This is what our breeding program is all about. We are extremely pleased
with the quality of calves we are getting from our herd of Beefmaster and Beefmaster
cross cattle.
Our purebred bull calves are for sale at weaning and are priced according to age and
quality. The price goes up as they get closer to service age. We usually keep the heifers
until they have been inspected and are of breeding age, but occasionally we let one go
earlier. Our 1X and 2X bull calves usually go to the commercial market, and command excellent
prices, but we occasionally offer an especially nice second cross to commercial breeders who aren't
looking for a pedigreed bull. See our For Sale page for full information on
available cattle. Also, we have other calf pictures on our Cows
page.
Our calves this year are by one of our own young bulls, FH Chernobyl II.
If the weather isn't better than last year, we may be selling the whole herd this summer. In any event, many of
the 2008 babies, or their mothers, will be for sale this fall at weaning time. Check our
For Sale page for details as the season progresses.
FH Janie 01-8, 2X black splash paint heifer b. 3/10/08 (FH Chernobyl II x
FH Pasco). This is Pasco's 5th calf, and she is cute as can be. Great frame and
bone -- she looks a lot like her classy mother.
FH March 02-8 #C958879, purebred black star-faced bull, polled, b. 3/22/08 (FH Chernobyl II x
FH Mayfly). Shiny black polled bull calf with a handsome build, this boy will make a great bull for someone
who wants to add black to their herd. SOLD.
FH Cortland 03-8 #C958880, purebred red heifer b. 4/4/08 (FH Chernobyl II x
FH St. Patty). Cute, bouncy red heifer with just a few white hairs on her face. FOR SALE AT WEANING.
FH Alexandra 04-8 #C958881, purebred red heifer b. 5/17/08 (FH Chernobyl II x
FH Richland). Pretty dark red heifer.
FH Status Quo 05-8 #C958882, purebred red white-faced bull b. 5/18/08 (FH Chernobyl II x
FH Iris). Massive bone, lots of meat, a real quality young bull. FOR SALE AT WEANING.
Our calves this year are mostly from one of our own young bull, FH Lawrence.
We are reducing our herd this year, as we have lost our leased pasture space and are in the middle of the worst drought
in 50 years. Only a few left for sale -- Check our For Sale page for details.
FH Winter 01-7, 2X black heifer b. 1/31/07 (Summers x
FH Midnight). Midnight's 10th calf, she is a cute polled black heifer with a white underline,
a full sister to FH Iris. Midnight has been a wonderful cow, having her first calf at the
too-early age of 16 months, and then breeding back every year. She won't be 11 until August! We have used several
of her calves in our herd and all have carried on in their mother's tradition of good-looking calves every year. SOLD.
FH Surprise Surprise 02-7, purebred brown paint heifer b. 4/27/07 (FH Lawrence x
FH New Orleans). New Orleans' first calf, she is an interestingly marked baby with
a harlequin coat pattern with many small white spots. She is very young in this picture, only a few hours old, but strong
and healthy. Her leg is NOT crooked, she is starting to walk towards me! SOLD
FH Splash 03-7, purebred black and white paint heifer b. 5/3/07 (FH Lawrence x
FH Iris). Flashy, well built heifer, her mother did herself proud with her first calf! SOLD.
FH Rally 04-7, purebred red & white paint heifer b. 5/19/07 (FH Lawrence x
FH Devin). Wow, great looking heifer, and polled! SOLD.
FH Denso 05-7, purebred red paint bull b. 5/21/07 (FH Lawrence x
FH St. Patty). Another solid, good-looking bull out of Patty. FOR SALE AT WEANING.
FH Memorial Day 06-7, purebred white and black paint bull b. 5/28/07 (FH Lawrence x
FH Nikki). Another flashy black paint, nice young bull out of a first-calf heifer! SOLD.
FH Erik 07-7, purebred red paint bull b. 7/1/07 (FH Lawrence x
FH Richland). This little bull is inbred, but BBU rep Jerry Hemphill says he's the best bull on the
place, a real knockout good-looking boy out of one of our top producers. FOR SALE AT WEANING.
