JUSTIN MATEJKA GENERAL MANAGER, CAVENDER RANCHES

Justin Matejka is the General Manager of Cavender Ranches, a position he has held for six years. He was operations manager for Cavender Ranches for the previous ten years and the manager of Neches River Ranch prior to that.

Justin has spent a lifetime in the commercial cattle industry gaining experience at each stop along the way from livestock auction markets to a stint in the dairy industry to heifer development and marketing beginning in 1998.

He currently oversees commercial and Charolais cattle on Neches River Ranch and several other owned and leased ranches, as well as the registered Brangus herd at New

Summerfield where he is assisted by cattle manager Dustin Kennedy. In addition to the breeding and production of the commercial cattle, Justin oversees the development of the commercial replacement females marketed twice annually at the Cavender Spring and Fall production sales.

Like the commitment to artificial insemination in the registered program, the majority of the commercial heifers marketed are AI’d to calving ease Cavender herd sires and marketed as value added females.

“I enjoy what I do here at Cavender Ranches in the production of seedstock and particularly enjoy the ongoing relationships with long-time customers as well as meeting and making new acquaintances,” says Justin.

NOVEMBER 17-18, 2023 || JACKSONVILLE, TX

A TRADITION OF QUALITY

At Cavender Ranches, we’ve been involved in the Brangus breed for over 30 years and made a commitment to start feeding all of our cattle 25 years ago. We are both a seedstock producer and a consumer of our own genetics.