Texas Longhorn Trails
NOVEMBER 2012
Texas Longhorn Trails (817) 625-6241• (817) 625-1388 (FAX) P.O. Box 4430 • Fort Worth, TX 76164 E-Mail: trails@tlbaa.org http://www.tlbaa.org
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Contributing Editor: Henry L. King Advertising:
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Regional Correspondents
Feature Article: Breeder Spotlight: Harvey & Evelyn Rasmussen By Henry King ....18-21
Articles: Affiliate Princess Contest ..............22 Division A Directors To Be Elected ....26 Fort Worth Steer Spotlight By Henry King..............................27 Controlling Lice In Beef Cattle By Heather Smith Thomas ........28-29 Pre-Calving Vaccination Program For Cows By Heather Smith Thomas ........32-33 Instructions for Registering and Transferring Longhorns ........42-43 Wind Chill Chart ............................43 Breeding Essentials Champion Genetics Delivers By Martha Hollida Garrett ............44-45 Raising your cattle by USDA Grass-Fed Standards ..................................53
Sales, Shows & Tours: YO Ranch Texas Longhorn Fall Sale14-15 Appalachian Registered Sale ..........23 Winchester Futurity of the North ..24-25 15th Annual ITTLA Sale..................34 B&C 34th Show Me Fall Sale..........34
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Departments: Officers & Directors ........................5 Chairman Letter ..............................6 TLBT Update ................................16 News On The Trail ....................36-37 In The Pen ......................................39 Affiliate News ..........................40-41 Herd Management ........................46 Movers & Shakers ........................48 Ad Index ........................................55 Just For Grins ................................55 Save the Date ................................56
About the Cover: Sizzle Rouge, owned by Dean Colley of K9 Brand Cattle Company of Wimberley,Texas is our November Trails cover girl. She is a PCC Evader daughter, and she was captured on film by Beau Simmons. We appreciate all of the cover submissions from TLBAA breeders.
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Lori Beeson • Nolensville, Tennessee Bonnie Damrow • Roca, Nebraska Paige Evans • Kiowa, Colorado Deb Lesyk • Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada Wanda Moore • Sulphur Bluff, Texas Bodie Quary • Prague, Oklahoma
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TLBAA Regions
DIVISION A ~ REGIONS 1-6
Chairman of the Board: Bernard Lankford • (817) 341-2013
Secretary: Jim Rombeck • (620) 257-5247
Executive Vice Chairman: Lana Hightower • (903) 963-7442
Treasurer: Gary Bowdoin • (254) 640-0844
1st Vice Chairman: Dora Thompson • (318) 872-6329
Director: Steven Zunker • (210) 827-3940
2nd Vice Chairman: Larry Smith • (281) 935-2811
Director: Ray Beadle • (408) 834-0110
DIVISION B ~ REGIONS 7-12
DIVISION C ~ REGIONS 13-18
At-Large Director
At-Large Director
At-Large Director
Nancy Dunn
Lana Hightower
Todd McKnight
At-Large Director
At-Large Director
(334) 318-0887 nancydunn2010@windstream.net
(903) 963-7442 glcattleco@aol.com
(620) 704-3493 tmck7@ckt.net
At-Large Director
John Parmley
Dora Thompson
David Roberts
(318) 872-6329 or (318) 871-6160 echoofambush@aol.com
(281) 541-1201 john@jspservicesinc.com
(573) 406-9868 info@robertslonghorns.com
Region 1 - Director
Region 7 - Director
Ron Walker
Donnie Taylor
Region 13 - Director
(403) 548-6684 walkersu7texaslonghorns@gmail.com Region 2 - Director
Mark Stuck
L.D. McIntyre
(936) 414-1401 longhorn4t@msn.com
(308) 750-8384 or (308) 246-5600 tejas@mcintyreranches.com
Region 8 - Director
Region 14 - Director
Bernard Lankford
Jim Rombeck
(540) 752-6831 bcrstuck@hotmail.com
(817) 341-2013 MoriahFarmsBL@aol.com
(620) 257-5247 jimrombeck@yahoo.com
Region 3 - Director
Region 9 - Director
Region 15 Director
Scott Simmons
Robert Richey
(618) 729-2004 ssimmons@copeplastics.com Region 4 - Director
Roger Townsend
Craig Perez
(325) 942-1198 r3ranch@aol.com
(979) 906-0043 cperz1@hotmail.com
Region 10 - Director
Region 16 - Director
Gary Bowdoin
Doug Hunt
(931) 309-9480 tnman37_38478@yahoo.com
(254) 640-0844 Tonkawacattleco@aol.com
(435) 275-2112 ddlonghorns@hotmail.com
Region 5 - Director
Region 11 - Director
Region 17 - Director
Terry King
Larry Smith
Terry Fuhriman
(850) 956-4154 tklonghorns@centurylink.net
(281) 935-2811 texasslonghorns@aol.com
(208) 860-7430 terry@fuhrimanins.com
Region 6 - Director
Region 12 - Director
Gene Juranka
Steven Zunker
Region 18 - Director
(337) 328-7258 longhorn@camtel.net
Ray Beadle
(210) 827-3940 stevenzunker@msn.com
(408) 834-0110 rlbeadle@longfibre.com
CHARLES SCHREINER III*
MAURICE LADNIER
1964-1967
2009-2010
WALTER G. RIEDEL, JR.*
J.T. “HAPPY” SHAHAN*
RICHARD D. CARLSON
SHERMAN BOYLES
ROBERT RICHEY
J.G. PHILLIPS, JR.*
JOHN R. BALL
JOHN T. BAKER
BOB MOORE*
STEVEN ZUNKER
WALTER B. SCOTT
BILL ANTHONY
RIEMER CALHOUN, JR.
JOEL LEMLEY
BRENT BOLEN
JAMES WARREN
DR. L.V. BAKER
GLEN W. LEWIS
BEN GRAVETT
J.W. ISAACS*
DR. W.D. “BILL” CLARK
TIM MILLER*
DR. FRITZ MOELLER
1967-1969
1977-1978
1969-1971
1979-1980
1971-1973
1981-1982
1973-1975 1975-1977
1982-1984 1984-1986
1986-1988 1988-1990 1990-1992 1992-1995 1995-1998
1998-2003
2010
2010-2011
2003-2005
2011-2012
2006-2007 2007
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TLBAA BREED ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chairman: Dr. Bob Kropp
Dr. Harlan Ritchie
Dr. Bill Able
Marshall Ruble
Dr. Charles McPeake
Dr. Scott Schaake
Oklahoma State University
Michigan State University
Northwestern Oklahoma University
Iowa State University
University of Georgia
Kansas State University
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Dr. Randall Grooms TAES Texas A&M University
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From the Chairman of the Board Elections are coming up in January of 2013 for Division A Board of Director positions. There are two at-large positions that can be voted on by any qualified TLBAA member domiciled in Division A. There are six regional positions that must be voted on only by qualified members domiciled in the region for which they are voting. If you live in Division A, you will be receiving soon, in the mail, a request for nomination of an individual that you recommend for the TLBAA Board position in your division/region. Specific details about the Board of Directors election can be found in the by-laws and were printed in the October Trails on page 14 and in the current Trails on page 26. We currently have four (4) current board members who are seeking re-election, and at least seven (7) other TLBAA members who have expressed a desire to be elected to one of the eight positions up for elections. Any Active or Lifetime member who meets the requirements (submitted below) is encouraged to run for a TLBAA Board of Director position. The requirements to be placed on the ballot are: 1. Must be an Active or Lifetime member in good standing. 2. Must by domiciled within the the division and/or region for which they are seeking election. 3. Must receive write-in nominations from five (5) Active or Lifetime members domiciled in the division and/or region for which they are seeking election. 4. The five nominations must be received by the CPA at least sixty (60) days prior to the TLBAA Annual Membership Meeting on January 12, 2013. Serving on the Board of Directors of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America is a very important position, as described in ArticleIV of the by-laws. Please carefully consider each candidate and cast your vote for the person you feel will best serve the TLBAA and you. May God bless you, the TLBAA and the USA.
Bernard Lankford
An ad appeared in the October 2012 Trails on page 15 supporting seven candidates for TLBAA Board of Director positions in Division A. The statement, "We" are recommending these breeders to be elected for Division A", appeared at the bottom of the ad. The ad did not identify who "WE" represented. Since it was not clear who was supporting the candidates, it needs to be very clear that neither the TLBAA Board of Directors nor the TLBAA staff was the "WE" referred to in the ad. We encourage any one interested in running for the TLBAA Board of Directors to do so. We also encourage all TLBAA members to evaluate the candidates running in their Region and vote for the candidate of their choice. We do not as a Board support or encourage the election of any one candidate over another. 6
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Give your breeding program Beadle Land & Cattle - Ray & Bonnie Beadle Los Gatos & Hollister, CA (408) 834-0110 • (408) 656-6266 e-mail: rlbeadle@longfibre.com
Box Z Ranch - Steven Zunker & Louis Christa 1506 Harwood Road, Luling, TX 78648 Ranch mobile (210) 827-3940 www.boxzranch.com
Buckhorn Cattle Company - Buck & Sharon Adams 110 N. Broad, Guthrie, OK 73044 www.buckhorncattle.com (405) 260-1942 • (405) 282-9800
Eagles Ridge Longhorns - Paul & Judi Sellers 3245 Sugarloaf Key Rd, U21A, Punta Gorda, FL 33955 (941) 979-2419 or (443) 624-0792 e-mail: ancopa5@yahoo.com
Kent & Sandy Harrell
15 W 6th St Ste 2510, Tulsa, OK 74119 (918) 299-6402 • (918) 733-4008 www.harrellranch.com • e-mail: Kent@harrellranch.com
Kaso, Lisa & Jake Kety - Little Ace Cattle Company P.O. Box 386, Folsom, LA 70437 (985) 796-3918 e-mail: ketyfolsom@aol.com
PJ’s Cattle Company – Jim Swigert or Lance Swigert 2130 CR 100, Caldwell, TX 77836 Jim: (979) 224-2861 or Lance (979) 219-4902 e-mail: jim@swicoauctions.com or lance@swicoauctions.com www.pjslonghorns.com
MCA Ranch – Andrew & Carina Menzies 26610 Woodpecker Trl • Spicewood, TX 78669 (512) 739-6808 tc@newbellhurst.com
McLeod Ranch – Michael, Jackie, Mike & Makayla McLeod 355 C.R. 303A, Edna, TX 77957 (361) 782-0155
Brennan & Michele Potts - Rocking P Longhorns
P.O. Box 579, Emory, TX 75440 (903) 473-2430 Cell: (903) 348-5400 www.rockingplonghorns.com • e-mail: bpotts1@verizon.net
Rio Vista Ranch - Elmer & Susan Rosenberger 4818 Eck Lane, Austin, TX 78734 (512) 266-3250 Cell: (512) 422-8336 e-mail: elmer@riovistaranch.com www.riovistaranch.com
Westfarms Inc. - Dale, Lynette, Leslie & Matt Westmoreland 13529 Hwy 450, Franklinton, LA 70438 (985) 795-1539 Cell: (985) 515-3172 e-mail: lwestmoreland.ees@wpsb.org
a boost with Butler genetics! Frank Anderson Jr. and III 828 South Rosemary Drive • Bryan, TX 77802 (979) 846-8020 • (281) 501-2100 edie.wakefield@gmail.com
DALGOOD Longhorns - Malcolm & Connie Goodman (713) 782-8422 • Waller, TX e-mail: dalgood@comcast.net www.dalgoodlonghorns.com
MCA Ranch – Andrew & Carina Menzies 26610 Woodpecker Trl • Spicewood, TX 78669 (512) 739-6808 tc@newbellhurst.com
Moriah Farms - Bernard Lankford Weatherford, TX (817) 341-4677 • (817) 319-9198 cell www.moriahfarmslonghorns.com
Rocking G Ranch - Mrs. Ramie Griffin 5005 Callais Road • Beaumont, TX 77713 (409) 892-2662 • Fax (409) 838-6926 Cell (409) 781-3215 e-mail: dayamisrockingranch@yahoo.com
Rocking I Longhorns - Nancy Ince & Tony Mangold 30 FM 3351 N, Bergheim, TX 78004 (830) 237-5024 • e-mail: tmangold@sbcglobal.net www.rockinilonghorns.com
Sidewinder Cattle Company - Ed Shehee, Jr. 1007 Airport Blvd • Pensacola, FL 32504 (850) 572-6595 www.sidewindercattleco.com
Jane’s Land & Cattle Co. - John & Jane Thate 418 W. Margaret St. • Fairmont, MN 56031 (507) 235-3467
Triple R Ranch - Robert & Kim Richey 21000 Dry Creek Road • San Angelo, TX 76901 (325) 942-1198 • e-mail: r3ranch@aol.com www.butlertexaslonghorns.com
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Curt Mulder • Dick & Peg Lowe • Deanna Sanders • Dan Huntington • Scott Simmons • Ethan Loos • Tom Smith • Jim & Barbara Atwell Johnny & Missy Hicks • Brian & Mary Stahl • Zach Moffitt • Warren Loos • Jimmy Jones • Shawn Pequignot • John Berryman Terry & Tammy King • Dan Jones • Rob Fenza • Bill Hudson • Aaron Akins • Mark Hubbell • Ken Morris • Jeff Jespersen Kathy Kittler • Nelson Hearn • Scott Hughes • Dave Hovingh • Sunny & Angie Robinson • Joe & Lorinda Valentine • Jim Steffler PAID ADVERTISEMENT
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November 2012
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SALE
September 15, 2012 MOUNTAIN HOME, TX AUCTIONEER: JOEL LEMLEY PEDIGREES: DALE HUNT MANAGEMENT: LEMLEY AUCTION SERVICES
Highlights Lots Sold: 60 12 Lot did not sell, 1 scratch Sale Average: $1675 Volume Buyers: Bow Carpenter, Comfort, TX H.C. & Lynda Carter, Dripping Springs, TX
✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯ HIGH SELLING LOT:
YO Ranch Texas LOnghORn FaLL saLe The drive from Kerrville to the Historic YO Ranch Headquarters Longhorn Sale in the early Saturday morning cool made your mind go back in time. It had rained the night before dropping the temperature and the Hill Country that had been locked in a drought seemed alive again. In your mind you could see the dusty herds of Longhorns heading north and stretching for miles across the limestone hills amid the mesquite and cedar trees as they had been a century before. The drive off the main road to ranch headquarters over the bumpy wagon road seem to take forever as you drove back into a historic time, even though it was now paved with asphalt. The YO Ranch Longhorn Sale was held Saturday, September 15th and was well attended by some folks who came from as far away as Washington State and Virginia. The Longhorn cattle offered for sale were some of the industries best and the barbeque lunch out of a century old chuckwagon set the mood for a historic sale that started at noon. Thank you Charlie Schreiner IV and the historic YO Ranch for allowing those that attended to step back in time while purchasing Longhorns that will take this industry into the future. -Rick Fritsche
$18,000
LOT 36-MOO LA LA BCB Consigned by Brent and Cindy Bolen, Lufkin, TX Buyer: Bow Carpenter, Comfort, TX
OTHER HIGH SELLING LOTS:
$6,500
LOT 28-EMBRYO HEIFER CALF-SIRE: TOP CALIBER DAM: RM TOUCH N WHIRL PAT Consigned by Crumpton/Cuningham Partnership, Hillsboro, TX Buyer: Alexandra Dees, Harper, OR
Kevin and Ron Asbill, Tyler, TX; Donnie Taylor, Huntington, TX
Sherrill Caddel, West, TX; Dale Hunt, Ardmore, OK
$5,000
LOT 21-KCCI HIDALGO’S LOVE Consigned by Bow Carpenter, Comfort, TX Buyer: H.C. and Lynda Carter, Dripping Springs, TX
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Charles Schreiner IV, Mountain Home, TX; Robert Richey, San Angelo, TX Joe and Mary Ann Cunningham, Hillsboro, TX; Alex Dees and Eric Youngberg, Harper, OR; Larry and Pam Crumpton, Hillsboro, TX
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Matt Durkin, Seguin, TX; Brent and Cindy Bolen, Lufkin, TX; John Hever, Johnson City, TX
Russell Hooks, Jonesboro, TX; Ryan Culpepper, Jacksboro, TX
J.B. Hunn, Prosper, TX; O.D. Crowell, Celina, TX; Darlene Aldridge, D.V.M. and John Parmley, Somerville, Texas
Marlene and Howard Isbell, Houston, TX