Our calves were mostly born in the middle of summer this year, which is not ideal. Nevertheless, they're a
great group -- three really nice young bull calves and some good-looking heifers, all by our U1-3 Lasater-bred
bull, Summers. Most will be for sale at weaning -- check our For
Sale page for details.
FH Chernobyl II 01-6, purebred red bull b. 4/26/06 (Summers x
FH St. Patty). This calf is a full brother to Patty's knockout 2004 & 2005 heifers,
and he is a dandy with one of the best underline we've ever had on a bull calf.
FH Tuck 02-6, 2X red star-faced polled heifer b. 6/30/06 (Summers x
FH Pasco). This is an unusually stout and well-built heifer with a fantastic frame
and great long neck like her mom. She's red with two small roan spots -- probably carries for Paint.
FH Amalie 03-6, purebred red and white paint polled heifer b. 7/8/06 (Summers x
FH Mayfly). Cute girl with an interesting coat pattern, star face, and two hind socks.
FH Cedar 04-6, purebred red star-faced bull b. 7/15/06 (Summers x
FH Devin). Nice solid, well built calf with an excellent underline. Devin's first, and she's
holding her weight well even with this big boy pulling at her.
FH Rood 05-6, purebred red heifer with several small spots and white hind pasterns b. 7/23/06
(Summers x FH Shiloh). Nice, stocky heifer with good
bone that almost certainly carries for paint. Shiloh's first calf!
FH Chrome 06-6, purebred red and white paint bull b. 8/8/06 (Summers x
FH Richland). His name says it all. Richland keeps having these gorgeous little bulls --
sure do wish we could talk her into having a girl of this quality one of these days! Great bone on this one.
Calving season is here! We had nine calves this year by our fine young U1-3 Lasater-bred
bull, Summers. Some are for sale -- check our For
Sale page for details.
FH New Orleans 01-5, purebred red heifer b. 4/11/05 (Summers x
FH St. Patty). This calf is a full sister to Patty's knockout 2004 heifer,
Shiloh, only the 2005 model has more white on her underline and is not as dark a red. She's chunky and solid, and very smooth.
As we want to keep Patty, one of these fine full sisters will be for sale but we haven't decided which one yet.
FH Iris 02-5, 2X black heifer b. 4/15/05 (Summers x
FH Midnight). Iris is a good-sized calf with lots of substance and bone. She's
coal black with a parti-colored face and white underline. This one we will probably keep, and if so, her
dam Midnight will be for sale. She's always been one of our best producing cows and had 8 calves
by the time she was 8 years and 8 months old.
FH Cinco de Mayo 04-5, 2X white and red paint bull b. 5/5/05 (Summers x
FH Pasco). A flashy, squarely built young bull with lots of substance and bone, white
with bright red spots, a red head, and a heart-shaped star. He's for sale and would make an outstanding herd bull for a
commercial herd.
FH Ginny 05-5, purebred solid black heifer b. 5/29/05 (Summers x
FH July Surprise). Good looking heifer, shiny black, small amount of
white on her underline.
FH Nikki 06-5, 2X solid black heifer b. 6/18/05 (Summers x
FH September). Polled, nicely built, good underline, and shiny black.
A keeper! This must be our year for black heifers!
FH Frank Schweda 07-5, purebred red/white paint bull b. 7/20/05 (Summers x
FH Mayfly). Mayfly is our only Secret Weapon (by Spartacus) daughter that we have retained in our
herd, and this is her first calf. He's a cutie and unusually smart and level headed -- plus flashy paint job, polled, and nicely built.
He is for sale.
FH Lawrence 08-5, purebred red/white paint bull b. 7/20/05 (Summers x
FH Richland). This is Richland's third calf, all bulls so far. The first two were
really nice and sold as breeding bulls. This one may be the best yet. Too bad about the plumbing -- if he were a
heifer, we'd keep him for sure! He's for sale.
