We have the following cattle for sale at this time:
Last summer we lost our leased pasture space and faced the worst drought here in 50 years. As a result,
we sold about 2/3 of our herd. Thanks to Shane Wallingford and Shane
McCoy for their purchase of 15 head, including some of our very best. They have started their
own Beefmaster herd in Kentucky, and have a website at Skillet Fork
Beefmasters. They have several young bulls that they are selling or leasing out to people who want to try Beefmasters on their
commercial herds -- a great way to give the breed a try without a large initial investment!
We have a small number of cattle for sale at this time and will have more next year.
Send us an email or give us a call -- we are always happy to discuss cattle with you.
FH Cortland 04-8 #C958880. purebred red heifer b. 4/4/08. Bouncy and very friendly with the biggest ears we've ever had on a calf.
Solid dark red, nice frame, practically no white. $650 at weaning (~September) until January 1, 2009. Will be a good-sized cow.
FH Erik 07-7 #C958878. Purebred red paint star-faced bull born July 1, 2007, this guy is 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. Will be ready to work late
summer 2008 and available now for $800; price good until September 1, 2008.
FH Status Quo 05-8 #C958882. purebred red white-faced bull b. 5/18/08. Massive bone, lots of meat, a real quality young bull.
$650 at weaning (~September) until January 1, 2009. Will really add scope, frame and muscle to your herd!
FH March 02-8. Purebred black polled bull born March 22, 2008, this guy is just what you've been looking for -- black, polled,
and built right. He has only a small amount of white on his underline. $750 at weaning (~September) until January 1, 2009. Don't miss this one!
SOLD 5/15/08 to Matt Williams of Johnson City, TN, for pickup in the fall after weaning.
FH Cedar 04-6. Purebred red star-faced bull born July 15, 2006, the first calf of our lovely young U 2-1 cow
Devin. This guy is stocky and well built, very smooth, with the best underline we've ever had on a bull calf -
a "1" for sure. Dehorned, dewormed, vaccinated and tattooed, and classified U. Ready to work, and available for $900.
SOLD 3/25/08 to James Layne of Whitwell, TN.
FH Cedar (Summers x Devin)
Above at 13 months. At right, 22 months.
FH Chernobyl II 01-6. Purebred rich dark red bull calf 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 a fine young bull from a great cow family, classified U,
and already has six dandy calves on the ground. Take a look at his
full sisters Shiloh and New Orleans. Dehorned, dewormed,
vaccinated and tattooed. Sold March 2008 to Steve Oakman of Pennsylvania. Best wishes with this fine young bull!
FH Denso 05-7. Purebred dark red paint star-faced bull born May 21, 2007, out of our good 2-1 cow
St. Patty. Chunky, good-looking young bull, good frame, will be big. Attractive coat pattern. Sold to
Steve Oakman of Pennsylvania March 2008 for use on his Hereford cows.
Sold to Skillet Fork Beefmasters summer 2007:
"Midnight" BBU#FC37520.
We didn't get this 1996 polled First Cross cow away from her sire in time and she
had her first calf at 17 months, a nice-looking heifer. This stunted her growth,
but she bred back right away. Her 2007 heifer, Winter was her 10th calf (seven of them heifers!),
and she was six months shy of being 11 years old at the time! Her calves are
always among our very best. See her daughters Lightning U1-2
and Kansas, as examples, and
her very fine 2002 black paint bull calf.
Also see her 2005 daughter Iris,, a look-alike young 2X cow
by Summers that we have retained in our herd. The Shanes took a chance on Midnight despite her age
because of her calving record and her great condition. We predict she will reward them with another
couple of outstanding calves.
FH Nikki 06-5, BBU #S22864, U 08/04/06. Good looking, black, and polled —
just what we ordered! Born June 18, 2005, we planned to keep this heifer in our herd. She had her first calf in May
2007, a loud-colored black and white paint bull (see below).