Joel Lemley, Blackwell, TX; Charles Schreiner IV, Mountain Home, TX
Jaymie Feldmann, Cedar Falls, IA; Carol Chancey, Lampasas, TX; Molly Clubb, Traer, IA
Della Serna, Kingsville, TX; Dale Hunt, Ardmore, OK; Felix Serna, Kingsville, TX
Justin Rombeck, Home, KS; Dawn and Darin Divina, Red Oak, TX Lynn Struthoff, San Antonio, TX; Nancy Jensen, San Antonio, TX
Teresa Sparger, Comfort, TX; Darlene Aldridge, D.V.M., Somerville, TX; Ursula Allen, Harper, TX. Louis Christa and Steven Zunker, Luling, TX; Kim & Robert Richey, San Angelo, TX
Jim Bownds and Sandy Livingston, Comfort, Texas; Louis Christa and Steven Zunker, Luling, TX November 2012
Alex Dees and Eric Youngberg, Harper, OR
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Dear TLBT Members,
Dear TLBT Members, This month is Thanksgiving, and I hope that everyone has special friends and family to celebrate Thanksgiving with! Elections are also going on at this time. I pray that whoever wins the elections will help our economy. I know we definitely need it. As I had mentioned in my previous letter, our theme for the year is “Big Horns, Big Hearts.” The service project for this year is to raise money for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. Our fundraiser is called “Crazy Cakes for Kids”, and we are aiming to have at least one or a couple cakes donated for each show or sale and then auction them off. All the money that is raised from this fundraiser goes to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. TLBT OFFICER I would like to remind all of the graduating seniors SPOTLIGHT that we need each of you to send us a few pictures of you. The pictures are used for the slide show that will be played at our 2013 TLBT Youth Banquet at the end of the year. You can send those pictures to Suzanne Faske at faskefamily@gmail.com. TLBT Office: Secretary This month in Brenham, Texas, the STLA will be holding Age: 15 years old a Breed Characteristics & Judging Clinic partnering with Blinn School: New Life High School College. It will be held on the Blinn College Campus at their Number of Years in the TLBT: brand new Ag Complex. The date to save is November 10th and About 7 years will begin at 9:00am going until 4:00pm. Lunch will be provided How has showing Texas Longhorns helped you? and everyone is invited! For more information, you can go to It has helped me in many ways. It has helped me to become part of the person I am today. It has helped me www.stla.com or contact Suzanne Perry at (512) 263-5313 or to realize that not everyone gets this opportunity and suzannep@austin.rr.com. I hope to see you there!
Lydia Faske
that I should be more grateful of the privileges I am given.
See You on the Trail,
Sarah Faske TLBT President
What is your favorite characteristic of the Texas Longhorn breed? My favorite characteristic of the Texas Longhorn breed is their unique horns. Texas Longhorns are known for their large horn growth. They have many different shapes and lengths which make them all unique. When and how was your experience in your first show? My first show experience was at the TLBGCA Brenham Spring Show in 2005. I remember showing a calf for a friend of ours because we did not have enough in our herd that were able to be shown. It was really fun, and I placed first with the calf I had shown. How has showing and raising Texas Longhorns impacted your life? It has impacted my life in many ways. It has helped me to be a more responsible person which will help me in the future. I have learned to keep close records of my calf, take care of my calf, and many more life lessons that I may need in my future.
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TLBAA BREEDER PROFILE
The Rasmussen
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By H e n r y King
heir early lives considered, the probabilities that Evelyn and Harvey Rasmussen would meet were fairly remote. Later in their lives, after each had been happily married and each lost his or her spouse through heart attacks, fate worked its magic. As the future would prove, the world of the Texas Longhorn was very positively impacted by the synergies of Evelyn’s creative and organizational skills combined with Harvey’s knowledge of, love for, and investment in, the long-horned cattle breed. Evelyn, a native Texan, was born and grew up in El Campo, southwest of Houston. Four days after graduating from high school, she was in a college classroom, then after successfully completing college, she began a life-long career in healthcare, anchored by a Master’s Degree in Medical Care Administration. Harvey was born on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in Gibson City, south of Chicago, Illinois. School was easy for Harvey, a fast study and a quick learner. In his formative years, he began to appreciate the beauty of the hardwoods at his father’s lumber company and learn of the detail for precision of building materials. After his military service with the U.S. Navy, Harvey began a career in the building trades industry joining a new, fast-growing company. Having grown up shoveling snow in sub-zero winters in Gibson City, Harvey had his mind set to move south. Accepting a position with the company in Florida was “working the plan.” He eventually landed a job in Houston, Texas in the mid 1950’s, and Harvey knew that he had arrived according to plan. He noted that Houston was robust and growing, and that “if you couldn’t make a go of it in Houston, you weren’t trying”. After the passage of a couple of years, one evening he and a couple of co-workers were sitting around after work considering opportunities for a new business. “While it wasn’t my original suggestion,” he said, “I went home that evening and returned to work with a pencil drawing ‘to scale’ of an architectural column that could be manufactured out of aluminum.” What follows is history. Columns, Inc. became a national com-
pany. Harvey became the first person in the United States to design, manufacture and sell a column made entirely of aluminum. The concept of an aluminum column became a staple in the building trades industry, and the business flourished dramatically. As production and sales goals were met, Harvey realized that he needed more out of life: something to do on weekends. In thinking about his journey south and what else there might be, “I realized,” he said, “that in my heart there had always been a western yearning, and here I was in the Southwest.” He met with his banker, engaged a realtor and set out to find a ranch. Harvey used to describe his ranch search as an adventure, and that he left no rock unturned. “Viewing as listings were found, I located a ranch that had character” said Harvey. “Until that find, I had not selected a name, but at first sight I knew the ranch should be called Rolling Hills.” With his customary logical precision, he sold the existing commercial cattle, made ranch improvements and scheduled a trip to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo to visit the breed cattle sales, meet the breeders and learn about the different kinds of cattle.
Longhorn Welcome “I finally got to the Texas Longhorn cattle sale,” he said “the breeders were shaking hands, offering seating, and having more fun at their sale than others; and the prices were higher.” He loved the horn configurations and decided Texas Longhorns were his kind of cattle. He contacted the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America and became a member on November 14, 1983. Harvey learned of the Frank Doherty Dispersal Sale in Colorado and he quickly made plans to attend his first Texas Longhorn Cattle Sale. At that two-day dispersal, Harvey became acquainted with Frank and Brownie Doherty, Darol Dickenson, Charlene Semkin, Eddie Wood, Betty Lamb, Johnnie Hoffman, Stan Searle and many more. “They welcomed me to the sale,” he is reported to have said. “They made sure I got a buyer number and that day I bought my ini-
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Longhorn Connection tial Longhorn herd, including my prize purchase, Graves Lass, for $67,000.” Graves Lass 148 was calved July 15, 1978 and was transferred to Harvey Rasmussen on July 7, 1984. Over the ensuing years, Harvey grew fond of his herd, attended most of the Longhorn cattle sales across the country, befriended breeders, had fun and always promoted the Longhorns. According to Harvey, “The people and the genuine friendships of Longhorn breeders across the U.S. inspired me to pursue the possibilities of a Longhorn Cattle Sale in Texas.” Together with members of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Gulf Coast Association, a plan was developed and a sale was scheduled. The sale was named “The Best of Texas” Texas Longhorn Cattle Sale to be held in Bastrop, Texas (centrally located between Houston, Austin and San Antonio). Harvey and another TLBGCA member, Don Limb, worked together to organize the sale. Don Limb chaired the first sale and several more in the early 1990’s. Harvey eventually became chairman and continued the sale through 2007. The Gulf Cost affiliate also hosted a Texas Longhorn Cattle Sale at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It was named “The Gathering” Texas Longhorn Cattle Sale. Harvey was asked to lead that sale in 1994 and by the mid-2000’s, Harvey was quoted by the Houston Chronicle as then serving as chairman for his 12th Gathering Sale. Evelyn, in the meantime, was unaware of Harvey and knew but little about Texas Longhorns. She received a call from a first-grade classmate from El Campo inviting her to a ranch tour of Texas Longhorns. After much discussion and providing many reasons for not going, Evelyn said, “The friend was so persistent I finally agreed to be the designated driver.” “I was so upset that I had agreed to do this that I did not even dress up. I wore my only pair of jeans, my daughter’s Baylor T Shirt, tennis shoes and no make-up.”
The Man and the Cattle Upon arrival the ranch, in Huntsville Texas, Evelyn’s passengers all went into the work pens to help some man and all of his ranch hands. “But not me,” she said. “I sat on the fence all day, mostly holding my nose.” During the working of the cows, Evelyn remembers “…the man kept looking and smiling, asking when I was going to come join the fun.” After the cow work was complete, everyone progressed to the ranch barn for barbecue. As the designated driver, Evelyn says “I thought I may as well be useful, so, I sat on the back of an SUV, passing out sodas and water.” Turns out “the man” came over, introduced himself as Harvey Rasmussen, asked Evelyn how she liked his car, and sat down to talk. Meanwhile, Evelyn says “My friend was asking the group if they November 2012
would like to hear about a recent trip that I made. Then she told them it was a medical mission trip to Kenya, Africa from which I had just returned after two weeks.” “I was floored… wondering what a medical mission trip had to do with Longhorn Cattle. The trip was part of Living Water International, a project that originated in my home church in Sugarland, Texas to drill water wells for the people of Africa. The medical team followed in the “footsteps” of the wells drilled to minister to the people. I spoke of how many hearts we had touched, how many medical needs had been met in our clinics and what a personally moving experience the trip had been for me. After we departed, six thousand Kenyan people were baptized in the river.” Harvey Rasmussen, still at the car; sat silently, listening intently. About a week later, Evelyn remembers “I received another telephone call from the school friend from home inviting me to be her guest at a casual dinner featuring all Longhorn beef, and by the way would I help cook?” Turns out, Evelyn says “…the entire Gulf Coast Longhorn Association was there – including Harvey. As I was thanking the hostesses, and getting ready to leave the event, Harvey appears and asks if he could walk me to my car.” On the way to her car, Evelyn remembers that Harvey asked if we could get something from his car. She remembers Harvey saying he ‘brought these for me’ and gave me a stack of something. In better light, Evelyn said “these are six magazines … and they say TLBAA – what is this?” Harvey replied, “These are the official magazine of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America. I thought you might read them and learn more about what I like to do.” On their first dinner date, Evelyn remembers learning about the wonderful lady editor of those magazines named Carolyn Hunter and how “…she just knows all of the breeders and helps us structure a meaningful ad every month.” Asked why she does all of that for so many people, Harvey said “We’re all friends and she helps everybody so we can better market our program and the Longhorns.”
Cattle Auctions Many dates and months plus engagement later, “a memory was made” says Evelyn. “Harvey invited me on a date and it turned out to be for the purpose of helping him fold letters, stuff catalogues into envelopes, put labels and stamps on envelopes all for The Gathering Longhorn Cattle Sale of 1997, scheduled with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. I couldn’t believe Harvey was literally doing all of this work in his spare time, plus telephoning for sale consignments, producing the sale and having so much fun!” said Evelyn. “But he loved it.”
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“We were newly married when a TLBAA magazine arrived at the house. Harvey came home, found it and said, “Here’s our new ad, look.” I glanced and noticed a caption ‘Look Who’s New at Rolling Hills Ranch’ and responded that’s good.” He excitedly said, “Look here” and I saw a picture of him and me at that first Gathering Sale. My first thoughts were of Carolyn Hunter and Harvey’s comments about all of the breeders being a family of friends whose common interest was Texas Longhorn Cattle.” “Realizing that marriage included two cattle sales per year, I once asked Harvey how he managed to balance his office, two cattle sales and a personal life. He replied that it is all in how you look at it. He said “I view each task as an opportunity to see how good it can be.”” Living for a time in Evelyn’s townhouse, the couple planned a new residence with a huge kitchen and accommodations for many guests. Although planning for the Longhorn events at the stock show took place at the townhouse for a couple of years, the memorable, big-numbers gatherings began once they moved into their new home. “We built the home in 2000 and moved in in February 2001,” said Evelyn. “We got the last pieces hung on the walls at about nine o’clock on a Wednesday night and had about 150 Longhorn breeders in the house the next night. I couldn’t believe that we did it. Not too many people open their home when they haven’t even spent 24 hours in it, but we did.”
