She also was the dam of the top selling bull, Lot 23 at $15,000. 106W’s full sister was the top selling cow at $20,000. Another bonus is that the Wally daughters are as fescue adaptable as any cattle in our system.ġ06W’s cow family was very well received in the 2013 Hook’s Bred for Balance sale. Additionally, his daughters are moderate-sized and easy fleshing, and as the data indicates, very docile. They have excellent udders and mothering skills. His first daughters calved at Red Hill in the Spring of 2013. Couple this with the high accuracy carcass genetics of Future Direction, and we were pleased to add Wally to the Red Simmental mix at Red Hill Farms.ġ06W’s greatest contribution may be his daughters. Tom Hook described Wally as “one of the heaviest muscled and soundest structured with a quiet disposition, great appetite, and boasts herd changing carcass and index profile.” We have been impressed by Shear Force’s calving ease when used at Red Hill Farms. Wally impressed us with his exceptional performance ratios and the phenotype we desire. Note that 342F is linebred to 701T, the sire of CDI Verdict 220Y, Hook’s Expectation 36X, and the 153X Red Hill cow. His granddam, 257B, is the dam of our 239E black purebred herd sire. He represents 4 generations of cows that have been major contributors. The cow family behind 342F has been stellar at Red Hill. 342F is a balanced, thick, wide walking bull that is slick haired with excellent foot structure. 342F ranked first in his contemporary group for both REA and %IMF. We are most excited about the 407C calves, most particularly with 342F. We are thankful the Nicholson’s allowed Red Hill to purchase a few straws of semen. Then, when visiting the CDI herd, he saw CDI Secret Agent 407C. The next day he saw Verdict’s dam, 121T, at Chris Nicholson’s ranch and that solidified his impression. Gordon was first impressed with the CDI Verdict 220Y daughters when he visited the Wilkinson herd in the fall of 2018. 231A has now been sold to ABS so semen will be exclusively available from them.ģ42F is an exciting red purebred Simmental bull retained in the Red Hill program. We are humbled by the number of outstanding breeders who have used 231A during the last 2-3 years. We held semen off the market until 231A was proven and his daughters were in production. In the Hook and Wulf sale on February 12, 2021, the top selling bull at $50,000 was a son of 231A. We are simply elated with those daughters – tremendous dispositions, tight and perfectly shaped udders with small teats, great fleshing ability, and the same denseness and center body width of their sire. All daughters are being retained at Red Hill. His calves are never “out of bounds” on frame size in either direction. His calves are very dense, wide-centered, and heavy muscled-cattle that have tremendous growth rate without the extra frame size. She is an unusually wide-centered cow that cow barely fit through the chutes.Ģ31A’s calves are always the heaviest in each contemporary group at weaning. She has continued to produce regularly, maintain a BCS of 7, and wean a big, slick haired calf each year. We retained 231A for heavy use at Red Hill Farms.Ģ31A’s dam, X004, is a Gateway cow that has adapted well to our fescue environment and has excellent progeny ratios. We were looking for a Step Out son with all the positive attributes of Step Out – foot size, length of stride, soundness, growth, and carcass traits – without bringing along the birthweight. This adaptability feature of 231A translated into excellent individual ratios – 99 BWR, 109 WWR, 117 YWR, 107 %IMF, and 121 REA. 231A had unusually short, slick hair – making him extremely valuable for cowherds on fescue pastures and in hot climates. 231A was a standout as a yearling during the summer months of 2014 at Red Hill Farms.
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