Owners: Jirl and Brenda Buck & daughter, Bailey Location: Madill, OK Cow Herd: 250 Maine Cows; 40 Hereford Cows; 100 Bucking Bull Cows; and annually a 175 ET calves Years in the Industry: Pretty much all of Jirl’s life. He and Brenda started raising and selling club calves when they graduated from college in 1987. Buck Cattle Crew: Matt Scasta, Davey Young, Ray Unwin and Todd Herman Marketing Opportunities: Buck Cattle Company has an Annual Spring Edition Sale. This year it will be March 30, 2013 in Madill. They also have an Annual Fall Premier Sale held every October; Monthly On-Line Sales and Annual Bucking Bull Sales and Bucking Bull Female Sales.
Buck Cattle Co. As Described by the Buck Family ...
How We got Started in the Maine-Anjou Breed: My first involvement with Maines was at the Ferris Ranch in the late 70's & early 80's. After college I was running a set of club calf cows when Dr. Bob Morton sent us a group of Purebred Maine cows to run on shares. When I saw the demand for those Maine calves we began to develop our Maine-Anjou program. All-Time Favorite Donor: The infamous Pannell Miss 4072 Favorite Sire from the ‘Early Days’: Draft Pick Favorite Sire of Today: BK Unlimited Power 472U Our All-Time Favorite Champion: There are a few actually, but the one that probably comes to the forefront is when we raised and showed our first National Champion Maine-Anjou female in 2000. Proudest Moment/Biggest Accomplishment to Date: Again, there are several, but most recently was in 2010 when Bailey showed at two junior nationals - Herefords and Maine-Anjou - and she was fortunate enough to exhibit three Grand Champion Females - Polled Hereford, Maine-Anjou and MaineTainer. Feeding Program/Regimen: We feed Martindale Feed and use Vita Ferm additives. Sires Used for 2013 Calf Crop: BK Unlimited Power and X3 Favorite Barn Tool: The Buck Cattle Company Crew of course!! Really the most used tool in the barn would obviously be the Air Express III blower. But the crew has really started using the Smart Sensation brush on a daily basis to get that hair to lift off the body. Daily Hair Care Tip: During the winter months we use a lot of Kleen Sheen, Final Bloom and Rag Oil a couple times a week depending on temperature. For the summer months we rinse twice a day, using Mane & Tail daily, and do lots, and lots of brushing with a Rice Root brush. Future Goals: We always do have one main goal in mind; to be progressive. Every year we try to breed better, more advanced cattle than the year before. Our 18th Annual Fall Premier Sale was our best sale to date. We have future plans to expand our Hereford program, but there are no plans to take anything away from the Maine-Anjou side. We find it of great value to have several avenues in business. Our Bucking Bull program is a completely different clientel, but we find that our Herefords can be offered as another product to our Maine-Anjou clients. Advice for future cattlemen: Customer service and crew dedication, as well as raising progressive cattle are key elements in being successful. We believe it’s the customer service Buck Cattle Co. can offer our clients that has kept them coming back for four generations.
Nobody breeds more multibreed Champion livestock than Buck Cattle Co. - Maine, Hereford, Chi and Bucking Bulls. Impressive ... respect has been earned here. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 THE SHOWTIMES 11