And so, the Rasmussen Longhorn Connection began Evelyn notes that, “Together we combined our strengths: Harvey’s knowledge of Texas Longhorn Cattle; my organizational skills; the development of more friendships with Texas Longhorn Breeders to enable the two Longhorn Sales to became more productive and fun.” Although Harvey was the catalyst, it wasn’t just Harvey and it wasn’t just me that put all these things together – it was a team and it made everybody feel they were a part of the big picture. We all need to step back and remember that it is a team effort. The cows didn’t get here individually, by themselves, either. It was like a family.” “The sales were neutral ground where friendships were renewed; new breeders were nurtured and everyone could ‘swap cattle’ as Eddie Wood used to say.”
The Best of Texas Having earned a graduate degree from Tulane and subsequent employment in New Orleans, Evelyn had learned the Louisiana French word, Lagniappe, or “a little something extra.” Evelyn noted that she and Harvey agreed that this concept could be applied to the sales. Lagniappe was applied both to the sale consignments as “perhaps a little bit better consignment”, “a little bit better purchase”, “a little bit better for a herd”, a “little bit better cattle handling” and to the sale itself as “a little bit better welcome”, “a little bit more hospitality”, “a little bit more service” and “a little bit more fun.” Breeder participation in both sales grew steadily. Additionally, a
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Cajun credo: Laissez les bon temps rouler (Let the good times roll) was applied to all future sales. The Best of Texas Sale became “standing room only” while attendance at The Gathering grew steadily. At the Best of Texas Sale, the entire Sale Barn was transformed into a “theme sale”. Evelyn remembers: a Mardi Gras, a Western Swing Event, a South Louisiana Festival with a crawfish boil and the Red Raiders Band and a Czech Festival with Czech food and The Gill Baca Band of Fayetteville, Texas and more. Fried catfish was catered for every lunch. “It became standing room only,” said Evelyn. “It turned out that I had to start printing names to tape to the seats so that the locals who came to see what was going on wouldn’t prevent a buyer from being able to see the cattle. But still the aisles were filled, the doors were jammed and it is a wonder the fire marshal didn’t come get us – you couldn’t get any more people in the facility. It was the same thing in the back – there were so many people helping. People would come to help check in the cattle, to tag them, get them to their pens; to hand bottled water to the drivers who were waiting in line to unload. It was amazing – and it was a good sale! Eddie Wood was the auctioneer for all of them.” “We did all kinds of things at those sales, not just to sell cattle. That was Harvey’s thing – if you were going to make that trip, come all that far and be involved, why not have fun, have a positive attitude and enjoy all your minutes. We totally converted that barn every time we came; we’d actually start on a Thursday for the sale on Saturday. We would totally clean that barn until it was hospital clean, take down all the flyers they had hanging and take them to the guy’s office because we hung up all stuff related to the party we were having.” “We had a tiny, tiny kitchen to work out of – smaller than a bathroom – but it was in that kitchen we produced all the drinks (we called it First Ade). Knowing the sale would last all afternoon and that the catfish lunch would wear thin, we had all the children go through the audience selling hot dogs, chips and a drink for two dollars. That way they wouldn’t have to get up and drive to McDonalds if they were hungry. The kids – ten or eleven years old – were always helping us do stuff. They would hand out water as the trucks were coming in from the highway. It was a huge, huge volunteer force that came to these sales, doing the little things that made the experience more enjoyable. Like the hot dogs – we didn’t have to do those. We brought warmers, buns and wieners from Houston and we did all that in the small kitchen, packaged them all correctly and the children took them up. We gave the children half of their sales – if they made two dollars they got a dollar. I couldn’t run up and down all those steps like they were!” The members of the Gulf Coast were very, very helpful, Evelyn noted, but Harvey wanted everybody to feel welcome; he wanted to be hospitable because he wanted to treat them the way they treated him when he came to their sales. And although the auction had a budget, Harvey himself paid for the “little something extra” that helped make the events memorable.
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The Gathering Sale had another agenda. Evelyn said “Harvey and I decided to open our home to welcome all attendees of The Gathering to Texas. I did all the cooking, but breeder’s wives arrived at the house to help in last minute preparations to get the table in order before guests arrived the night before the sale.” “I have special memories of Claudia and Ken Moursand carving prime rib, Carolyn Hunter “deseeding tomatoes,” Mary Ann Crenshaw mixing gallons of potato casserole to bake, Joe Graddy stuffing jalapenos with cream cheese all over the kitchen, Shirley Lemley driving North, South, West and East across Houston in search of special cakes, awakening to over-night guests Mike & Debbie Bowman “munching” on left-over food, home-made Longhorn beef kolaches & coffee for early arrivals of cattle at The Gathering, Peggy Willhite Harvey’s right-hand sale clerk - Eddie and Joyce Wood, Robert Guenther ‘florist-at-large,’ and especially Maudeen Marks.” Evelyn and Harvey Rasmussen were married from February 1, 1997 until Harvey’s death January 10, 2010. Early on in their married life, Evelyn learned of the varied, but overlapping, circles of her husband’s life: his factory, his ranch, his travels and his service as the unofficial “Ambassador for the Longhorn Breed.” Each circle had its own set of loyal friends and/or employees, all bound by their positive response to Harvey’s generous nature.
Harvey also had a virtual family of employees and neighbors at his Rolling Hills Ranch, near Huntsville. He couldn’t wait to get to Fort Worth for Longhorn events or meetings, he couldn’t wait to get to the next sale, but if he wasn’t going to a meeting or a sale, he went to the ranch on weekends. Harvey was a hands-on owner, very much involved in working the cattle, whether it was bringing them in to sort them, giving vaccinations, to check them when the vet would be there. He was always in the pens, doing just as much as the hired hands did. He knew each cow and calf, and driving through the pasture could call them by name, and required that his animals be treated humanely. When they worked the cattle, there would be 25 or 30 people there, and he hadn’t even called anybody. It was always just word of mouth. Entire families would come …dogs, horses, four-wheeled vehicles. They would come with their horses and work for free. When asked about it, he said, “Evelyn, you’ve got to understand, this is probably the one day out of the month they get to play cowboy.” He would provide beverages and all while they were working and I would hand them out. The kids would play and ride their bicycles, and in the barn, some people who had worked for him for years, and thought they had graduated, became the cooks. Either they would be having a fish fry or they would have started the night before for barbecue. Every weekend when they were working the cattle it was a huge, all-day production. When he was working the cattle, four or five ropers would show up to buy what Harvey was going to cull – and he hadn’t even called them; it was all by word of mouth in the community. They would stand there and take turns, buying them until they were all gone. “The Rolling Hills Ranch barn was very much a community gathering place,” said Evelyn. “It had a cement floor, the bathrooms were nice, and they kept it totally clean. We had ranch tours, with speakers talking about the grass, the hay or whatever from the extension service. He had a speaker’s platform and all those tables you could set up inside the barn. Everybody came. We even had two family reunions in the barn, and I don’t know how many weddings. We had all these little battery operated cars for the children – there had to be four or five of them, and they were always plugged in somewhere.” “His barn was always being scheduled – months in advance, people would ask if they could reserve such-and-such a date. They would come, do their own food, set up the tables. Everybody knew they had to clean the barn. It was clean when they got it and needed to be clean when they left; the bathrooms would be sparkling. The whole community thought they lived there too.” “He had such a positive attitude, and that is what helped him remain strong during his illness. During all the years he was active in the Longhorn business, he never, ever, regretted buying his first cow, and he was always reading pedigrees and hoping to find another somewhere.”
Columns, Inc Columns, Inc., with its factory in Pearland, Texas, was founded by Harvey Rasmussen, who was president for 43 years, until he sold it due to his deteriorating health. According to Evelyn, the facility was equivalent in length to three football fields, and Harvey would walk it to check on production several times a day. “He had 28 to 30 company employees,” revealed Evelyn, “and even in the end, when the company was sold, many of them had been there 30 years or more. These people were so singularly loyal to him, and he to them, that it was like a family. The same as his ‘Longhorn family’ he had a ‘columns family.’ One of these men, Joseph Leon White, was hired when he was 20 years old and he had worked for Harvey 33 years at Columns, Inc. When Harvey became ill and had the amputation, I needed some help in lifting him and transporting him, so Harvey told me to call Leon, and he came to assist Harvey at the house. Those employees, I still hear from them to this day. They are concerned, they call, and they say how they still miss Harvey. He had this about him. People used to ask him why he bought medicines for an employee who couldn’t afford it, or why he didn’t charge for a bull’s services to a neighbor’s cow, why do you put on all these sales and spend your own money? And he would say, you know, my credo, my philosophy in life is that I have been given many opportunities, and my philosophy is that I should do something good for someone who has less than I. Harvey’s credo: Whenever you are able, just remember and see if you can help someone else along the way. That’s how you can pay me. November 2012
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Thank you to the judging panel who all eagerly agreed to place the 7 heifers entered in the TLBAA Affiliate Princess Competition. It wasn't an easy task! Dr. Bob Kropp-Breed Advisory Marshall Ruble-Breed Advisory Shelby Coats-TLBT Kris Johnson-TLBT Todd McKnight- TLBAA Board Member Mark Stuck- TLBAA Board Member The final selection will now be based on a combination of the judge’s original selections and the rankings from each of the 7 Affiliates that entered a heifer in the competition. The semi-finalists can be campaigned by their Affiliates to obtain votes from the other participating Affiliates. The final voting ballot will be e-mailed to the current president of each of the participating Affiliates. The three semi-finalists must be ranked first to third, ballot signed by the Affiliate President, and returned to Laura at the TLBAA office prior to December 3, 2012. The TLBAA Affiliate Princess will be announced during the TLBAA Longhorn Weekend in January, where the awards will be presented. An additional thank you to Texas Longhorn Trails, Laura Standley and the TLBAA Affiliate Committee for working together to make this event happen in 2012.
Appalachian Trail Registered Texas Longhorn Sale Sale report and pictures submitted by Carl R. Brantley September 15, 2012 mount Airy, nC SAle HoSt: CArl r. brAntley
Highlights 87 Registered lots sold, sale average $ 886.00 per head. Top 10 lots sold, average $1930.00 per head. Volume Buyers: Wil & Vicky Birdwell, Birdwell Texas Longhorns, Hamptonville, NC. Jeff Hudspeth, Cedar Creek Farms, LLC., Ronda, NC Joey Ellis, Ellis Texas Longhorns, Lancaster, SC William Evans, Evans Lane Longhorns, Checkey, TN
✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯ HIGH SELLING LOT:
$3,300
Lot # 47-RP Rockin Robin, Senior Cow (Sired by DH Wind Chill) Consignor: Aaron Adkins, Ruthterfordton, NC Buyer: William Evans, Checkey, TN
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Tony Allen, Pilot Mountain, NC; Jay Wachter, Kemar, MD; Ethan Allen and Anthony Allen, Pilot Mountain, NC.
Consignor: Patrick & Stephanie Neeley, Letohatchee, AL. Buyer: Joe & Lorinda Valentine, Blowing Green, KY.
$2,000 – LOT # 45, DG POWERLYN (JUNIOR HEIFER. SIRED BY HUNTS MOST RESPECTED) Consignor: Patrick & Stephanie Neely, Letohatchee, AL. Buyer: Joe & Lorinda Valentine, Blowing Green, KY.
$1,500
– LOT # 68, RHF SHARPWEED (JUNIOR HEIFER. SIRED BY RHF SHARP SHOOTER) Consignor: Jim & Barbara Atwell, Grifton, NC. Buyer: H. Tyson Leonard, Galax, VA.
$1,450 – LOT # 43, CV RIO'S COLBY (JU-
TRESS (JUNIOR COW. SIRED BY IRON MIKE ST) Consignor: Jody Shaw, Prospect, TN. Buyer: Greg Gilley, Moshein, TN.
NIOR BULL. SIRED BY JP RIO GRANDE) Consignor: Patrick & Stephanie Neeley, Letohatchee, AL. Buyer: H. Tyson Leonard, Galax, VA.
$2,200
$1,400 – LOT # 34, BGF FLYNN (SENIOR
$2,000 – LOT # 44, DG MISS DONNA OVERLYN (SENIOR HEIFER. SIRED BY HUNTS MOST RESPECTED) November 2012
Mark Flinchum, Copper Hill, VA; Gene Knippers, Tampa, FL.
$1,500 – LOT # 33, OVER SPECIAL (SENIOR COW. SIRED BY OVERLORD CP) Consignor: George & Laureen Gennin, Madison, VA. Buyer: David & Brenda Hoenstine, Dover PA.
OTHER HIGH SELLING LOTS: $2,800 – LOT # 60-4WIND IRON MIS-
– LOT # 26, TWISTIN' OFF 225 (SENIOR COW. SIRED BY MR. TWISTER) Consignor: Ken Lester & Jessica Morris, Monroe, NC. Buyer: Alvin Prince & Don Grata, Richmond, VA.
Patrick & Stephanie Neeley and family, Letohatchee, AL.
Danny Casstevens, Ronda, NC; Tim Hudspeth, Ronda, NC
TROPHY STEER. SIRED BY BT HEINEKEN DARK) Consignor: Roger Townsend & Larry Bischoff, Pulaski, TN. Buyer: James Taylor, Salisbury, NC.
Sale Host Carl R. Brantley
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Class 5, 6 & 7 Winner : Hoosier Longhorns, Dan Jones, presented by Dan Huntington
Kathy ELburn Memorial Winner: Hoosier Longhorns, Dan Jones, presented by Curtis Elburn, Andi Elburn and Miki Rorvik.
Class 1 Winner: Larry Gribbons, accepted by his grandson, presented by Class Sponsor Hoosier Longhorns, Dan Jones
Judges: Ron Marquess Rex Mosser Martee Lancaster Roger Hutton Tessa Millsap
Cow Patty Bingo winner Tracy Jones presented by Scott Simmons.
