Backbone Ranch
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We were lucky enough to get 4 inches of rain last week to fill the ponds up a bit and get the grass growing again. Despite the heat, all of the cows and calves are holding up really well. By this time last year, we were creep feeding the calves to give them a little extra protein, but we have not had to do that yet this year. I have a pretty good idea of which heifers we will be retaining, and there are two bulls in particular that are really catching my eye every time I look at them. Both are sons of BB Uncle Tony and are from the same cow line, so we will be waiting a little while longer to determine which one we will keep. The majority of these calves were born in either March or April and will be weaned in early November.
914 Heifer- 5 month old heifer calf sired by BB Uncle Tony. She is 75% Murray Grey and 25% Angus and is my favorite heifer of this year's calf crop.
904 Heifer- This calf is a 5 1/2 month old Tony daughter that is 7/8ths Murray Grey and 1/8th Guernsey. This cow tends to throw some really small calves that don't look like much when they are born, but they really take off after the first few months. We will likely be retaining her as well.
905 Bull- This particular calf is one of my top two bull picks from this year. He is almost 6 months old and is pictured with his 9 year old dam. He had a 92 lb birth weight and has been a tank since day one. We got his parentage results back a few days ago and he is a Tony son.
907 Bull- This calf is one of our better bull calves that was sired OK Boss II. He is 5 1/2 months old and will be castrated shortly after weaning. I think that he is going to make a heck of a steer.
901 Bull- This bull is a 6 month old Monterey Marshall son. He was 84 lbs at birth. He is one of the better calves out of this particular cow, and is only the second calf that we have gotten out of Marshall after AIing 10 head to him.
This last picture shows a 5 1/2 month old Tony son that is 75% Murray Grey and 25% Guernsey. He too will be castrated shortly after weaning, but we are saving him for our own freezer. We will be processing his full brother about a month from now. The steers from this particular mating have a lot of frame, are extraordinarily deep bodied and wide, and have produced some really big ribeyes for us in the past.
914 Heifer- 5 month old heifer calf sired by BB Uncle Tony. She is 75% Murray Grey and 25% Angus and is my favorite heifer of this year's calf crop.
904 Heifer- This calf is a 5 1/2 month old Tony daughter that is 7/8ths Murray Grey and 1/8th Guernsey. This cow tends to throw some really small calves that don't look like much when they are born, but they really take off after the first few months. We will likely be retaining her as well.
905 Bull- This particular calf is one of my top two bull picks from this year. He is almost 6 months old and is pictured with his 9 year old dam. He had a 92 lb birth weight and has been a tank since day one. We got his parentage results back a few days ago and he is a Tony son.
907 Bull- This calf is one of our better bull calves that was sired OK Boss II. He is 5 1/2 months old and will be castrated shortly after weaning. I think that he is going to make a heck of a steer.
901 Bull- This bull is a 6 month old Monterey Marshall son. He was 84 lbs at birth. He is one of the better calves out of this particular cow, and is only the second calf that we have gotten out of Marshall after AIing 10 head to him.
This last picture shows a 5 1/2 month old Tony son that is 75% Murray Grey and 25% Guernsey. He too will be castrated shortly after weaning, but we are saving him for our own freezer. We will be processing his full brother about a month from now. The steers from this particular mating have a lot of frame, are extraordinarily deep bodied and wide, and have produced some really big ribeyes for us in the past.
