50 FANCY COMMERCIAL HEIFERS

On offer are three runs of commercial heifers that we are really excited to add to the lineup. These heifers will sell in the same format as the bulls on SmartAuctions. They are ready to breed this spring; if the new owner chooses, they can be left at Waukaru to be synchronized and artificially inseminated. For $150 per month, Waukaru will cover all feed, drug, and labor costs and provide semen on any heifer safe sires in the Waukaru bull battery.

Group A is from Dave Mooney of Lebanon, MO. They are born October through November of 2021, so they have an age advantage over the other cattle. This group of black females are Angus sired out of Shorthorn/Hereford dams. Dave Mooney is discerning and thorough when selecting bulls of any breed. Angus sons of Cowboy Up, Discovery and Predestined sired the females from Shorthorn dams from sons of Coppertop 464, Orion 2047, Calgary and IMF. The Hereford genetics have all been Line 1 cattle from Oleen Brothers of Kansas. Due to the drought in much of the US last summer and fall, these heifers became available. Though green, when they arrived here at Waukaru, it took no time for them to utilize our existing fescue, crop residues and plant by-products to really take off. This group numbers 20 head.

Group B is from Sproul Livestock in northwest Oklahoma at Isabella. These cattle were born and developed on land that has been in the family since the Land Run of 1893. Sproul Livestock is a commercial cow-calf operation focused on developing high quality replacement females and market topping steer calves. The cow herd is comprised of moderate sized, Red Angus and Red Angus x Shorthorn females who offer plenty of capacity and depth of body. The red sandhills of Major County require cattle to be sound, while the limited rainfall and feed resources demand efficiency. The Waukaru bull genetics utilized have proven to compliment Sproul’s program by maximizing both the maternal and growth characteristics necessary for a profitable operation. This group of 12 heifers are sired by sons of Thermal Energy and Prime Time Teddy.

Group C is a run of 15 heifers from our neighbor, Randy Bulington of Monon, IN. Randy started buying Waukaru bulls over 20 years ago. He has converted his Angus and Hereford based cowherd to Shorthorn by keeping back the best Shorthorn sired daughters. Currently, Randy is using a Prime Time Teddy grandson and it has really worked. The Bulington cowherd summers on mixed fescue pasture on droughty sand and a bit of reeds canary grass in some wet areas. Often the cattle will be supplemented with plant by-products to get to the available cornstalk and rye winter grazing ground.

For videos and more information on the heifers, visit www.waukaru.net.