Class 9 Winner: Jim Steffler presented by Dan Jones.
Class 4 & 8 Winner: Tom Smith presented by Dan Huntington
Class 2 & 3 Winner: Hudson Longhorns, accepted by ranch manager Mike Willinger presented by Class Sponsor Bill Le’AN Class 5, 6 & 7 Winner: Hoosier Longhorns, Dan Jones presented by Class Sponsor Bryan Rosine.
Class 10 Winner: Johnny Hicks presented by Nancy Dunn and Terry King.
WFN Committee/Judges - (back to front) Curtis Elburn, Dan Huntington, Dick Lowe, Mark Hubbell, Roger Hutton, Ron Marquess, Tessa Wheeler, Rex Mosser, Martee Lancaster, Deanna Sanders, Scott Simmons, Tom Smith
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Division A Directors To Be Elected
Coming up for nominations soon will be all Division A directors, consisting of two (2) At-Large positions and Regions 1-6. Watch for your nomination form being mailed 90 days prior to our Annual Membership Meeting which will be held in Fort Worth, Texas in January 2013. According to the TLBAA By-Laws, Section 2—D: At least ninety (90) days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting, the TLBAA Office shall mail to the Active and Lifetime Members a request for nomination of individual or individuals for Director in the member’s representational region. Such member nominations shall be received in the Association office no later than sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Meeting. In order that any member nominee be eligible to be placed on the election ballot, he must receive write-in nominations from five (5) members who are Active or Lifetime Members. Should there be no members nominated by the membership for a particular Region, or should a nominee decline to have his name placed on the ballot, the Board of Directors will appoint an Active or Lifetime Member in good standing domiciled within the division to fill the vacant position at the same meeting as the election of TLBAA officers.
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No less than forty-five (45) days prior to the annual meeting of the membership, the TLBAA Office or designated CPA firm shall mail official printed ballots to each qualified Active and Lifetime Member in good standing of that region or division. This ballot shall contain the names of the candidates, if any, who were properly nominated by members. All written ballots must be returned to the CPA with a postmark not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the Annual Meeting in order to be validated and counted. All ballots received will be validated and counted by an independent CPA firm or other organization experienced in voting tabulation as designated by the Executive Committee. The nominees receiving the most valid votes shall be elected. All newly elected Directors shall be installed at the Annual Membership Meeting. A tie vote will be broken by the Chairman of the Board drawing one of the names by lot. If a nominee wants a recount of the ballots in their election race, they will have to submit a formal request for a recount to the Board of Directors but not more than sixty (60) days after election results have been announced at the annual meeting. The contester or their representative would then physically go to the CPA firm and watch this
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Division A Regions 1-6 Division B Regions 7 - 12
recount at his/her costs. Active and Lifetime members in good standing, domiciled within a representational division or region may nominate an Active or Lifetime member in good standing, also domiciled therein for election to the Board of Directors. Only those Active or Lifetime Members in good standing, domiciled within the division or region, may vote for the nominees from that division or region. Elections are held annually by division, on rotating basis as selected by the Board of Directors.
NOTE To be eligible to vote, a person must be a current Active or Lifetime Member.
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By Henry King
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nort was donated in 2007, and he came with a pasturemate named Walter, who since has been retired. I always have a steer that’s next on the list for retirement, and Snort is headed that way. I was told he was born in 1998; I don’t have any papers on him, so I don’t know how he is bred. He is red and white, a very tall steer and is probably our most calm, reliable and predictable steer. It may have something to do with his age – I don’t know.” “Snort came from Van Mask’s Heart 6 Cattle Company of Belton, Texas. He came up with that steer Walter, and they were both so easy going – just nice cattle.
They were easy to handle, they got along with everybody really well, and Snort became one of our education program steers.” “We do this education program for schools and organizations from all over the area. It’s for various ages, but usually it’s a fourth grade class that comes to our education program. We don’t use all our cattle for that program; we just use a handful of steers, and Snort became our first program steer. He was used for every
he Fort Worth Herd was formed in 1999 to celebrate the city’s 150th birthday. Fifteen steers, representing the fifteen decades, paraded from Sundance Square downtown, north on Main Street to the Historic Stockyards District. The impact of the Herd was so spectacular that it has become a permanent fixture of the Stockyards. Twice-daily cattle drives and related educational offerings have now become a dynamic tourist attraction. The Herd is a spectacular unit comprise of sixteen (another decade, another steer) unique individuals, each unique in appearance and each a unique personality. This series of articles will spotlight the individual big-horned steers -- each so alike as a breed, yet each distinct as a personality. November 2012
single education program since he arrived. He’s so easy to move and he is so nice, and I don’t have to worry about him hooking anyone or putting a horn through the fence or getting too close to the kids. He is very, very calm and a very sweet steer.” “Snort is also one that I like to load up and travel with, because he will trailer really well and stand around without any trouble. When Van first brought me Snort and Walter, it was in the summertime and we were giving a program called National Day of the American Cowboy, and part of that event we do every year in July, we entertain up to 16,000 people. He bought me a Longhorn calf to be on display for the Herd program, and he was such a nice man to let me do show-and-tell with a bottle baby Longhorn calf. It gave the kids an opportunity to see what the Longhorns look like when they were born and what they look like when they are mature and grown.”
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By Heather Smith Thomas
Lice are a common winter problem in cattle. Heavy infestations of these tiny parasites rob nutrition from cattle just when they need it most. A lice-infested animal may lose weight and may become more susceptible to disease. Many stockmen in regions with a cold winter climate try to control lice populations on cattle. Lice tend to multiply more readily on animals that have a compromised immune system and poor body condition. After this past summer’s drought and stress on cattle, lice infestations may be more of a problem than usual, especially on cattle that are going into the winter a little thin. This would be a good year to make sure cattle are deloused—to give them more chance to gain weight and go into winter in good health, instead of being dragged down even farther by these opportunistic parasites. Dr. Lee Townsend, Extension Entomologist, University of Kentucky, says there isn’t much that’s really new on the market for lice control. “The standard treatments are still the pyrethroid insecticides, which are effective against all types of lice,” he says. The systemic products like ivermectin and moxidectin are often used because they tend to kill internal parasites (stomach and intestinal worms) as well, but may not do
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the best job on lice, especially the injected products. Those work fairly well for sucking lice but don’t kill chewing lice. A topical product that spreads over the animal’s body is needed for those. Townsend says that diligent lice control can effectively get rid of lice in most herds. He cites a European study that looked at attempts to eradicate both sucking and chewing lice in herds there, and says that elimination was successful in 85% of the study herds (28 out of 33 herds). “The strategies they used included application of insecticides, utilizing two treatments about three weeks apart, culling any animals that appeared to be carriers (reservoirs of lice), and quarantine/treatment of any new animals brought into those herds,” says Townsend. Lice were seen again in 5 of the 28 herds within 3 to 6 months after treatment, and were back in 9 of the 28 herds within a year. “Factors associated with the re-infestation of lice included purchase of livestock (bringing lice-infested animals into the herd), failure to treat newly introduced animals or missing one of the two treatments, and mixing of treated with untreated cattle due to fencing problems,” explains Townsend.
If a producer doesn’t make sure that all the animals on the farm get treated, or fails to follow up with the second treatment, there will be residual lice population on some animals and they will pass lice to the rest of the herd. “Giving the two treatments 3 weeks apart is an important key. The products that are being used don’t work against the egg stage. The first treatment should get most of the lice that are active— the adults and nymphs,” he says. The eggs on the hairs will survive, however, to hatch later. If you fail to treat even one or two animals with the second treatment, eggs on their hair coat will hatch and could provide enough lice, over time, to be a source of reinfestation for the entire herd. “Signs of infestation may be subtle at first. You may not notice lice until there’s a large population—and then the cattle will be rubbing and scratching,” he says. “If there are several hundred lice per animal and you only get 90% control with a certain treatment, this still leaves a fair number of lice to start the infestation coming back again,” says Townsend. The systemic products may kill most of the blood-sucking lice, for instance, but don’t give much control of chewing lice. This Texas Longhorn Trails
Photo courtesy of Dale Manwaring, Lazy O Ranch makes it harder to get rid of lice in a herd. One of the things that contribute to lice problems is that there’s not a really clearcut economic indicator for treatment—and some producers don’t take the time or go to the expense of treating their cattle. “There are some studies that show lice reduce milk production or affect gains on young cattle, but there also a number of studies that show moderate numbers of lice don’t have a very big impact. If there’s not a well-recognized cost associated with lice infestation, it’s harder for producers to justify the expense of delousing their cattle, especially when profit margins are small and they are trying to save money—along with the labor and time to bring animals in for treatment,” he says. In cold weather, however, when cattle are rubbing and itching instead of eating, or losing the insulating protection of their hair coat—rubbing out patches of hair— lice control is probably cost effective. “You are paying for those lice, in terms of the extra feed required by the cow. The animal has stress from cold weather, stress from lice, and a few other things, and it all adds up. You are probably looking at a number of separate small stresses that by themselves might not make a lot of difference, but together they do,” explains Townsend. November 2012
“The reputation of the cattle producer— as having healthy animals that have had their vaccinations, deworming and parasite treatments—is another consideration. If you purchase calves or replacement heifers from a producer, you want to be confident that the animals won’t be bringing an unwanted problem into your own herd.” This helps your confidence as a buyer, to know that the animals have been on a good health program that includes external parasite control. The animals also look better if they have a healthy, full hair coat rather than raggedy bare patches from rubbing due to lice. Some of the methods that allow cattle to self-medicate with back rubbers or dust bags can help control lice in late winter. A fall treatment (such as a pour-on or a systemic product) will often reduce lice numbers for several months but then they start building numbers back again before spring. “The self-treatment methods can supplement lice control, in a manner that eliminates labor and handling of the cattle again,” says Townsend. Producers just need to figure out ways that will work best in their own operation and facilities. “There’s enough differences in how people handle cattle and what they do with them during winter that there is no
one answer to lice control. Keeping problems in mind and having a plan to deal with lice within your own management system is the important thing,” he says. Some animals seem to have better resistance to lice infestation than others. There are always some animals in the herd that never have very many lice, and some individuals that have less resistance and act as carriers. “Younger animals tend to have heavier infestations, which may mean that they have not yet developed much resistance to lice. Those are the animals that are often sold off the farm or ranch,” says Townsend. A producer buying stocker calves or replacement heifers is thus buying animals with greater potential to be infested, with less resistance to lice. “If you have to make a decision regarding which animals to treat and which ones not to treat, you should prioritize regarding the ones that are more likely to be infested due to their age or background,” he explains. “Attention to detail is important regarding lice control. This will keep you from having to do additional treatments, or running into infestations that you thought you had dealt with and managed,” says Townsend.
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alves have a better chance of staying healthy during their first weeks of life if they get an adequate amount of good-quality colostrum soon after birth, containing antibodies against most of the pathogens they may encounter. If the dam has a chance to build a high level of antibodies before calving, she can pass this temporary immunity to her calf. Preventing calfhood disease is a combination of many factors, however, which include a clean environment (low level of pathogens the calf might pick up) and well-nourished, healthy cows with strong immunities. Vaccinating cows ahead of calving can help build peak antibody levels to make sure the cows’ colostrum contains the maximum amount of protective antibodies. Dr. James England, University of Idaho Caine Center, says many beef herds are vaccinated routinely in the fall at the time of pregnancy checking. “For these herds I recommend the cows be given modified-live viral vaccines for respiratory diseases and abortion (BVD-IBR-BRSV vaccination) and clostridial boosters. Depending on where the cows are located, I may recommend a leptospirosis booster— especially if the cattle run on any irrigated pastures. Abortions from lepto usually
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occur in the last half or last trimester of pregnancy, so giving the booster at this time is more protective than giving it in the spring,” he explains. “If producers are using the scour vaccines, preg-check time is also when we booster those. If it’s the first vaccination for the heifers, or for the herd, then they need to have two vaccines about 30 days apart. I don’t worry so much about trying to have the booster 60 days pre-calving because I think the immune system is smarter than that (and will put the antibodies into the colostrum at the appropriate time). If we get a cow immunized and boostered, she will put those antibodies in there—increasing the production of all the antibodies that she’s been making. If cattle have already had a two-shot regime, then we just booster them once a year at preg-checking time,” says England. Many ranchers don’t like running cattle through the chute very close to calving, when they are heavily pregnant, because this type of stress can create problems, along with the extra time and cost of running them through again. “So the routine pre-calving vaccinations include the viral shots along with the scours vaccines, and if I know the cows have been vaccinated with IBR-BVD previously, then I’ll use a modified-live vaccine at preg check time. If I’m
unsure, then I recommend using the killed vaccine, just to prevent possible problems.” Some of the modified-live virus vaccines that are safe to give to pregnant cows that have already been immunized may cause abortion if you vaccinate cows that have not been immunized previously. “It’s not as much problem as it used to be, 20 years ago, when we’d give a non-immunized cow modified-live virus vaccine, because the vaccines are safer now, but it’s still a risk.” It helps to read labels, and talk with your veterinarian and understand how these things work. He doesn’t worry about changing brands. “If cows have been immunized earlier with a different company’s vaccine, it doesn’t really matter if you use some other brand for the annual booster. These viral vaccines are almost identical, and it doesn’t matter if you change,” says England. “I can only identify 4 strains of IBR used in all of the vaccines, and only 3 of the BRSV. There are several more strains of BVD in the vaccines, but back when I was in graduate school the only way we could tell the difference between those was to look on the label of the bottle they came in—because in the laboratory and in the cow, they were identical. Now that we have the new molecular technology we can tell the difference, but they are all about 97-plus perTexas Longhorn Trails
cent related, within the strains that are in BVD type 1 virus. By contrast, the BVD type 1 and type 2 are related only 67 percent,” he explains. “Most of the various brands of vaccines are comparable in terms of length of immunity they give. The companies are all shooting for about 300-360 days duration of protection. They will never go longer than that because they wouldn’t want their customers to go longer than once a year vaccinations!” he says. “Years ago we could immunize an animal with a modified-live vaccine and demonstrate antibodies in 80% of the animals for routinely up to 18 months, whereas with the killed vaccines we’d start running out of protection at about 13 months. Those were the adjuvanted vaccines, and none of the modified-live viruses were adjuvanted. Now some of them are modified-live and killed mixed, and they are all better vaccines than we had in the past,” he says. “When the companies do their duration of immunity studies, they are all shooting for about 300 days. About the longest one I’ve seen is one company that lists 325 days for IBR-BVD. My feeling, as a virologist, is that the duration is routinely longer than that, but the vaccine companies aren’t going to demonstrate them as being any longer because then people might think
they only need to vaccinate every 18 months—which might not be a good thing. That might be stretching it too far, for most of the animals,” he says. It’s always wise to work with your own veterinarian on a herd health program for your own situation. “You also need to revisit your vaccination program every year because there may be some newer forms of vaccines or some additional information about them or some better ideas about timing. I’ve seen vaccine programs that veterinarians have put together for people in the fall and by the time they get around to vaccinating the cows, the vaccine supplier at the feed store has changed their product for some reason and the veterinarian doesn’t even know about it,” he says. “The main thing to worry about is timing, and making sure the cows are immunized for IBR-BVD already before you hit them with a modifiedlive vaccine. My goal is to have every cow vaccinated and immunized—hopefully with a modified-live vaccine—before she is bred for the first
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time as a heifer. After that she just needs an annual booster (a modified-live vaccine once a year).” Her immune system is well primed then, and simply needs a booster. After the rancher has spent the money for vaccine, it should be stored and handled appropriately so it will be effective when given. The next goal is to make sure every calf nurses an adequate amount of colostrum soon after birth. It does no good to buy and give scours vaccines if the calf doesn’t get the benefit of the colostrum. photo courtesy of Debra Helm, Helm Cattle Co.