FH Winter 01-7, BBU not yet. Shiny black polled 2nd cross heifer with a small amount of white
on her underline. Midnight's 10th calf, born January 31, 2007, she is a a full sister to
FH Iris. Winter has an especially good hindquarters which don't show in this
picture.
FH Tuck 02-6, BBU not yet. Strong, sturdy polled heifer with a star face
and several small roan patches on her sides, this girl was born June 30, 2006. She's got an amazing frame on her already,
and a great neck. Another one we never thought we'd sell, she is bred for 2008 to our young bull Chernobyl II.
FH Giuliani 08-4, BBU#S22547. This heifer was born
September 11, 2004, and is named in honor of the New York Mayor. She was
Terra Nova's first calf, and we're pleased with the result. Giuliani is scurred, medium sandy red, with some white on
her underline, a tiny roan patch on her back, and some roaning on the bottom of her hind legs. She is our biggest cow.
She was inspected 2X and classifed as "U" in July 2005. Picture taken January 2006,
in her winter coat. She's shiny in the summertime!
"FH New Orleans 01-5", BBU#C910436, U 08/06. A very fancy red heifer b. 4/11/05, we had
intended to keep this one. New Orleans
is a full sister to Shiloh below, but is a lighter color, has more white on her underline and a little
bit of roaning on her lower hind legs. A really stoutly built
girl! She had her first calf, a brown paint heifer, on April 27, 2007.
"FH Rood 05-6", BBU#C930017 , purebred red heifer with several small spots and
white hind pasterns b. 7/23/06. This is Shiloh's first calf, and she is a nice, stocky heifer with good
bone. With all her funny little polka dots, she almost certainly carries for paint. Although she is an incest-bred
calf, which we don't usually like to do, she is an extremely nice heifer, very smooth and meaty with a moderate frame,
and should have very nice calves.
"FH Surprise Surprise 02-7,", BBU#C943690,
purebred brown and white paint heifer b. 4/27/07. Interesting coat pattern, terrific bone and frame -- her mother is a
beauty and this is her first calf. Would have liked to keep this one!
"FH Splash 03-7,", BBU#943691,
purebred black and white paint heifer b. 5/3/07. Flashy, well built heifer, her mother
did herself proud with her first calf! She may be the best from our 2007 calf crop.
FH Chrome 06-6. Purebred red paint bull born August 8, 2006. Full brother to FH Lawrence listed above,
this is the fourth straight full brother that Richland has had. He's maybe the best of all, although that's hard to say yet as the
others were all pretty classy -- but he's certainly the loudest color! He's going to be a good-sized bull.
FH Devin 03-4, BBU #S22545, U2-1. This is another one we never thought to sell.
Devin was born 5/21/04. Mostly red with one white shoulder/upper leg and a small spot on the other side, this
young cow is polled, big, bright red, and very pretty. She was the only heifer we kept from her mother
Smuggler, who was the only heifer we kept from her grandmother as well.
She calved easily, and raised a very fine young bull
calf by Summers. 10 months later, she had a dandy polled paint heifer by FH Lawrence.
"FH Shiloh 02-4", BBU#C894623, U2-1 red/brown cow b. 4/7/04. This is Patty's
first calf by Summers, and she's got everything you want to see in a young brood cow -- great bone, long body,
lots of muscle -- all in a plain brown wrapper. Actually, it's a very beautiful dark mahogany red wrapper, several
shades darker than it appears in this picture. She's got a wonderful underline, too.
She had her first calf, a dandy red heifer
in late July 2006. In this picture, taken August 29, 2006, she had been nursing the calf for a month and is holding
her weight unusually well for a first-calf heifer.
FH Amalie 03-6, cute and perky purebred red and white paint polled heifer b. 7/8/06 (Summers x
FH Mayfly). She's bright red with an interesting coat pattern, a big star on her face, and two hind socks.
Good body, growing off very well.
