Females
Our cowherd is heavily influenced by Montana genetics. Sires of our cows are: Vermilion Right Time 6483 and other Leachmam Right Time sons, GDAR Traveler 71, VDAR New Trend 156, SAF Fame, Homestead Blockbuster 409, Connealy Dateline and sons, HARB Cincha 829, BV New Design 878, N Bar Emulation EXT and other breed leaders. They are bred to survive on the range.
In our environment the ideal cow weighs 1150 to 1250 pounds and produces a calf that is 50% of her body weight. We run our registered cows along with our commercial cows. They are pastured from May 15 to late October on native range. After weaning, cows are run on corn stalks all winter. Protein lick tubs are provided when the "good" is gone from the corn stalks. Supplemental hay is fed when the crop residue is cleaned up. This is usually around January 1st depending on the weather. They calve out in the open and usually stay in the fields until next year's grass.
Antelope Valley Ranches is using embryo transfer from our very best cows and mated to the breed's leading sires to produce replacement heifers for our breeding program and herd bull prospects for our bull customers. Our selection of donor cows is based on carcass pedigrees and/or Pathfinder status.
DONOR COWS
We are currently working with the following elite cows in our embryo transfer program. Their EPD's are compared to the American Angus Association Spring 2006 Sire Evaluation Report for about 307,000 dams of bulls currently listed in the sire summary. In other words, when you compare our cows with dams of the leading sires of the breed they rank as follows:
Spur Gina 9019 Reg: 13659620
- Top 10% WW of current dams
- Top 10% YW of current dams
- Top 5% Ultrasound IMF of current dams
- Top 5% $F of current dams
- Top 5% $G of current dams
- Top 5% $B of current dams
Deer Creek VRD 2702 Reg: 14085161
- Top 2% WW of current dams
- Top 1% YW of current dams
- Top 7% Ultrasound RE of current dams
- Top 1% $F of current dams
- Top 5% $B of current dams
Double W Miss Trav 4-8 L233 Reg: #13829884
Pathfinder Dam from 300-cow herd recording:- 97% Birth Weight Ratio on 3 calves
- 112% Weaning Ratio on 3 calves
- 110 % Yearling Ratio on 3 calves