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15th Annual ITTLA Sale Results Sale report submitted by ITTLA There was a good turn out for the 15th Annual "Wakka Lapish Foloha" Indian Territory Longhorn Association Sale. There were 57 registered buyers from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and 43 of 53 lots sold. There were 7 animals PO'd and 3 lots of semen that did not meet reserve bid price.
September 15, 2012 DURANT, OK
Highlights The 43 lots sold averaged $991 per Lot Top 5 animals sold averaged $2,420 per head Top 10 animals sold averaged $1,765 per head Yearling heifers averaged $456 per head Two roper size split bull calves averaged $300.00 per head.
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$2,900
Debbie Currie of Hutchison, KS with the Points of Distinction Print she won in the raffle.
WATSON 558 Consigned by Dr. Lee & Linda Ragains Buyer: Gene & Delma Murphy
2ND HIGH SELLING COW:
$2,600
OVER PRETTY Consigned by Watson, Marquess, Mosser Buyer: John & Beth Stroh
3RD HIGH SELLING COW:
$1,400
Belinda Franke, Steve Douglas and Larry Johnston discussing cattle in the catalog.
RM PAT 458 Consigned by Steve Douglas Buyer: Gene & Delma Murphy
HIGH SELLING STEER:
$2,800
WATSON 307 Consigned by Wes Watson Buyer: Stacey Schumacher
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held at Brookfield Sale Co. September 29th in Brookfield, MO Submitted by Sayre Auction Services 16 States Represented Over 112 buyers numbers 353 Head Of Cattle Selling.
64 registered catalog cattle selling with 3 no sales, 4 outs, 19 registered lots selling from $1,000 to $6,600 Auctioneers, pedigrees & sale managed by Bill Sayre & Shawn Sayre.
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$6,600
LOT F7 Consigned by Larry & Mary Ann Long Buyer: Dan Huntington
2ND HIGH SELLING FUTURITY HEIFER:
$2,600
LOT F5 Consigned by Larry & Mary Ann Long Buyer: Bill & Michelle Smith
HIGH SELLING BULL:
$1,200
LOT 56 Consigned by Melvin & Rebecca Rhodes Buyer: Tommy Petersen
HIGH SELLING BRED SENIOR COW:
$2,350
Consigned by Bill & Jo Le’AN Buyer: Cindy Chirstian Cormier
HIGH SELLING PAIR:
$2,100
Consigned by Bill & Jo Le’AN Buyer: William Parrish
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James Wilkins & Paula Falkenmayer of Ben Wheeler won the Henry 22 rifle in the raffle plus a $50 gift card in the door prize drawing.
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WATSON 286 Consigned by Wes Watson Buyer: John & Beth Stroh
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Local Youth Wins Big for Her Future
Submitted by Laury Rooker Shelby Rooker, an 8th grader from Bridgeport Intermediate, has been showing Longhorn cattle since she was old enough to hold a show stick and her family has been raising them since 2001. Her parents, Kevin and Laury Rooker, believe this is one of the best breeds out there. Not only are they great cattle with beautiful color, longevity, heartiness and great dispositions, they also offer something many other breeds don’t, scholarship money for their youth. Through the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association there are numerous scholarships available at the national and affiliate levels. They also have private breeders that have set up scholarship programs for both
Judge, Chris Mullinix, Shelby Rooker, and Larry Barker of the Autobahn Youth Scholarship Tour Top Dollar Winner of the Autobahn Super Stakes
college bound and those in college. The biggest contributor to the college futures of Longhorn youth is the Autobahn Youth Scholarship Tour. They have been investing
in the youth since 2000, and have given more than $2,000,000. This year alone they will have given over $440,000 to participants. One great thing about the Autobahn program is the diversity of their events. Not only do kids compete with their cattle but also in speech, showmanship, essay, short course, team penning, art, and rodeo clown contest. Each event pays scholarship money. This year’s Autobahn Super Stakes was held August 2-4 at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft Worth. There were 187 participants and 433 cattle entries. Shelby and many other Wise county youth participated, all with the hope of increase their scholarship accounts, and many did. Shelby was the top dollar winner at the
Idaho Show Bigger and Better Than Ever Submittted by Idaho Texas Longhorn Producers Association The World Qualifying Show was bigger and better than ever at the Western Idaho Fair in Boise, Idaho on August 25, 2012. Our biggest accomplishment this year was continuing to grow our Youth Showmanship Classes. This year we had SEVENTEEN youngsters showing!
Front Row (l-r): Mason Kolsky, Boise, ID; Kelly Jo Erskin, New Plymouth, ID; Chase Conley, Nampa, ID; Bailey May Erskin, New Plymouth, ID; Makala Bledso, Kuna, ID; Matthew Hobson, Boise, ID; Trevor Goodwin, Wenatchee, WA. Second Row (l-r): Courtney Conley, Nampa, ID; Alyssa Hernandez, Meridian, ID; Tyson Hernandez, Meridain, ID; Danielle Erskine, Caldwell, ID. Back Row (l-r): Alatia Babin, Nampa, ID; Stuart Tucker, Caldwell, ID; Elizabeth Mowers, Pocatello, ID; Shar Anne Hilshcher, Caldwell, ID.
Our cattle barn was overflowing with fifty-seven head in the open classes, ten in the TLBT classes and thirty-nine in the
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"IDAHO BRED" special classes, generously offered by the Western Idaho Fair Board. The total payout this year was approximately $6,000 PLUS approximately $3,500 in Grand Champion Trophy buckles and Reserve Grand Champion plaques and ribbons. Our cattle came from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Colorado. Our show persons came from Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Montana and Idaho. The show can only happen with the physical and financial assistance from a number of Longhorn breeders, volunteers and the Western Idaho Fair (which is a "for profit" organization with no public funding). Special mention this year for all the buckle sponsors, Dean Goodner of Lawrence Morgan Longhorns – 11 buckles, Dan and Connie Erskine – 5 buckles, Guy and Vicki Packer – 2 buckles and Tom and Becky Goodwin – 2 buckles. Other special mentions go to our Secretary, Corrine Conley who keeps our books and entries straight, our announcer Connie Erskine who kept the crowd entertained between classes, Lana Scott who each year spends an entire day and night making certain the panels are in place when the cattle start arriving at midnight. Tom and Becky Goodwin who drove their cattle from Wenatchee, Washington to Boise, Idaho and then without stopping, drove the six hour round trip to haul cattle for Lawrence Morgan Longhorns from Arock, Oregon to
Boise, Idaho. To Jose Flores and family who also hauled cattle from Arock, Oregon to Boise, Idaho in the middle of the night for Dean. To our Show Chairperson, Dean Goodner of Lawrence Morgan Longhorns who organizes this show each year and provides enough cattle to be certain we meet the fair board's requirement to keep the barn full and serves as our ring steward and Public Relations Director. This Longhorn Exhibition is the number one animal attraction at the fair. A special thank you to the kids who helped halter break and train Longhorns this summer and the parents who "lent" their kids for the task. And not least, all those who work in the back, out of sight, getting the cattle in and out of the pens in a timely manner (not always back in the correct pens!) To all the others who kept the barn impecably neat and clean the entire time and assisted Exhibitors in cleaning pens, feeding, watering and washing animals. To Chris Sears-Beard and Hanna Symonds who drove from Dodson, Montana and Wenatchee, Washington respectfully to assist in washing, preparing and showing cattle (and each went home with a Grand Champion Trophy buckle). This is truly a cooperative effort each year. We hope to see more breeders next year from around the country to participate in what we feel is a premier TLBAA World qualifying show.
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Super Stakes this year, winning $12,736.00. She took top honors in speech, essay, short course, and third in livestock judging, she also placed in second or third with 7 of her 10 animals. She went on to win the Over All High Point for her age group, which paid additional money. This year alone Shelby has won over $17,580 in scholarship money through Autobahn, and more than $35,000 in all since she started showing at age 7. Shelby has also participated in the Texas Longhorn Breeders World Show held this summer in the Ft Worth Stockyards where she was awarded First place in the Hall of Fame Awards, given to recognize participation at Texas Longhorn Breeders of Tomorrow shows and also First place in the Gold Merit Speech and Record book contest. Shelby was awarded two heifer calves for her efforts. She was also invited to give her Gold Merit Speech, which was on the history of the Texas Longhorn, to the Drovers of the Fort Worth Herd. She had a great time teaching and inspiring the Drovers on Longhorn history.
YO Ranch Steers Featured in Bandera County Courier Photo by Gail Joiner, courtesy of the Bandera County Courier.
TLBAA member YO Ranch’s steers are featured in the Bandera County Courier during the Celebrate Bandera Parade. The highlight of the parade has always been a Longhorn drive up Main Street, and after an abscence last year due to the drought, YO Ranch has once again provided steers to the delight of everyone.
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The Miniature Texas Longhorn Breeders Group’s Mini Princess Contest Submitted by Eric Redeker Deb Lesyk and Louis Christa started the Affiliate Princess contest (in 2011) because they realized that many TLBAA members never get the opportunity to show their animals publicly because of distance, time and cost. In response to this problem, they started the “Affiliate Princess” contest so that all TLBAA members could show off their best yearling heifers to the world through a photo contest. Each year, TLBAA Affiliates ask their Winner of MTLBG Mini Princess: V3C Smokin’ Lady members to submit a photo of their Liberty of the Vertically Challenged Cattle Co. best heifers born the year prior. The judging criteria varies by Affiliate try, making it virtually impossible to host but the ultimate goal is for each active affilshows and other regional events. The goal iate to submit one winning heifer to the of the MTLBG is to promote and educate international TLBAA competition that is the public about TLBAA registered the “total package,” meaning that she most Miniature Texas Longhorns as well as proclosely meets the TLBAA breed standards. viding their members with a means to sell Once all the entries are received, a panel of their animals through their web-based sale judges (3 TLBT members, 2 TLBAA breed barns. The vast majority of TLBAA members advisory committee members and 1 TLBAA who breed and sell TLBAA registered Director) select three semi-finalists. Once Miniature Texas Longhorns are members of the three semi-finalists are selected, the parthe MTLBG as well as their regional ticipating Affiliates cast their votes for the Affiliates. winning Princess and are given the opporOnce the MTLBG members learned that tunity to campaign their heifer to other the TLBAA Affiliate Princess contest could affiliates before one final vote is taken. not accept miniature entries this year, they Only one heifer is crowned as the TLBAA decided to host their own Mini Princess Affiliate Princess each year and a monetary contest so that their members would have award is presented to the winning affiliate. the same opportunity to showcase their TLBAA registered Miniature Texas animals to the world. This contest was Longhorns are growing in popularity across modeled after the TLBAA Affiliate Princess the country and the breeders of these anicontest, where members email their photos mals are faced with the same challenges to and the photos are judged by a panel of showing their animals (distance, time and judges and a single winner is crowned the cost) that were the catalyst for starting the MTLBG Mini Princess. All photos submitTLBAA Affiliate Princess contest. As a ted for this contest were stripped of all result, many of these miniature breeders identifying information (name of the anisaw the Affiliate Princess contest as a way to mal, name of the owner, breeder, registrashow off their animals to the world. Sadly, tion number, etc.), were assigned a random it was not until the call for entries went out entry number that included the calving that the TLBAA Affiliate Princess committee date and were sent to a panel of three learned that miniature breeders wanted to TLBAA show judges. Each judge ranked the participate in the contest. Since it was too entries from highest to lowest. There were late to incorporate a separate miniature six animals entered in the MTLBG Mini division into the contest, the miniature Princess contest this year, so animals were entries were not accepted this year. The awarded points from each judge, where the hope is that next year there will be two divi1st place received 6 points and the 6th sions for the TLBAA Affiliate Princess conplace received 1 point. The number of test, one standard and one miniature. points per animal were tallied-up from all The Miniature Texas Longhorn Breeders three judges and the animal with the highGroup (www.mtlbg.com) is setup in a simest number of points was crowned the ilar way as a TLBAA Affiliate but is not an MTLBG Mini Princess. Affiliate of the TLBAA because their number of members is relatively low and are spread from coast to coast across the coun-
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ARK-LA-TEX Jessica Wade, President • dubosejessica@yahoo.com Submitted by Tina DuBose We held our Annual Membership Meeting at Aubrey and Bobbye DuBose’s Ranch in Jasper, Texas on September 22nd. Our president, Jessica Wade, led the meeting with each committee giving their reports, plus elections were held for two Director positions. Returning were Dora Thompson and Donnie Taylor. These two Directors have long served our affiliate, and we look forward to 3 more years with them. Our show at the Louisiana State Fair will be November 9-10, 2012, in Shreveport at the fairground. So come watch the judging and join in the fun. Then, mark your calendars for December 1, 2012, for our Annual Christmas Party. This year, Gene and Linda Juranka have volunteered to host the party at their 2012 Annual Membership Meeting Group ranch. Information and directions can be found on our website, www.arklatexlonghorns.com. Come join us. Tina DuBose, President Jessica Wade Vice President 979-277-2656 • duleads the meeting. bosetina@yahoo.com
Northwest Longhorn Breeders Association Sheryl Johnson, President • (503-829-9459) • j5longhorns@yahoo.com The shows have resulted in great participation from contestants this year. The world qualifying Deshutes County Fair in Redmond, Oregon, had several first-time contestants and the winning was spread around very well among new and old. Then, the Spokane dual shows had an especially nice turnout of entries. Both the Northwest Longhorn Affiliate and the Northern Rockies Affiliate, had contestants from Washington, Oregon, Montana and Wyoming. Welcome to our new youth member: Jackie Barcot from Kennewick, WA who won a first & second in one weekend at the youth show and did very well. Her grandparents Don & Sharron Weins, were pretty proud of her, as were all the members. Our next planned event is the TLBAA Horn Showcase Satellite measuring at Alex Dees.