FH Rally 04-7, BBU#C943692, excellent purebred red and white paint polled heifer b. 5/19/07. She's loud colored and
has the looks to go with it. One we would have kept under other circumstances.
FH Memorial Day 06-7, BBU#C943689, Black and white paint bull b. 5/28/07, the first calf from his mother Nikki. He's a dandy,
and one that you won't lose in the pasture for sure!
FH Lawrence 08-5 #930008, U 8/4/06. Classy purebred brown paint bull calf born July 20, 2005. This bull would add
frame, meat, and color to your purebred or commercial herd. He is good sized, extremely handsome, and solidly built,
with a particularly good hindquarters. He's the type of bull that will really stand out in a crowd with his rich
mahogany and white coloring.
This is the third full brother out of our poster cow Richland, and it's been an outstanding cross. Take a look at the
fourth bull calf from this cross above. At 12 months, he settled 4 of our first-calf heifers,
which is extremely early fertility for a Beefmaster bull.
Dehorned, dewormed, vaccinated. $950. Pictured at 13 months on August 29, 2006. SOLD 10/13/06 to Jerry & Jodi Ragsdale of Chuckey, TN
FH Ghost 09-5. Polled purebred red paint bull whose coat pattern will knock your socks off. Born October
26, 2005 out of our beautiful U1-2 cow Lightning. This guy is looking better every day.
Pictured at 10 months, and almost as big as our sizeable yearling. Regretfully for sale, as he is too closely related to all our cows.
Don't miss this one, he's got star quality! $950. SOLD Sold 8/28/07 to Herman Presley
of Missouri.
"Summers"
We purchased Summers from G.E. Summers and Jackie Fuchs of
Virginia in August 2002 at 14 months. He was classified by BBU as U1-3, which means
his conformation is superior (1 out of 5), and his underline score is average (3 out of 5).
He's a smooth, meaty bull,very gentle, and moderate in size (about 1800 pounds).
His sire,
L Bar (Lasater)5502, U1-2 is one of the Beefmaster breed's premium sires,
topping performance tests for carcass quality held at the University of Texas
for the past several years, and siring many show ring winners as well.
"Summers" dam was a Lasater-bred cow purchased at their annual production sale in January 2001.
Cattle from the Lasater herd are famous for their fertility, milking qualities, and ability
to do well on grass alone. Summers' babies have great bone, long
frames, are very smooth and carry lots of meat -- see our
Calves page for pictures! We sold him in order to retain a number of his heifers
in our herd. A proven, top quality registered bull by the famous L Bar 5002, available
at a very reasonable $2,000 -- he will pay for himself with your first year's calf crop!
SOLD April 2006 to a commercial herd.
FH Cinco de Mayo 04-5. Gorgeous 2X bull calf born May 5, 2005, a wonderful young bull for a
commercial herd. He's big, meaty, with a flashy colored coat and a gentle disposition. This boy has a
solid pedigree for fertility and quality. Paint is recessive, so if bred to solid color cows, they
will mostly be solid unless some of them also carry for paint.
Dehorned, dewormed, vaccinated, and ready to go. $800 until May 1 2006. If he were purebred, the price
would be much higher -- we're really impressed with this fella! SOLD 3/12/06 to John Ringley, Jamestown, TN
to be his next commercial herd bull.
FH Ginny 05-5. Solid black purebred heifer born May 29, 2005. Black is the hottest color in
Beefmasters these days, and this heifer is inky, shiny blue black with a small amount of white on her
underline. She's a nice looking calf, with good size, very smooth body, and a pretty head. Horned at
present, will be dehorned in the next several weeks. Pictured with her mother at 5 months on October 27, 2005.
SOLD
February 10, 2006 to Joe Calabro of Florida.
FH Terra Nova 02-2, BBU#F41778
Splashy black and white paint first cross cow born April 2002. She was by our U1-3 bull
Flash out of a solid black Angus/hereford cross cow.