FH Ghost 09-5, Purebred red/white paint bull with a fascinating coat pattern. The right side
is just as unusual and it looks like he will have a dark red background for all this fancy white. Polled.
(Summers x FH Lightning)
Born on October 26, and named after the upcoming holiday. He will be for sale at weaning next spring.
We had a total of 8 calves in 2004, and a bumper crop of heifers.
FH Quince 01-4, black heifer b. 1/14/04 (Hankins Angus x FH Lightning). We
didn't plan on our neighbor's bull visiting last spring, but he's a very fine Angus and Lightning is our best
cow. The heifer is very elegant, polled, and solid black. Sold as an outstanding commercial replacement
heifer -- for particulars, see our For Sale page.
FH Shiloh 02-4, purebred very dark red heifer b. 4/7/04 (Summers x
FH St. Patty). This is Patty's first calf by Summers, and she's got everything
you want to see in a brood cow -- great bone, long body, long elegant neck, lots of muscle, and good underline --
all in a plain brown wrapper.
FH Devin 03-4, 2X red paint heifer b. 5/21/04 (Summers x
FH Smuggler). Mostly red with one white shoulder/upper leg and a small
spot on the other side, this little girl is perky, polled and a real doll.
FH Belmont 04-4, 2X dark red parti-faced heifer b. 6/8/04 (Summers
x FH Midnight)
Midnight is one of our best producers. We were hoping for a black paint polled heifer -- got a heifer and
she looks really nice, but not QUITE what we ordered!
FH Biloxi 05-4, 2X black steer with white underline b. 6/24/04
(Summers x FH Pasco)
Nice calf, but wrong plumbing!
FH Ice Show 06-4, purebred red bull with a white underline b. 8/8/04.
(Summers x FH Richland). Richland's
calf by Summers last year was a dynamite little bull who was sold to NY. This is a full brother who
carries for paint. He looks really good so far -- look for more recent pictures on our
For Sale Page!
FH Augustine 07-4, 2X polled red heifer with small amount of white on her underline b. 8/10/04.
(Summers x FH September)
This is September's first baby by Summers and she's a dandy!
FH Giuliani 08-4, 2X dark red or brown heifer with a white underline and a small roan spot
on her back (Summers x FH Terra Nova)
Born on September 11, and named after the New York Mayor. She's a fine heifer,
Terra Nova's first effort. Scurred.
FH Quince (4 months) (Neighbor's Angus Bull x Lightning)
FH Times Square (Secret Weapon x Lightning),
purebred red bull, polled, white tipped tail, born 12/31/02. The best bull we've raised, out of our gorgeous U1/2
cow. Great neck and frame.
FH Valentino (Secret Weapon x Cowie Owie),
purebred red paint bull, heart-shaped star on his forehead, born 2/13/03. Cowie's last calf, this one
is a dandy.
FH Monsoon (Secret Weapon x St. Patricia),
purebred red heifer, born 5/6/03. A full sister to our gorgeous 2002 bull,
Queen's Jubilee and looks a lot like him at the same age. We're keeping her.
FH Mayfly (Secret Weapon x September),
Second cross black brindle paint heifer, born 5/23/03. Cute and bouncy, she's going to be a big cow. Another keeper.
Toro (Summers x FH Muffet),
Second cross red steer, born 5/22/03 -- Summers' first calf, this fine steer weighed 495 pounds at 7 months, and
sold for $.96/pound.
FH Vermont (Summers x FH Richland),
Purebred dark red WUL bull, born 6/22/03 -- Richland's first calf! Sold to a farm in New York for use in their
commercial herd.
E.R. (Summers x FH Smuggler),
Second cross red WUL steer, born 7/13/03 -- a big, chunky boy, he weighed 440 pounds at 5 months, and sold
for $1.01 at the local sale barn.
FH Kansas (Summers x FH Midnight),
Second cross red white face, WUL, white legged heifer, born 7/21/03 -- Another fine calf from Midnight, she's
a big girl who will probably be for sale next fall.