Chance Kearney received the Roll Drauber Memorial Trophy for Sportsmanship/ Showmanship/Herdsmanship Youth showmen Jackie Barcot, Chance Kearney, Ryan Johnson; judge Chris Schaper; ring man Ed Johnson
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Prairie State Longhorn Association Deanna Sanders, President • dsanders71@hughes.net The Prairie State Longhorn Association held our meeting in September. We started out at 9 am with a ranch tour at the summer pasture of David Roberts. He showed off his cattle, explained the pedigrees and spotlighted WS Stardom, the current bull David is using. We then proceeded to the home of Warren and Chris Loos, parents of Ethan & Ashley Loos, where they had prepared a wonderful meal. After good food and good fellowship with friends, we proceeded to the pasture where Ethan showed off his cattle and LLL Maxamillion. An announcement was made about the Horn Showcase Satellite Measuring at the home of Scott Simmons on Oct 7th. Everyone left to right: Dan Stoltz, Pacific, MO; was encouraged to come out and support the event. A Charles Kellogg, Yates City, IL; Ethan good time was had by all, and it’s aways a fun time Loos, Columbus, IL; David Roberts,CanDavid Roberts feeding cattle during the event. when we can get together and talk Longhorns. ton, MO; Warren Loos, Camp Point, IL. Oklahoma Texas Longhorn Association Jim Freeman, President • 405-282-7555 • www.angelfire.com/ok/otla/ • barflonghorns@aol.com Submitted by Bodie Quary The Oklahoma Texas Longhorn Association held their summer ranch tour June 23, 2012 at the Semkin Ranch in Perry, Oklahoma. Gathering at 9:00 a.m. for an early start, ranch manager Matt McGuire showed the group of interested people several head of cattle at the ranch headquarters, then on with a hayride to another pasture to see some very impressive animals. Matt also gave a very good description of the focus of Semkin Ranch. Returning to ranch headquarters, a potluck meal was enjoyed by all featuring Longhorn hamburgers. President Denise Webster called for an informal meeting to discuss some OTLA business and the Tulsa State Fair. A "Big Thanks" goes out to our host Matt and Melanie McGuire and the Semkin Ranch for all the work and hospitality. See you down the trail……
Group tour at the Semkin Ranch
Matt and Melanie McGuire, Perry, OK
EAST TEXAS LONGHORN ASSOCIATION Brenda Oliver, President • 972-937-0556 If you were unable to attend the ETLA Tyler State Fair this past weekend, September 27 – 29, then you missed out on a lot of fun. We had 132 total entries for the open, non haltered and youth show. Our numbers were down a little in quantity, but not quality and overall, still bested the other cattle breeds in participation and spectator interest. As always, we thank our show Chairman’s Dr. Gene & Lana Hightower for all the work they put into the show. We began our Friday show with Joel Norris, riding the Measles steer for our flag presentations including military tribute with flags. Saturday morning the ETLA youth presented the flags, followed by a great Pee Wee participation and youth show. Later on Saturday, Julie Pack judged a tough showmanship competition. Our camo t-shirts sold by Carole Phillips were also a huge hit! A big “ thank you” goes out to our show judges. Justin Hansard did an awesome job judging our Haltered & Non-halterd show. Ms. Julie Pack was great judging our Youth show. We would also like to thank the following people for their help with check-in, photography, music & microphone, announcing, singing, ring stewards, non-halter sorting, make-ready, keeping track of points, bookkeeping and presenting awards. They are Timothy Roddem, Zaylanda Powell, Pam Galloway, Trigg & Traci Moore, Amy Weatherholtz, Keith DuBose, Todd Wilson, Carole Phillips, Connie Ollive, Jamie Ollive, Gene & Lana Hightower,Heather Davis, Brooklyn Davis, Ireland Powell, Brenda Oliver, Joel Norris, Ronnie Meadows, Cody English, John Oliver & Kevin Rooker. It was a great show and we couldn’t have done it without you! We were blessed with some amazing show sponsors and we would like to thank each of them for their support: Danny & Carole Phillips, Keith & Tina DuBose, Dr. Gene & Lana Hightower, Dan Persinger and Austin Bank. Our next scheduled ETLA show will be the Kaufman Police Association Second Annual Longhorn Show November 16-18 in Terrell, Texas. Cattle are to arrive on Friday. Saturday 9 a.m. will be the Youth show and showmanship, and the Non-Haltered show begin at 2 p.m. or 1 hour after the youth show ends. On Sunday the Open show will start at 9:00. If anyone has questions about the Terrell show, please call Joel Norris at (972) 533-4945 or email him at joell983@embarqmail.com. We hope all breeders and Texas Longhorn lovers will come and join us at this show. Also, if anyone has questions about upcoming youth events or the youth in general, please call Madison Ollive at (903) 363-8014 or email her at loonytexasgirl@yahoo.com We are proud to welcome the following new members to the ETLA. Judy & David McEuen, Tom & Shanna Miller, Jean & James Murry, James Wilkins & Paula Falkenmayer and Billy & Kathy Belt. "Join the East Texas Longhorn Affiliate and enjoy the fun"! November 2012
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Easy Step by Step Instructions for Registering and Transferring Longhorns with the TLBAA The Only Way to Successfully Register Your Longhorns!
REGISTRATIONS Your new calf crop is on the ground. You’ve spent hours matching your foundation cows with the perfect herd sires. But there is something missing. It simply isn’t a Texas Longhorn until it is registered. Registration is as easy as one, two, three with the TLBAA. Simply grab a registration application and get started.
Is it a cow, bull or steer? What is the 1. 5. Check the appropriate square for the Holding Brand? sex of the Longhorn, whether it is a cow, At the TLBAA, we bull or steer. If this proves difficult to determine, you might have to go out to the pasture and lift some tails. Fill in the calving date information. This is the date when the animal was born. What type of birth was it? Check “Natural” if your herd sire serviced the dam. Check “A.I.” if the dam of the calf was artificially inseminated. Check “Embryo” if an egg from a foundation cow created an embryo using semen and was implanted into a recipient cow. Check “Twin” if this is one of two calves born at the same time to one mother. Check “In-Herd-AI” if this is a cow born from using semen obtained from your own herd sire and used on one of your own females. Check “In-Herd-Embryo” if you transferred an embryo out of one of your cows and into one of your own females. Check “Clone” if the calf being registered is the product of a cloning process.
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Name the Longhorn. At times, this can be the most difficult part. What should you name it? Do you have a one-word name for your prized Longhorn? Chances are it might have been used before. If you would like to use a special name, try using your ranch initials in front of the name to make your animal stand out in the catalogs and show programs. This will also insure that your animals will be able to be registered with a unique name. In the event that a previously registered animal already has the proposed registered name, the private herd number will be inserted at the end of the name to ensure a unique registration name. The name of the animal cannot be more than 24 characters, including spaces between words and no symbols may be used.
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have a database that houses the holding brands of our members. Include a large printed copy of the holding brand for the registrations clerk to ensure the correct brand is on file. If you insert your membership number on this line, we will be able to have your holding brand printed on the registration paper of the registered Longhorn. Also include (next to this holding brand number) the location of the brand on the animal. This is usually on the left or the right hip, but brand locations vary from herd to herd. Example: If your holding brand is on the right hip, use the initials RH. According to the TLBAA by-laws (found in the TLBAA Membership Handbook on Pages 31-32) “Animals must be branded by fire, acid or freeze brand and the brand must be visible and readable on the animals. The brand should be registered in accordance with the members local and state law.” Fill in the Private Herd Number. This number varies from breeding program to breeding program and is simply a way for breeders to keep track of their cattle within their own herd. The private herd number is usually composed of two numbers separated by a slash. The top number is the order that the calf was born during the calving season and the bottom number is the last digit of the four-digit year in which the animal was born. Example: if the animal were the first-born calf of your 2004 calf crop, its private herd number would be 1/4. The location of the private herd number on the animal will also need to be included. Usually the holding brand is put on one hip and the private herd number is placed on the opposite hip. Color Description. If you are having difficulty with your description, turn over the registration application. In the middle of the application, you will find a description word list that will help you describe the color of the animal.
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A good color description gives a general idea, without too much detail. As an example, “white with red head and shoulders,” will be a sufficient description. The description should use no more than 8-10 words. Name of Sire. Sire information is required in this space. Include the registered name of the sire as well as his private herd number and TLBAA number. If you used your own sire, the ownership information will be your name, address, city and state. If you leased a bull, or used semen from a bull you don’t own, you will have to include the information for the current owner of the bull used. Name of Dam. In this space the dam information is required. Also include her private herd number and TLBAA number as well. The breeder on the certificate is the owner of the dam at the time of service. Owner Membership Number. This will be the membership number of the owner of the animal to be registered. If a non-member purchased this animal at a TLBAA managed sale, a promotional membership number will be generated at no cost to the member. If this animal was sold private treaty to a new breeder, it is common practice for the seller to purchase a promotional membership for the new breeder.
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Applicant Registration Number. If you are applying, your information will be put here. Include your TLBAA membership number, sign your name and remember to date the application. It is important that you sign and date this application before sending it to the TLBAA office. Without your signature the registration process will come to a halt. This formality also confirms that you are adhering to the TLBAA By-Laws.
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So you have sold one of your Longhorns. You’ve got the check TRANSFERS from the buyer in hand and the animal has been delivered. There is one more step to complete the sale. According to the TLBAA records, you still own that Longhorn, and you need to transfer the ownership of that Longhorn to your customer. To begin, grab a transfer application and get started.
type of Longhorn is it? 1.What Cow, Bull or Steer. What is the Longhorn’s registered 2. name? Make sure you put the correct spelling along with any numbers or spacing of characters here. The correct private herd number is required. The TLBAA registration number is required. The registration number of the animal never changes once registered and so it should be easily found in your records. What was the date of sale? This date can either be the date when the private treaty was agreed upon, when the payment exchanged hands or the date of a consignment sale. This date must be included for the transfer to be processed. New Membership Owner Information This will be the name, address, city and state information of the new owner. If the new owner is not a TLBAA member,
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it is common practice for the seller to purchase a gift membership for the new breeder. Seller Membership Information Fill in your TLBAA membership number and sign your name. It is important that you sign because it will certify that you are adhering to the TLBAA By-Laws, while transferring this animal. The registrations department will not transfer an animal unless your signature appears as approving the transfer. Calf at Side information. Did you sell an un-weaned calf along with this Longhorn? If so, fill in the information here. Include as much information as possible. Note: Include the membership number of the breeder of the calf on line “G”. This is usually your number, but if the cow has been exposed to another member’s bull, then it would be that member’s TLBAA number. A and B: Breeding Information If the animal is a female, and has been serviced by either your sires or exposed to other bulls, this information
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needs to be filled out to the best of your knowledge. Include the names of the sires and the dates that the animal was exposed to these sires. The TLBAA membership numbers of the owners of these sires need to be included also. The registrations department will try to match up a member’s name with their membership number, to the best of their ability, but you are the best source for information about your cattle. For this process to move along smoothly, give as much correct and current information as possible. Membership Number of the Owner of the Dam Include the TLBAA membership number of the person who owns the dam of the transferred Longhorn.
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TLBAA Registration Department Policies: Registrations, for upcoming shows or sales, must be submitted to the TLBAA registration department at least one and a half months in advance to ensure registration before the anticipated show or sale. Registrations are processed in the date order they are received. Rush priority registrations and transfers are available at an extra charge of $10 per head of animal. Rushes are guaranteed a three-day turnaround. All transfer applications must be accompanied by the original registration certificate.
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Champion Genetics is located in Canton, Texas and provides a complete line of bovine reproductive services to clients.
In 2011, approximately 350 bulls were collected at Champion Genetics and the semen is evaluated and processed in their laboratory.
