On this page, we feature the bulls we've used in our breeding program. Generally, we try to use bulls
that have outstanding and well-known bloodlines, "1" conformation (as graded by the Beefmaster Breeders United
field representatives, and have specific traits that should improve the quality of calves out of our cows.
Osiris (17 months) (Cottage Farms #10 x Oasis)
Osiris (17 months) (Cottage Farms #10 x Oasis)
Cottage Farms #99, "Osiris". Our newest bull is
a handsome polled brown fellow, a natural calf out of the famous donor cow Oasis by a polled Excite son. Oasis is making
quite a name for herself as a dam of outstanding herd bulls, many of which have sold for five digits. Born 3/7/07,
we purchased him as a 17-month old in August 2008. We are excited to add some polled genetics on the topside
to our herd -- many of our cows are polled and this will give us the opportunity to produce some homozygous
polled calves as well as reduce the number born with those pesky horns. And just look at his pedigree below!
FH Erik 07-7 #C958878. Purebred red paint star-faced bull born July 1, 2007, this guy was an inbred son of FH Richland and FH
Lawrence. Don't usually do inbreeding, but BBU Rep Jerry Hemphill saw him in mid-August 2007 and said he was the best bull
on the farm -- and we have some nice ones. Heavy boned, built right, with lots of thick muscling. Before we sold him in fall 2008, he sired two dandy
little bulls for us, both of which are now sold.
FH Chernobyl II 01-6 U. Purebred rich dark red bull born 4/26/06. He's got a good underline, great bone and frame,
and carries a lot of muscle. Nice disposition, too. He's from a great cow family, classified U, and became fertile at 11 months of age.
All our cows calved by him in 2008 -- three heifers and two very fancy young bull calves. Sold to Steve Oakman of Pennsylvania, we wish him
all the best with this fine young bull. Take a look at his full sisters Shiloh
and New Orleans, and his
calves.
FH Lawrence 08-5 #930008 U was a bull of our breeding that we used for several months following the sale
of Summers to avoid losing a year on some of our young heifers while we searched for another outside bull. Lawrence was a
classy purebred brown paint born July 20, 2005, and classified as U by the BBU rep in August 2006, with the comment that "This
is a really nice young bull!" He was a very fertile youngster too, as his first calf,
a brown paint heifer, was conceived when he was barely 12 months old. See our calves page for
pictures of his babies. Lawrence was the third full brother out of our poster cow Richland, and it's been an outstanding cross.
We sold Lawrence in October 2006 to Jerry & Jodi Ragsdale of Chuckey, TN.
Summers U1/3 was our herd bull from August 2002 until April 2006. We purchased him
from G.E. Summers and Jackie Fuchs of Virginia at 14 months. His sire,
L Bar (Lasater)5502, U1-2 is one of the Beefmaster breed's premium sires,
topping the performance tests for carcass quality held at the University of Texas
for a number of years, and siring a number of show ring winners as well.
"Summers" is out of a Lasater-bred cow purchased at their annual production sale in January 2001.
Cattle from the Lasater herd are famous for their fertility and ability
to grow lots of meat on grass alone. His calves for us had great bone, long
frames, were very smooth and carried lots of meat. You can see pictures of them
on our Calves page. We kept one of his daughters in our herd and she is an
outstanding producer.
"Summers" U1-3 (L Bar 5502 x L Bar 9219)
Secret Weapon (Spartacus x Tee Pee 061 LE)
This is "Secret Weapon," a purebred Beefmaster son of the famous
typesetter bull Spartacus out of a Tailor Made daughter. We purchased him as an aged bull in August 2001
from his breeder, Tommy Barnett of Athens, Tennessee. We loved his size, squareness, length, bone, and gentle disposition.
We only had him for one season, as he developed arthritis in his back legs, but he produced a total of 8 calves for us.
He was an excellent cross on our Flash daughters, and we retained three of his heifers for our
herd. He is still represented by his daughter Mayfly, a pretty
paint brindle. See our Calves page for pictures of his babies in 2002.
Flash (Cherokee Flash x 287-0 Seven Lazy Eleven)
To the left is "Flash" (TBB 323/6, BBU # 708198). This fine
son of Cherokee Flash was awarded the highest conformation rating of "1" by BBU,
with an underline score of 3 (average). Not only was he wonderfully built with lots of bone, he had an
extremely gentle disposition. Our herd sire
from 1998 - 2001, he sired a total of 20 calves for us. Our first #1 bull, he made a huge difference
in the quality of our calves. We kept 8 of his fine daughters for our herd before swapping him back
to his breeder, Tommy Barnett, who used him for several more years as his herd sire. For some pictures
of his offspring, look at our Cows and Calves pages.
This is "Chernobyl" BBU#792754. This good
looking 1999 red paint son of Flash sired two nice steers for us out of a couple of young heifers
before being sold as a coming two year old to a local commercial herd. Pictured here at 14 months.
See his babies on our Calves page.
Fork Creek 2-77, "Red Son," BBU#517152, was our herdsire from
April 94 to September 97. His sire was Redman, below, and his dam was the famous cow
Lasater Queen, who sold at auction for $17,000. Redson sired a total of
15 calves for us, and is still represented in our herd through a 2X daughter,
Iris, who is one of our best producers,
and a purebred granddaughter, Richland.
This is Oak Creek 45/9, "Redman," BBU#407338, U2/3.
He was a grandson of **Ranger's Pride, ***Levi, and a double grandson of the great cow
**Jungle Red. We bought him as an aged bull at a SEBBA auction in April 93 and swapped him a
year later for his son Red Son. His sperm count was fine but he didn't breed for us --
low libido or too much arthritis in his back end, as he was a very large bull. He is still represented
in our herd through Red Son's progeny (see above).
