383
ET (M637722).
These sire groups are working well in our herd!
We bred
our Fall calving cows to
LT Thundering Wind
5200P in both 2006
and 2007. We have
purchased a full share (200 straws) and are excited with the
40 calves born in the fall of 2007.
The main sire
group born in 2004, 2005 and 2006 is the
LT Rio
Blanco.
This Prime Cut son excels for Ribeye Area and is in the top 1%
for YW EPD. The calves are stout and growthy and a perfect
fit on British-based cows. We will continue to use him.
The
four top gaining bulls
(out of 39 head) on last year's
bull test at
Valley Farm Feedlot in Mendon, MO
were sired by
Rio Blanco. This year, out of
100 head on test, he sired the
two top bulls for ribeye size.
Rio Blanco as a mature
bull.
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Reg # |
CE |
BW |
WW |
YW |
Milk |
MCE |
SC |
CW |
RE |
MARB |
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LT Rio
Blanco 1234P |
M620591 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
45 |
92 |
5 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
50 |
0.57 |
0.10 |
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LT
Easy Pro 1158 Pld |
M620348 |
10.5 |
-1.6 |
25 |
46 |
20 |
2.6 |
-0.1 |
18 |
0.04 |
0.37 |
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WCR Sir
Tradition 066 |
M318119 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
28 |
51 |
4 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
8 |
0.37 |
0.03 |
| LT Polled
Value 9089 |
M501702 |
8.4 |
-0.6 |
34 |
65 |
19 |
10.1 |
1.1 |
39 |
0.29 |
-0.01 |
| Three Trees
Wind 0383 ET |
M637722 |
13.3 |
-2.5 |
25 |
51 |
7 |
12.0 |
1.0 |
18 |
0.27 |
-0.03 |
| LT
Thundering Wind 5200P |
M705186 |
7.1 |
0.8 |
45 |
70 |
7 |
8.4 |
1.3 |
29 |
0.54 |
0.00 |
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EPDs from
Spring 2008 Sire
Summary
Tested.....and Approved!
Dear Sally and
Justin,
The Angell Charolais
bulls have taken our herd to where they have never been
before! These bulls have soundness, fleshing ability and a
quiet disposition. We have used these bulls on our Red
Angus females and the calves have met and exceeded our
expectations! They have contributed to excellent calving
ease, with low birth weights, followed by explosive growth.
These cream-hided
calves have definitely risen to the top and have beaten
their black mates at the market in price, as well as
purchased by repeat buyers. We were looking for bulls to
supply us with replacement heifers, club calves, and more
consistent Choice or better beef on the hook. We have found
all of this and will continue to use Angell Charolais, for
this great
Continental/British
cross. Thank you, Sally and Justin!
Sincerely,
Don & Stella O'Brien
St. Paul, MO
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