Breeding Essentials Champion Genetics Delivers
By Martha Hollida Garrett
Re-Print Courtesy of Southern Livestock Standard Champion Genetics brings a wide range of services and options to cattle breeders, coupled with decades of experience in bovine reproduction practices and a desire to deliver a high level of customer service. The company is owned and operated by Craig Barton and Bob Woodard and is headquartered in Canton, Texas. Their customer base covers a radius of approximately 300 miles and also includes custom deer semen collection. Their clientele is located primarily in the northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas and eastern Louisiana areas. Champion Genetics provides custom semen collection, storage and shipping services, embryo transfer, custom breeding services either on farm or at the facility, ultrasound services and carries a full line of breeding supplies. In addition, they conduct
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six AI schools a year. “COBA/Select Sires, which was located in Tyler announced that the custom semen collection and storage segment of their company was for sale and the closing of the Tyler office. Bob and I, who were both working for COBA at the time, decided to combine resources and buy the offering,” describes Barton. Champion Genetics opened its doors in October 2006 and for one year, used the existing COBA facility on the outskirts of Tyler. The company moved into the Canton office in November 2007. Champion is conveniently located to I-20, as it’s a half-mile south of the interstate on FM 17 and encompasses 60 acres. Champion opened in Canton with an office and bull barn, which at the time had
eight stalls for bull collection. The COBA land in Tyler was purchased for a housing subdivision, and they were allowed to take that barn apart and reconstructed it for a cow barn in 2008. “We knew we wanted to offer breeding services. We thought maybe we would do 30 females at the facility the first year, but we did close to 60 and that has continued to grow. Since we opened, we’ve added the laboratory, added to the cow barn and added on to the bull barn, which now has 30 stalls. At our present volume of business we are considering even more additions,” explains Barton. Champion also provides embryo transfer services and Dr. John Broadway is the staff embryologist. In 2011, Champion flushed right at 150 Texas Longhorn Trails
cows and is on track to do over 200 flushes this year. In addition, the firm has met all the requirements to export embryos. Custom AI is one of their most in demand services. They will AI right at 3,000 females in 2012, with one-third of those on farm. “We work with breeders and their schedules. We can do the synchronization for them, or we will teach them how to put the CIDRs in and when to give shots. We work with breeders of all sizes and we do a lot of 4-H and FFA show heifers. We spend a lot of time educating on the basics of how to get your cows bred,” says Barton. He adds that the majority of the cows they breed, arrive a trailer load, seven to eight head, at a time. They also do custom AI for a select number of commercial programs in the area and have the capabilities to do 300 head a day if needed. They work in all breeds, but they do a lot of AI and embryo work in the Longhorn breed and have the facilities to handle them. In addition, they also work in the bucking bull industry. “The bucking industry is really growing and is a substantial portion of our work. It attracts a lot of people, from kids to grandparents, who just buy and sell semen through the Internet and that results in a lot of semen sold and shipped in the rodeo industry,” says Barton. In 2011, Champion Genetics collected almost 350 bulls. They collect bulls on Mondays and Thursdays and many of their customers, bring their bulls in have them collected and take them home as the semen is for their own use or domestic. Other bulls are collected for domestic and foreign sales, which requires them to be at the facility for 60 days prior to collection. Champion Genetics is a Certified Semen Ser-vices (CSS) approved facility, so they can meet all the necessary protocols. They can ship semen anywhere in the world and handle all the health requirements for customers on overseas sales. “We ship a lot of semen to Australia, Canada and South American countries, plus we are seeing growing interest from China and Vietnam. We have sent as much as 15,000 units of semen on one bull to Argentina,” adds Barton. Champion currently has over one million straws of semen in storage. Many of their customers store their semen at the facility and pick up what they need for breeding season. Two other services they can provide are semen sexing and in vitro fertilization (IVF). “We don’t have the capabilities to do these November 2012
Craig Barton (l) and Bob Woodward (r) opened Champion Genetics in 2006.
Champion Genetics has the capacity to store over one million straws of semen.
two things at our facility, but we work with Sexing Technologies, Navasota, Texas if a customer wants to have semen sexed. We also work with Sexing Technologies and Trans Ova, Centerville, Texas for our customers who want IVF services,” he explains. Champion Genetics conducts six AI schools annually. They are held the 2nd weekend of September, October, November, February, March and April from Friday evening to Sunday noon. Gene Lowe, who was with COBA, is the lead instructor for the schools. Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 people, as their goal is to make it as practical as possible and for attendees to have lots of hands-on experience during the weekend school. In addition to complete bovine reproduction services, Champion is also heavily involved in deer semen collection. Deer semen is collected October-February with over 200
bucks collected last year. Ninety percent of the deer collected are in the Rio Grande Valley, Hill County, Laredo area, while there are a few farms in East Texas. The bucks have to be put to sleep, collected and then awakened, so it is all done on the farm. Woodard handles the deer collection. For Barton and Woodard, Champion Genetics is an extension of their collective professional careers. Both had worked for COBA for more than 25 years each in a number of different positions and their knowledge and experience has been welcomed by cattle breeders. Today 12 other employees join them to provide a full range of bovine and deer reproductive services. “We’ve grown each year in just about all phases of the business. We’ve been very pleased with how the industry has accepted us and how breeders have come to rely on Champion Genetics,” concludes Barton.
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TLBAA Breed Advisory Committee’s
November - Herd Management Guide Spring Calving: 1. As fall approaches and warm season grasses become dormant, realize that the protein and energy values of your pastures will decrease below levels necessary to satisfy nutritional requirements of pregnant females entering the last third of their pregnancy. Feed pregnant mature females to consume adequate energy, protein, minerals and vitamins prior to calving. If pasture grass is limited due to overgrazing or poor rainfall during the summer, then energy is your first concern. Feeding a medium (8-10 percent crude protein) to high quality (15-17 percent crude protein) hay free choice will provide an excellent source of energy for the females. If Photo courtesy of George Williams pasture grass is plentiful, but pounds of phosphorus and 36,000 international units of dormant and poor in quality, then protein is generally your first vitamin A per day. Make sure that your females are receiving concern. Assuming that your cows are in good body condition, adequate nutrition so that they will cycle at the first of the feeding low levels of a high crude protein supplement (32-40 breeding season. Feeding 3-4 pounds of a 40 percent CP percent crude protein) is your best alternative. If your cows are supplement, 4-6 pounds of a 30 percent CP supplement or 6-8 thin in body condition, then feeding higher levels of a low crude pounds of a 20 percent CP supplement per head per day should protein, high energy range cube (20 percent crude protein) will be adequate to meet most protein and energy needs. Choice of provide increased intake of vital nutrients. If winter pasture or appropriate supplement (20 percent CP, 30 percent CP or 40 cool season variety grasses are available, then the females should percent CP) should be based upon cheapest source of protein. not need additional energy or protein supplementation. A source Price per pound of protein may be determined by dividing the of salt as well as a good commercial calcium:phosphorus mineral cost per pound of protein supplement by the percentage of crude mix with added Vitamin A should be available on a free choice protein in the supplement. A source of salt as well as a good basis. commercial calcium:phosphorus mineral mix with added 2. Evaluate the growth of your bred heifers. The goal should be Vitamin A should be available on a free choice basis. If your cows to have your bred heifers weigh 85 percent of their mature are thin in body condition, then feeding supplemental hay plus weight, including the weight of the fetus, prior to calving at 23higher levels of a low crude protein, high energy range cube (20 25 months of age. Because of this threshold weight, bred heifers percent crude protein) will provide increased intake of vital should be fed to gain a minimum of one pound per day. nutrients. Young, lactating females have 20-25 percent greater 3. Consider controlling internal and external parasites. Treating supplemental needs than mature cows. internal parasites as well as lice infestations are important 2. Provide supplemental feed for bulls grazing dry, dormant management decisions. range grass according to age and condition of the bulls: (a) feed mature bulls 3-4 pounds of a 40 percent crude protein range cube daily; (b) feed young bulls 8-10 pounds of a high energy, 20 percent crude protein cattle cube daily, and (c) supplement additional feed as necessary to keep bulls in good body condition as breeding season approaches. 3. If not already completed, conduct breeding soundness exams and fertility checks on all bulls prior to the breeding season. 4. Typically first calving females require 20 to 30 days longer to return to estrus or heat after calving than mature cows. As a result, begin breeding your replacement heifers 20 to 30 days before the rest of the cow herd. This management practice will Fall Calving: allow the first-calf heifers additional time to return to estrus so 1. Continue the feeding program begun in October. The that they can be bred following calving next year with the nutrient requirements for energy, protein, minerals and vitamins remainder of the cow herd. of lactating females increase substantially. During the first 3-4 5. Consider controlling internal and external parasites. Treating months of lactation, a 1000 pound cow with average milking internal parasites as well as lice infestations are important ability (producing 10 pounds of milk daily) requires 11.5 management decisions. pounds of energy, 2 lbs. of protein, 0.06 pounds of calcium, 0.05
Feed pregnant mature females to consume adequate energy, protein, minerals and vitamins prior to calving, especially if grazing is limited.
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Join Us! We’re Growing Fast! a small group of concerned cattlemen banded together to preserve the unique heritage of Texas Longhorn cattle. With this goal, they established the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America (TLBAA) to maintain the breed registry and to promote the magnificent breed to as many persons as possible.
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the purposes of the TLBAA remain the same. In addition, the Association has expanded its membership services as the number of Texas Longhorn enthusiasts has increased to an all-time high.
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Monthly Movers & shAkers
Registrations and Transfers from September 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012
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Division C (cont.)
Sand Hills Ranch Kathy Kittler Ron A. Walker Sidewinder Cattle Co. LLC Brian and Mary Stahl Ed and Becky Dingledine Jody Shaw Terry R. Moore Larry and Charlotte Gribbins Stringer Ranches Ronnie and Stella Cruce Hector E. Santana Panther Creek Ranch Allen S. Brantley Billy Holder George and Laureen Gennin Janet E. Fowler Scott Hughes Mark and Tina Stewart Thomas Markert Tom A. Smith Aaron Adkins Bill Froehlich Bruce and Carol Curtiss Calvin Deemer Kasar & Lisa Kety Lone Pine Acres Mark Hubbell Mozella Acres Paul & Judith Sellers Ray & Donnah Stavig Shawn & Cathy Norton Three 'T' Ranch Westfarms, Inc. William Wick
Ben Liska H & L Ranch Michael McLeod Michele Reed Rocking 'O' Ranch Kimberly Lee Parker Brent & Cynthia Bolen David Stanley Dick and Cheryl Curry Don & Velna Jackson Red McCombs Ranches of Texas Billy Thompson & Gary Jenkins LNL Longhorns Steven Zunker Terry and Sherri Adcock Triple R Ranch Don & Rhonda Poe Johnnie & Pat Robinson Anchor T Ranch Cody M. Himmelreich Guthrie Creek Longhorn Cattle John Oliver Rocking G Ranch Ron & Kevin Asbill Shannon Larson Suzanne & William H. Torkildsen, M.D. El Coyote Ranch Gwen Damato Billy Sheridan Brennan L. Potts Cactus Rose Longhorns Diamond D Ranch Donnie Taylor Doug and Sandy Stotts Gary and Carolyn Huebner Hickman Longhorns Inc Johnnie L. Goff Kelly or Chrisann Merriman Lakeside Partners, L.P Malcolm & Constance Goodman Matt Hill Megan Ekstrom Melvin & Alice French Scott & Pam Evans Star Creek Ranch Struthoff Ranch TC Hudson Longhorns Tommy Mulhollan Wesley & Patti Freise
Blake Dwoskin Don & Andrea Bordelon Dr. Zech Dameron III Haston A. Magnuson Allen and Rhonda Gilbreath Austin and Susan Young Bill & Molly Crozier Bo & Jo Ann Winkel Charles Riddle Charlotte & Ron Hamilton Circle Double C Ranch David Vizza Dr. Gene and Lana Hightower George and Cindy Dennis Greg And Sandy Jameson Heather Hughes James K. Turner J Dub2 Ranch Jim & Bethany Rosebrock Joe Cunningham Joe Tucker J.T. Wehring Kenn & Robbin Swann Kris Michalke Peterek Lazy JP Ranch Lloyd (Speedy) La Fond Loyd & Bettie Gibbs Matthew J. Durkin Mike Taylor Pat & Stan Ivicic Raymond Taggart Rick & Janis Brooks Rockin 4 B Ron & Barbara Marquess Steve and Rene' Azinger Vernon G. & Janis M. Webb
Randy or Mary Kumpost RC Larson Longhorns Big Valley Longhorns Ray or Virginia Walker Alexandra Dees Ronald Anderson Shawn R & Teresa Kroll David & Kimberly Nikodym J Bar J Longhorns, LLC Joel and Tamara Kuntz Joseph Sedlacek Kent & Sandy Harrell RND Longhorns Warren and Cathy Dorathy Bill and Jo Le'AN Daniel & Angelina Fey Buckhorn Cattle Company Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller Gary & Lisa Baugher Gene and Delma Murphy Jim Hutchinson Lucinda K. Christian Randy and Marsha Witte Ricky Von & Jacquelyn J. Nutt Ron & Jo Jones W.R. Van Gundy Wulfco Ranch Brett or Darcy De Lapp Gregg or Sandra Lynn Sherwood Oren & Dianna O'Dell Two Heart Bar Ranch Vel and Warren Miller Art Anders Billy & Audrey Doolittle Brink Longhorns Broken Wagon Cattle Co., LLC C A Longhorns Carole Muchmore Chris Bandley Dan & Deanna Stoltz Joe Muse Jon & Kathy Barry Mike & Debbie Bowman Mike Lutt Mike McClanahan Safari B Ranch Semkin Longhorns Sunnybrook Cattle Company Woodson School Ranch
Division B Justin Alonzo Peeler Lindauer Longhorn Company Trigg & Traci Moore John & Ursula Allen Rio Vista Ranch Rick Friedrich Elias F. Hal Meyer, Jr. John & Diann Chase Jim and Jean Murray Bow Carpenter John R. Randolph Russell E. Fairchild
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Division C Joseph M. Graham Kenneth J. & Valerie J. Webb Sagacorn Longhorns Searle Ranch Bill and Connie Courtney Doug Hunt Ronald E. Hatman Pace Cattle Company Audrey L. Walleser Ben and Ilse Myren Del Vic Farms
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BREEDERS GUIDE ARKANSAS
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TO MARKET, TO MARKET: These days, the health conscious consumer is looking for the best deal on beef. Major grocery chains like Central Market and The Whole Foods Market are selling highly nutritious lean beef, with labels that contain an assortment of “buzz” words that could have you scratching your head. The USDA follows a strict set of nutritional guidelines that allow meat producers to place labels on their packaging with phrases like: “Free Range”, “Grass-Fed only”, or “No Supplemental Hormones Used”. The labels are filed according to the U.S. Standards for Livestock and Meat Marketing Claims. If you are a Longhorn breeder who is looking to move your livestock into the health food market, here are a few standards used by the USDA to help define their regulations.
Raising your cattle by USDA Grass-Fed Standards
Grass-Fed vs. Grain-Fed Diet affects how much fat an animal will deposit. Since grass and hay is much less energy dense than grain: Grass-fed beef is normally leaner, both externally and within the muscle (marbling) and has less saturated fat and cholesterol, resulting in a more heat-healthy product than commodity grainfed beef.