Inspected and accepted as a 1X by BBU in 2003, she's a full sister to Pasco
and September. She's tall and pretty, and boy does she stand out!
Her first calf was born September 2004 (see pictures and information about Giuliani below) and is due
for a full sibling later this summer or early fall. Two-in-one package carrying a late summer 2005 calf by
Summers. $950 bred. SOLD
June 26, 2005 to Ben Allison and J.T. Howell
of Lenoir City, TN.
FH Smuggler 02-0, BBU#F41226
This handsome June 2000 polled first cross cow was by our U1-3 bull Flash
out of a solid black cow that was 3/4 Angus and 1/4 Charolais. Inspected and accepted as a 1X by BBU 8/6/02, she's
a big, handsome and well-built cow. She has had four calves to date and should be bred back to as
Summers for 2006 as a two-in-one package. Her normal calving interval
is a little over 11.5 months. $850 bred. SOLD
June 26, 2005 to Ben Allison and J.T. Howell
of Lenoir City, TN.
FH July Surprise,
BBU#S22027
A July 2002 polled second cross heifer, September's second calf. She is a
black brindle like her mom. Pictured at 24 months. Inspected and accepted as a 2X by BBU 8/4/03.
She's for sale because we also have her mother, a full sister, and a half sister, and have very limited pasture
space. We're keeping her BLACK purebred heifer born May 29, 2005 by Summers,
so she isn't available until the end of August. By that time she should be bred back the same way. $950 bred. SOLD June 26, 2005 to Ben Allison and J.T. Howell
of Lenoir City, TN; stayed on the farm until her calf was weaned in late October.
July Surprise (Secret Weapon x September)
FH Monsoon 02-3, BBU#C876655
Born May 2003 in a howling rainstorm, this purebred heifer is a lightly roaned red with a small
star. Inspected and classified as U at 14 months, she is a good-looking heifer, daughter of our
fine young cow St. Patricia by the paint Spartacus son
Secret Weapon. Will be sold bred to Summers for a 2006 calf. $900 bred. SOLD June 26, 2005 to Ben Allison and J.T. Howell
of Lenoir City, TN.
FH Belmont 04-4,
BBU#S pending
This cute heifer was born 6/5/04, the same day as the Belmont Stakes. She's a pretty deep red
with a parti-colored face and a white underline. Great, smooth body and lots of muscle.
She's a half sister to our beauty queen Lightning, and a full
sister to the good-looking heifer Kansas and the
2005 model, a BLACK parti-faced heifer that we plan to keep. Belmont is
pictured here at 3 months -- more recent picture coming soon! She will be inspected for her
acceptance as a 2X by BBU in July or August of this year, and can be put with a bull around
the same time for a purebred calf in summer 2006. $750 now, $900 registered and bred. SOLD June 26, 2005 to Ben Allison and J.T.
Howell of Lenoir City, TN.
FH Ice Show,
Very nice bright red purebred bull calf born August 8, 2004 by our Lasater-bred U1/3 bull out of our
"poster girl" U2/2 cow, Richland.
Good frame, heavy boned, lots of eye appeal -- a real quality young bull. He carries for paint. His full brother
sold to New York State. SOLD June 2005 to
Joshua Dennison of West Tennessee.
FH Kansas.
A good looking, flashy-colored heifer, she was inspected and approved as a
second cross by BBU in August, 2004. All her calves by purebred Beefmaster
bulls will be purebred without further inspection. She's a
top quality heifer, with a fantastic performance pedigree -- our Lasater-bred U1-3 bull out of a cow that
has had 7 excellent calves already at 8 years old. Kansas is a half sister to our U1-2 cow,
Lightning. Ready to breed this fall to your
bull -- we only have her father here and would prefer not to breed her to him. She's for sale
because we want to keep her sire for another couple of seasons, and don't have enough room to run
two bulls. $800 open. SOLD December 2004 to Terry Skeen of
Loudon, TN.
