DDF-Atlanta of Salacoa 488Z checks all the boxes and puts dollars in your pocket! He is the Brangus Breed's "Superstar" of Multi-Trait Excellence. He is superior to his peers and unmatchable in pound for pound comparisons of curve bending spread including BW and CED, WW and YW combined with carcass traits. He is a herd sire capable of big pounds to yearling while driving cow weight down. At the same time his Heifer Pregnancy and Fertility Index are both off the charts. Dare to compare and treat your herd to a once in a generation herd sire treat in Atlanta.
Bragg consistently sires thickness and pounds in a moderate package. Ideal in his sheath design, he will hold both frame and sheath. He is a trait leader for both REA and YW. Bragg features explosive growth, big scrotal, impressive IMF in a large REA and breed leading Heifer Pregnancy and Fertility Index. Few bulls of any breed are capable of his explosive growth while driving mature cow size down. Those traits translate to dollars in your pocket.
Polled- “Boom” 015/12 is one of Briggs Ranches’ leading herd sires. He propagates balanced growth and milk with breed leading carcass. His sons have been widely excepted by commercial cattlemen in the past Briggs annual bull sales. His daughters are very moderate and easy keeper types.
A real dollars in your pocket herd sire. He is the sire of the $110,000 MC Boom Town 541F4, the $75,000 MC Big Tex 541F2 and the $17,000 BBCC Big Town 803E16, all sale toppers at Mound Creek and Salacoa Valley's Super American Sale. He sires cattle with a world of depth and spring of rib. Proven calving ease with below average BW and breed leading CED, he possesses explosive growth and big time carcass numbers. His most valuable assists however, may be his contribution to Milk in his daughters and the fertility he is destined to pass along
A rising star in the GENETRUST program, Capital Gain’s first progeny have turned heads time and again. Progeny are coming moderate at birth with impressive shape and performance. Working on a wide range of females, Capital Gain has succeeded on Angus, UB and Brangus females. Royally bred, his dam was the $39,000 selection of Johnston and Double W and his granddam is the mother of Final Cut. One of the most complete sons of Three D to sell to date, use Capital Gain to add shape and dimension without adding frame or sheath.
A truly unique herd sire in type and data, Final Cut began a revolution in the breed that Three D progeny will continue to carry on for years. Daughters in production are proving to be his most valued asset as they continue to impress with the calves they drag in. Possessing a data set few can match, Final Cut can boost a cowherd’s numerical data further, across more traits than any other sire in the breed. Due to his untimely passing, Final Cut semen is available on a limited basis.
The $84,000, Passport consistently puts as much center body in his progeny as any sire in the breed. He features big WW and SC EPDs while siring attractive and valuable progeny.
Uniquely made son of the breed icon Three D, an outlier in type and data. A calving ease option with extra punch Prime Cut, cover multiple bases. Moderate framed and expressively muscled, his excellent sheath design sets him apart. Prime Cut’s dam is a highly functional North Star daughter, who is extremely consistent in her production pattern. Utilize Prime Cut to moderate frame, add shape and clean up sheath design on a wide range of females.
Tradition will go down as one of the great female producers of his time. A combination of calving ease, performance and carcass, his progeny are more than just maternal. Tradition works on a wide range of cows, both in the Brangus and Ultrablack arenas. Sure footed and structurally sound on both ends, Tradition progeny are built to last. Consistent, complete and correct, Tradition will fill in the gaps that many sires can’t.
El Toro features a world of growth with near breed average BW. He consistently adds rib, top and bone in an eye appealing package. He represents an out cross to many programs with Huasteco as his sire and a proven Garrett daughter as his dam.
Outcross calving ease sire with extra length and performance. Progeny data mirror that of their sire with extra eye appeal and design. Commander progeny have been popular in the Cross N herd and are proving to come easy across the country as a number of leading cattlemen are using Commander for his outcross and calving ease appeal. Commander is a unique option back on Three D and Hombre influenced females.
Guardian will consistently add power to his progeny. He boasts impressive CED to go along with big growth, elite SC and outstanding carcass values. His daughters are fertile as reflected in a big Heifer Pregnancy value. Guardian remains a valuable breeding piece for increasing stature, growth and end product merit.
He is a highly proven calving ease sire from one of the top herd sire families in the breed. Eldorado progeny are deep sided and moderate with more performance than most calving ease sires. Daughters are proving to be deep sided and fertile with excellent udder attachment. Eldorado is a great option for those females needing more rib and less frame. Eldorado has surpassed his sire as a calving ease source with added substance and style.