However, if animals are fed the same feedstuffs, (i.e. Organic corn vs. commodity corn) those products will not be different relative to fat content.
For a complete list of regulations and claims for Grass-fed cattle, please visit the USDA’s Web site at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/stand/GrassFed101607.pdf.
The following was prepared by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences division: The USDA requires honest labeling and advertising. Meat products from USDA Organically raised, “naturally raised,” or “grass-fed” animals were definitely raised differently than products from regular animals. Additionally, USDA Organic meat products were definitely processed independent of non-organic products. Defining Grass-Fed: The Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) division of USDA released the established standard to market meat from “grass-fed” livestock on October 16, 2007. This new directive is now used by AMS personnel as the definition producers and processors must adhere to for “grass-fed” as a Process Verified Procedure. What does the Finalized USDA Standard State? The new standard states that in order to sell products as “grass-fed,” post-weaning ruminant animals must be fed only: Forage from pasture OR Harvested Forage The new standard also specifies that all animals whose products are marketed as “grass-fed” must have continuous access to pasture during the growing season. Additionally, if animals accidentally consumed grain or were supplemented grain during harsh weather conditions to maintain their well being, the amount and frequency of grain supplementation must be documented explicitly. November 2012
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CLassiFieDs AUCTIONEERS
THATE Cattle Company Auctioneer Weatherford, TX
Your source for big-horned cattle in the North—utilizing the right bloodlines to produce the horn. Fairmont, Minnesota
(817) 991-9979
(507) 235-3467
Bruce E. McCarty
LONE WOLF RANCH
Terry H. Brink Auctioneer P.O. Box 928 Frederick, OK 73542 580-335-5732 580-335-4126 Mbl. e-mail: brinkauction@pldi.net www.brinkauction.com
JoelAuctioneer Lemley P.O. Box 471 Blackwell, TX 79506
325-668-3552
www.lemleyauctionservices.com TX. License 15204
Dr. Lee and Linda Ragains
New Location: Sallisaw, OK (918) 774-9107 • (918) 855-4907 new web site:
www.lonewolfranch.net
It’s Thanksgiving Time at the Flying D Ranch! ❖ Thanks to the good Lord for providing pastures and an outstanding calf crop. ❖ Thanks to our Longhorn friends who helped us in so many ways this year. ❖ Thanks to new and old breeders who chose our cattle for their herds. ❖ Thanks most of all for letting us live in America where we are all free to love God and have the right to be the best we can be. The Longhorn life just gets better!! Call or visit. We have outstanding bulls, cows, heifers and steers at reasonable prices.
Dorie Damuth • Flying D Longhorn Ranch Magnolia, Texas • 281-356-8167 281-356-2751 Fax www.damuthflyingdranch.com • dorie27@sbcglobal.net
REAL ESTATE
HOME & RANCH REALITY TRIGG MOORE
CATTLE FOR SALE At SAND HILLS RANCH we enjoy working with NEW BREEDERS & offer QUALITY GOOD HORNED STRAIGHT BUTLER & BLEND cattle, many to choose from & an attractive OWNER FINANCE PKG, Dora Thompson (318) 8726329 echoofambush@aol.com Mansfield, LA www.sandhillsranch.com Located near the Texas Line & Shreveport.
ELITE TEXAS LONGHORNS FOR SALE- Dale Hunt - www.rockinhlonghorns.com. JBR LONGHORNS- frozen embryos, AI & ET, semen, elite females, miniatures, lean beef, free advice, call before you buy. Jim Rombeck (785) 562-6665, Justin Rombeck (816) 536-1083. BEAVER CREEK LONGHORNS- Check our new Web site with "Super Sales" and herdreduction prices. Tazman (Gunman) genetics. Carole Muchmore, Ponca City, OK (580) 7659961, www.beavercreeklonghorns.com W W W. C AT T L E C A L L R A N C H . C O M Registered cows bred to 72” TTT brindle Wyoming Warpaint son. Package pricing. (580) 364-6592. Belinda.
OLIVER LONGHORNS
www.oliverlonghorns.com Cattle for sale “To God Be The Glory”
joliver@mytocn.com (972) 268-0083
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Ofc: (254) 965-5500 Fax: (254) 965-5532 Cell: (254) 396-5592
936 S. Hwy 281 Stephenville, TX 76401 Email: trigg@c21homeandranch.com
www.c21homeandranch.com
TRADE & BARTER TRADE YOUR LONGHORNS – We’ll take your bulls and steers in trade for cows, heifers, pairs, herd sires or semen from breeds’ top quality bulls. Stonewall Valley Ranch, Fredericksburg, TX. Days (512) 454-0476 / Weekends (830) 644-2380.
TRANSPORTATION HAULING - Anywhere-Anytime We specialize in Longhorns. Dan Tisdale (940) 872-1811 Mobile: 940/841-2619
LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION Ted Roush (713) 299-7990 Cell www.asocl.com or troush57@yahoo.com YOU CALL - I HAUL! WESTERN DECOR Specializing in mounted steer horns, cow skulls, horn furniture, hides M.P. & K.D. HORN and LEATHER SHOP 408 E. Drew • Ft. Worth, TX 76110 817-927-8061 • Fax: 817-927-7970 E-mail: MPKDhornshop8061@msn.com Web site: www.hornandleather.com
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Adcock, Terry & Sherri ..................52 Almendra Longhorns....................50 Anderson, Frank Jr. and III ............9 Autobahnanza ................................11
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B Bar H Ranch ....................................50 Beadle Land & Cattle ................8, 50 Billingsley Longhorns....................51 Blue Moon Farm............................13 Box Z Ranch................................8, 52 Brett Ranch ......................................51 BT Farms ..........................................51 Buckhorn Cattle Co. ................8, 50 Bull Creek Longhorns ..............7, 51 Butler Breeders ..............................8-9
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M Marquess Arrow Ranch........51, IBC
MCA Ranch....................................8-9 McLeod Ranch ..................................8 Miller, Tim ......................................50 Moriah Farms..............................9, 51 Morris, Ken ......................................10
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Northbrook Cattle Co...................51 Norwood, David ..........................38 No-Bull ............................................49
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P&C Cattle Pens ............................38 Panther Creek Longhorns....2-3, 50 Pearl Longhorn Ranch ..................52 PJ’s Cattle Company........................8 Premier Heifer & Prime Cow SaleIFC
Deer Creek Longhorns..................52 Diamond Q Longhorns................51 Dick’s Ranch Supply......................49 Double LB Longhorns ..................52
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E&L Texas Longhorn Farm ..........12 Eagles Ridge Longhorns..................8 El Coyote Ranch ........................1, 51 End of Trail Ranch ........................50 Everyday Minerals..........................17
Rio Vista Ranch ................................8 Rocking G Ranch..............................9 Rocking I Longhorns ................9, 52 Rocking P Longhorns ......................8 Running Arrow Farm ....................49
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7 Bar Longhorns ............................51 Safari B Ranch ................................50 Sand Hills Ranch ....................26, 39 Semkin Longhorns ........................51 Sidewinder Cattle Co.......................9 Smith, T.M. & Jean ........................51 Smith, Tom......................................10 SS Longhorns ..................................51 Star Creek Ranch ..............................7 Stotts Hideaway Ranch..........52, BC
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TLBA Foundation ..........................33 TLBAA Membership......................47 Triple R Ranch (MI) ......................50 Triple R Ranch (TX)..........................9 Triple T Longhorns ........................51 T Spur Longhorns ..........................50
C.C. Land & Cattle Co. ................50 CedarView Ranch ..........................50 Champion Genetics ......................49 Commanders Place Longhorns..50 Crossed T’s Cattle Company ......39
D Dalgood Longhorns ........................9
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Flying Diamond Ranch ................50 Flying H Longhorns ......................51 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo..53
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Lemley Longhorns ........................52 Lightning Longhorns ....................51 Little Ace Cattle Co...........................8 Lone Wolf Ranch ....................13, 50 Longhorn Designs..........................38 Longhorn Sale Pen ........................38
Harrell Ranch ....................................8 Hearn, Nelson ................................10 Helm Cattle Co...............................51 Hickman Longhorns ....................51 Hodges, Dave..................................49 Hubbell Longhorns ......................10 Hughes, Scott ..................................10 Husky Branding Irons ..................49 J.T. Wehring Family Ranch............51 Jack Mountain Ranch....................52 Jane’s Land & Cattle Co. ................9 Jespersen, Jeff ..................................10 Johnston Longhorns......................50 Kittler Land & Cattle Co...........10, 50 November 2012
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october PHoto First-Place Winner: “Dang, I wish they would stop spending all their money on bulls and buy a bird dog… I hate being a pointer!” Julie Humphries, corsicana, tX ◆ Honorable Mention: "Wow… up and running!!"
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NOVEMBER 2012 NOV 10 • STLA Fall Field Day (Breed Characteristics & Judging Clinic), Blinn College Ag Sciences Department, Brenham, TX. 9 AM-4 PM. Lunch provided. Instructors: Doug Pierce & Lana Hightower. Suzanne Perry (512) 263-5313 or suzannep@austin.rr.com or www.stla.org. NOV 16-18 • Kaufman Police Association Longhorn Show, S&S Arena, Terrell, TX. Joel Norris (972) 533-4945 or (972) 932-3648. Qualifying Haltered, Free and Youth. NOV 17 • Annual Texas Longhorn Fall Production & Consignment Sale, Oyen Crossroads Centre, Oyen, Alberta. Ron Walker (403) 548-6684 or walkersu7texaslonghorns@gmail.com. NOV 17 • Butler Breeders Field Day & Annual Meeting, Folsom, LA. Matt Westmoreland (985) 515-3172. NOV 18 • Tri State Longhorn Sale, Crawford, NE. Art & Haley Anders (308) 665-2457. NOV 30-DEC 2 • Holiday Longhorn Extravaganza, Wise County Sheriff’s Posse Grounds, Decatur, TX. Tina Cook (940) 3997993. Qualifying Haltered and Youth.
DECEMBER 2012 DEC 7-8 • Winter Festival, Edna, TX. Two youth shows (one points only) Merrilou Russell-mrcactusgirl13@gmail.com or (361) 781-4221. Qualifying Haltered, Free and Youth. DEC 10-13 • El Coyote’s 2nd Anuual Christmas Celebration Online Sale. www.elcoyote.com or (361) 294-5462
JANUARY 2013 JAN 18 • TLBAA Board Of Directors Meeting, 7:30 PM, Radisson Hotel Fossil Creek, Fort Worth, TX; Pam Galloway (817) 625-6241 or pam.galloway@tlbaa.org. JAN 18 • TLBAA Affiliate Presidents Meeting, 8:00 AM, Radisson Hotel Fossil Creek, Fort Worth, TX; Pam Galloway (817) 625-6241 or pam.galloway@tlbaa.org. JAN 18 • TLBAA Annual General Membership Meeting, 10:00 AM, Radisson Hotel Fossil Creek, Fort Worth, TX; Pam Galloway (817) 625-6241 or pam.galloway@tlbaa.org. JAN 19 • Texas Longhorn Premier Heifer & Prime Cow Sale, West Arena, Fort Worth, TX. Pam Galloway (817) 625-6241 or pam@tlbaa.org. JAN 21-22 • Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Fort Worth, TX. Trigg & Traci Moore-(254) 796-4269 or (254) 396-5592 traci@triple-t-longhorns.com or trigg@triple-t-longhorns.com. Qualifying Haltered and Youth.
Coming Events MARCH 2013 MAR 16 • Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo, Austin, Texas. Louis Christa (210) 863-7003 or lchri58@msn.com. Qualifying Haltered, ` Free and Youth. MAR 22-24 • Stillwater Shootout, Stillwater, OK. Steve & Bodie Quary (405) 567-3093 or diamondqlonghorns@yahoo.com. Qualifying Haltered, Free and Youth. MAR 30 • B&C Show Me Longhorn Spring Sale, Brookfield Livestock Auctions, Inc., Bus. Hwy. 36, Brookfield, MO. Sayre Auction & Sale Management, Bill Sayre (660) 258-2973 or cell (660) 7340827 or Shawn (660) 734-8782.
APRIL 2013 APR 5-7 • Rockdale Spring Show, Rockdale, TX. Chair: Sandi Nordhausen (512) 898-2401, sandi@nordy.com. Co-chair: Louis Christa (210) 863-7003, boxzranch@msn.com. Qualifying Haltered and Youth. APR 12-14 • TLBGCA Spring Show, Washington County Fairgrounds, Brenham, Texas. Susan Young - susanbyoung@hotmail.com or (713) 294-6334. Qualifying Haltered, Free and Youth. APR 13 • Red River Longhorn Sale, Red River Sale Barn, Overbrook, OK. Rick Friedrich-rick@riverranchlonghorns.com or (713) 305-0259. APR 27 • Midwest Longhorn Sale, Winfield, KS. Mike Bowman (316) 778-1717 or www.endoftrailranch.com.
MAY 2013 MAY 3-4 • Red McCombs Fiesta Sale and Premier Heifer Sale, Johnson City, TX. www.redmccombslonghorn.com. Alan & Teresa Sparger, alan@redmccombsranches.com, teresa@redmccombsranches.com, (210) 445-8798. MAY 11 • Cattle Baron’s Premier Longhorn Sale, Mid-Tex Livestock Auction, Navasota, TX. Rick Friedrich (713) 305-0259 or rick@riverranchlonghorns.com. MAY 17-18 • Millennium Futurity, Glen Rose, TX; Bill Davidson (405) 258-7117 or mlflonghorns@sbcglobal.net. www.mlfuturity.com
FEBRUARY 2013 FEB 9 • Hired Hand Huddle, Tarrant County Community College, Fort Worth, TX. Molly Clubb, www.mococreative.com, (319) 269-8903, mococreative@gmail.com. FEB 9 • San Antonio Livestock Show, San Antonio, TX. Annie Morgan (210) 885-8653 or annieoakley64@aol.com. Qualifying Free and Youth. FEB 22-24 • San Angelo Stock Show, San Angelo, TX. Dennis Urbantke (325) 656-9321 or dennis urbantke@zipnet.us. Qualifying Haltered, Free and Youth.
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