FH Quince.
Our neighbor's registered Angus bull got into our pasture after a storm dropped a tree on the fence, and this
heifer, out of our best cow, is the result. She was born January 14, 2004 and is an extremely
nice heifer. She's polled, solid black, and carries 3/8 Beefmaster breeding. For sale
to someone wanting a top quality replacement heifer for their commercial herd.
$600 open. SOLD December 2004 to Terry Skeen of
Loudon, TN.
FH Times Square,
Purebred Beefmaster bright red bull born December 31, 2002. This really fine-looking
fellow was to be our junior herd bull, until he took a direct kick to a testicle,
which ended his breeding career before it even started. We sold him at the meat market,
but we show him here because of his excellent quality.
FH Valentino,
Purebred Beefmaster bright red/white paint bull born February 13, 2003. Extremely gorgeous
and intense color and pattern, good frame, long neck and great bone, this is Cowie's last calf and he
is a dandy. Quiet, sweet and friendly disposition too. Should be ready to service cows this spring.
$1,200. SOLD February 2004 to Nancy Warncke of
Lansing, TN -- for use in her commercial herd and as the nucleus of her purebred breeding program.
Muffet (Flash x Charlotte Russ) at 16 months
"Muffet" BBU#F pending
This 2001 First Cross Beefmaster polled heifer is a large, well built, bright red cow.
She had her first calf, a chunky, solid red steer by Summers
in late May 2003.Reluctantly for sale, as we are out of pasture space and are retaining a full sister.
She sells bred back to Summers for a late May 2004 calf.
She has been inspected by BBU and accepted into their upgrade program. $800. SOLD February 2004 to Nancy Warncke of
Lansing, TN.
FH Vermont,
Purebred Beefmaster dark red bull born June 22, 2003. Richland's first calf, this boy
is classy and attractive. Good bone, great forequarters, well muscled.
SOLD October 2003 to Kevin and Martha Sisson of
Berne, NY for future use with their commercial herd.
FH Queen's Jubilee. This very fine young Spartacus grandson, born June 4, 2002,
is ready to start breeding
cows right now. He is large for his age, has a great frame, long neck, and rich dark red/brown color.
Classified U and registered. He'd make a good herdsire for a commercial or purebred herd. $1400. SOLD September 2003 to Charlie Fuller of
Clarkrange, TN for use with his herd of Beefmaster, Beefmaster cross, and Brahma cattle. We're looking
forward to seeing his babies next summer!
FH Grigorovich,
Second Cross Beefmaster black and white paint bull born March 10, 2002. He's the one in the background of
this picture. Full brother to our U1-2 cow Lightning and
just as good except for the plumbing. Sold May 2003.
"FH Easter Clown" BBU#750108.
This 1997 granddaughter of Cowie Owie was born on the farm. She had two lovely calves for
us, both of them paints and both much prettier than she is (see pictures of her
first and second calves). Sold August 2002
FH Easter Clown (Fork Creek 2-77 x Kevin's Heritage 1)
1996 U1-3 bull, sold to Tommy Barnett of TBB Beefmasters in August 2001.
We kept 9 of his daughters for our herd. Great individual, great sire, great disposition.
This picture doesn't begin to do him justice.
Flash (Cherokee Flash x 287-0 Seven Lazy Eleven)
FH Canadian Carnival (Flash x Cowie Owie)
FH Canadian Carnival, 1999 purebred, registered Beefmaster paint bull, pictured at 16 months.
This bull was dynamite, with a massive frame. We sold him in November 2000 to a commercial herd.
Fern Hill Chernobyl (Flash x Easter)
FH Chernobyl, another 1999 registered Beefmaster paint bull, pictured at 15 months.
This pretty, smooth bull sired two calves for us before we sold him in January 2001 to a commercial herd.