He is the high selling bull in the history of the GENETRUST program at $100,000. Complete and functional, he captured the attention of a wide range of cattlemen. His first progeny are proving to be moderate at birth, jet black and show lots of promise. Louisiana Purchase should ad eye appeal, performance and an excellent sheath design without sacrificing frame. The leading member of an outstanding flush, Louisiana Purchase is poised to make an impact.
Multi-trait excellence from a sire backed by generations of high accuracy genetics. Strategy’s progeny are exhibiting extra extension with added performance and “look”. Royally bred, his dam is a ¾ sister to the long-time breed leader Landau. Strategy excels on females that are moderate and deep sided needing extra length and frame. Strategy is a calving ease sire with enough gas to run with the power bulls, and plenty of class.
Hercules is the 2008 International Champion and the sire of champions. He was the 2011 Show Sire of the Year and the sire of the Champion Brangus steers in Houston in 2011 and 2012 as well as the 2010 Reserve Champion. Few sires in Brangus history have influenced the showring to the extent of Hercules through his sons and daughters.
Eisenhower is another sire capable of adding power and stature in any situation. He features elite breed growth and outstanding carcass trait combinations driving an impressive Brangus Terminal Index ranking. Eisenhower can be a valuable breeding piece for programs wishing to add power and carcass options for their customers.
Swift is perhaps the best combination of Lambert and the iconic 209L11 donor cow. It is a mating that has produced not only Swift but other breed leading sires New Vision and Whitfield. Swift is capable of adding power, thickness and growth in a moderate frame with an ideal sheath design. He posts an impressive IMF value and in combination his traits rank high in the Brangus Terminal Index.
Hannibal is a very underrated son of the incomparable Csonka. His daughters are outstanding in their herds and Hannibal can be a valuable contributor to a lot of programs. He features curve bending EPD combinations. Hannibal is below average for BW with big time CED, powerful growth values, outstanding Milk and breed leading Heifer pregnancy EPDs. He is capable of adding stretch and stature and taken as a whole, he has much to offer.
Harris "Navidad" 8/5 was the high selling bull in the 2017 Briggs Bull Sale. Since then 8/5 has been one of the Santa Gertrudis breeds’ top A.I. sires. His sire Pistol 28/0 writes a bull selling history of over $250,000 in sons sold to both purebred and commercial cattlemen alike. He gets his name “Navidad” from his dam NR 607 who raised him naturally at the age of twelve. His dam ranks as one of the top donor cows in Harris Farms history. That is saying a lot in a herd that has had the largest ET program in the breed over the last 20 years. His first calves are at weaning age and are at the top of their contemporary groups. Navidad 8/5 has been bred to many open heifer groups and the reports are that he is fine to breed to young females. Recommended to add bone and base width while maintaining moderation.
Harris "Son of Gun" 30/5 first set of sons were among the top contemporary group at the 2019 “Super American” bull sale. He is own son of the HARCO 1201 donor dam and by the Trait leading Pistol 28/0. “Son of Gun” combines growth and carcass in a moderate frame. He has proven to follow in his sire’s footsteps and has very few ‘throw aways’ in his sire groups. If you need to even your herd phenotype and genotype then “Son of Gun” should be your choice.
Harris Farms "Capone" 253D32 was the high selling $20,000 bull in the 2018 “Super American” Spring Bull Sale. This young herd sire is line bred T956 who sired both his sire HARCO 1323 owned by Hefte Ranch and his dam HARCO 1220 who is a breed leading donor cow at Harris River Bend Farms. Capone will add muscle, body and moderation. His line breeding should make him a candidate to breed very consistent.
Hollywood is a deep sided, big barreled herd sire who passes those traits to his progeny. He is below breed average on BW EPD, great on CED and excels in growth and power. His big top and thickness are transmitted and he has earned big positives on IMF comparisons. His ability to add body and spring of rib and pounds at marketing while driving mature cow weight down are to be appreciated as are his complementarity to Atlanta and New Vision daughters.
LTD features below breed average BW and CED with big SC and REA. His contributions to the breed continue through his right sized daughters. He sires as much profile, style and class as any Brangus sire in the breed.
Yellowstone is a Jethro son. He is a consistent contributor of power and bone. He records explosive growth with outstanding Milk. His trait leading carcass traits are hard to match. More importantly he posts huge Heifer Pregnancy EPDs and Fertility Index. His New Direction dam has produced three trait leading herd sires including his full brother MB Yosemite and a maternal brother MB Crusader. Yellowstone is herd sire that could easily justify heavier use.
Yosemite is a sire of moderate, big topped, easy fleshing progeny with clean underlines. He excels in CED, big growth, impressive carcass credentials and a world of Milk. His daughters feature ideal udder design and teat placement. Like his brother, Yellowstone, he excels in both Heifer Pregnancy and Fertility Index.
Growth trait leader Game Changer is in rarified air when it comes to WW, YW, IMF and REA.. He also expresses huge Milk through his daughters. His combination of explosive growth, muscle and carcass quality is rarely achieved. If you are in need of unsurpassed power and carcass with a boost in the fertility traits, Game Changer is a sure fix.
Granite is a calving ease, balanced trait specialist. He has plenty of blow and go as reflected in his YW and WW EPDs and is long sided and ideal in his sheath design. His real world carcass data matches his incredible EPD package. Granite sired steers in the latest harvest data from Great Mark Western, all graded Choice or better, Yield Grade 3 and half of them were Prime. That data matches the best of the Angus sired steers in that harvest group. All of his traits point to more dollars in your pocket no matter when you choose to market your calves. As an added bonus, note his command of the fertility traits described by Heifer Pregnancy and IBBA's Fertility index.
Onstar and his full brothers and sisters out of his dam, Miss NMSU 924, have had a profound effect on the Brangus breed both in the cattle they have produced and the values they have generated. Their dam, the iconic 924 donor recorded 12 natural calves in a row with a 362 day calving interval. Onstar excels in Heifer Pregnancy and big weaning growth while contributing style and class to his progeny.
New Vision is a consistent sire of big tops and muscle. His daughters feature clean and well made udders. He is sired by Lambert and out of the iconic 209L11 donor and is a full brother to Swift, Armour and Whitfield. He is the result of a joint venture flush done between Salacoa Valley and Three Trees. He has generated over $830,000 in progeny sales to date at SVF and countless more dollars in our partner's herd at Clover Ranch. At Salacoa we are retaining over 70 females in our herd and we like them and the contributions they make.
He is sired by the balanced trait superstar, Atlanta, and is his most powerful son to date. He boasts explosive growth and is extreme in both his carcass values and his Milk EPDs. His dam is a Csonka daughter out of the great 541Y61 donor and her maternal sibs have generated over $223,000 in progeny sales. Like his sire, he projects breed leading Heifer Pregnancy EPDs and Fertility Index.
J Edgar Hoover represents and outcross pedigree with ties to the proven breed leading genetics of the iconic donor, 209L11. He is a UB1 herd sire with a unique, curve bending set of performance values. He offers as much birth to growth spread available in the Brangus breed with outstanding calving ease and BW EPDs and lofty WW and YW. In addition he presents an unequaled carcass EPD opportunity with huge SC EPDs. He represents and opportunity to immediately jump your program to UB2 status, saving a step beyond Angus bulls.
Xerox is a full brother in blood to the great TJM Three D 302A. He is near perfect in his sheath design and features both favorable CED and BW with big growth numbers. He is passing these positive traits to his progeny. He also excels in both SC and REA with an impressive Heifer Pregnancy projection. While Three D semen is limited, Xerox semen is in abundant supply and the calves are good.
He is a powerful Csonka son. He has sired a high percentage of highly proven and valuable donor cows including 30X6 from Suhn Cattle Co, 468X6 and 99X9 originating in the 101 program and 541Z4 from Salacoa Valley. His ability to make these contributions in limited use is impressive. Patton records big WW, REA and IMF EPDs and an unmatched records in siring valuable donors. Perhaps he fits in your program.
Polled- Pistolero 64/5 is one of the exciting young sires in the Santa Gertrudis breed! He is a young trait leader in REA. His dam HARCO 1247 sold as a proven donor in the Houston Super Sale for $30,000. The mating for from her of Pistol 28/0 has proven to be one of the greatest mating’s in breed history. The first calves are on the ground sired by Pistolero 64/5 and there appears to be no calving problems. Some have bred to heifers and there has not been any reports of having to assist any at this time. If you need to add some muscle and improve a cows REA/CWT then you need to consider Pistolero. We think there are sons to become future herd sires and daughters to become future donors already on the ground out of this REA king!
Polled- Red Doc Diablo 6306 was a high selling bull at the RED HOT bull sale at Red Doc Farms. With the Genomic Enhanced EPD’s being used certain bulls sorted to the top both young and old for carcass. Diablo is line bred KR 189/11 who is a bull that has been proven to be a sure breed changer for carcass . With that said, there is not any semen available on KR 189/11. This is one of things that makes Diablo 6306 a breeding piece for everyone in the Santa Gertrudis breed. Everyone has figured it out that you cannot just build in and stabilize carcass from their individual herd. They know that they must inject all the sires that are being identified across the breed in order to broaden their gene pool. Diablo 6306 is truly one for everyone mapping genomics to use!
The high selling bull at Suhn’s in 2017 at $45,000, he encompasses the style and sheath design of his sire. His first progeny have thoroughly impressed, adding length and performance across the board. Brickhouse has seen heavy use back on Three D daughters and has proven himself to have the ability to consistently correct and clean-up sheath and navel designs. Multi-dimensional in his design, Brickhouse will add shape and soundness to all his progeny. With the large number of Three D daughters and granddaughters across the breed, Brickhouse is the most proven Brangus option back on them.
Polled-SR Genesis 75/3 is the most balanced Santa Gertrudis bull from BW to YW to Milk to Carcass to Fertility Indexes. He has sired some of the most sought after bulls and females in the breed in many sales across the country. Genisis’ consistency is truly impressive in his sire groups. There is no doubt that every cow in the breed and commercial cows all over the world could be bred to SR Genesis 75/3 and find improvement in the offspring.
Have you missed out on the Stonewall revelation? At Salacoa Valley he has generated over $950,000 in progeny sales and over $100,000 in semen sales and has over 100 daughters in the herd. There is a reason the breed calls Stonewall, Mr Consistent. No "throw-a-ways" will earn you that reputation. Thick made and easy fleshing, Stonewall progeny surpass any calving ease sire in the breed in kind and bone. His daughters make perfect uddered, big middled brood cows with excellent udder design, teat placement and length and a world of milk. He presents a rare combination of traits and excels in CED, BW, REA and SC, with plenty of growth and enough IMF to keep you in the game. He drives mature cow size down while adding the all important fertility traits. Please don't get left out!
One of the most phenotypically correct herd sires to ever sell in the history of GENETRUST. Business Line progeny have mirrored his outstanding combination of performance and eye appeal. Built from the ground up, Business Line and his progeny are sound with an excellent foot design. An outcross pedigree to many, his dam is one of the top donors at Suhn’s, building in a solid maternal base into the Business Line progeny. Uniquely pedigreed, impressive data points and superior phenotype make Business Line one to use.
A performance sire whose offspring are extremely consistent in type and kind. Progeny are square in their make-up with an excellent sheath design and a super disposition. Daughters in production are extremely fertile and have a tremendous udder structure. Sons are highly accepted by commercial and purebred breeders, including the $45,000 Brickhouse. A go-to source for power and muscle, Foundation works equally well producing Brangus and Ultrablacks.
He is the most proven son of the breed leading Three D to date. He is wide based with tremendous dimension and capacity, moving out with exceptional ease. Possessing a tremendous EPD package, his progeny hold true with exceptional growth and performance that truly outrun their contemporaries. His dam is one of the most proven Ultrablack females in the breed, as the dam of Beacon and Signal. Beacon is a true curve bender and will add performance and carcass in a moderate BW package.
He is Full brother to Majestik Beacon, with more calving ease and an improved sheath angle. There is tremendous consistency within his pedigree and cow family, adding predictiblity to his future. Signal is one of the most calving ease sons of Three D to date, with his first progeny backing up the data. Signal will see heavy use in 2019, with ample semen available.
Primetime is a calving ease prospect and a maternal brother to the $50,000 Never Surrender of Salacoa 803D9 everyone is raving about. Their dam is a big milking Lombardi daughter. One of the top Hollywood sons, Primetime projects a world of growth and an ability to lower mature cow weight while contributing the all important fertility traits. All of this in a big middled, deep sided calving ease package make Primetime and easy choice to sample.
Paragon may be the Three D son of your dreams. He is ideal in his sheath design and capable of holding frame while adding look and width. He is thick topped and carries to an expressive stifle and wide pins. Paragon features explosive growth and REA EPDs in a moderate package. His first calves are on the ground and all reports have been outstanding.
Tinseltown is a moderate wide body and a Hollywood son. Like his sire he writes a large birth to growth spread with plenty of power. He is cleaner made, big topped and stands on plenty of bone. Reports on his first calves are good and birth weight is holding. His dam is a New Era daughter out of the iconic 468G15 donor cow, one of the top two revenue generators at Camp Cooley Ranch.
