2006 has been a good year and sale time is approaching. MC RANGER 9615 has achieved trait leading status for REA, IMF, SCROTAL and MILK. He has maintained breed average BW and YW of 70. He has been used extensively in the US and now also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He is a FIVE STAR TENDERNESS (Bovigen DNA analysis) sire and remains the top carcass sire tested in the AHA sire reference program for tenderness. His daughters are productive, big capacity, pigmented females that have worked very well in our program. We are very pleased with the industry wide acceptance of his genetics and wish to thank those of you who have considered using him.

Our breeding for 3006 and 2007 calves has utilized sons of RU Boulder 57G and Remitall Embracer 8E for udder quality, milk and total performance. Most of the birth weights are acceptable from these sources.

Total maternal value and udder quality will be influenced by Victor bloodlines from PW Beau Victor 424, OR Dom 549, RHF Victor F18 J3 and F18 K47. Also PW X101 Victor 7024 and Anhinga Vic 549.

Sources of added carcass value include top marbling genetics originating in the Felton program. Specific sires include Felton Break Through 684, Felton Legend 242, and Ellis Farms Frank. These sires should provide overall trait balance with calving ease as well as carcass value. 

Added REA has come from Embracer 8E, RU Duster 60D and Online. These source sources should complement our MC Ranger 9615 genetic base.

Our most recent focus has been increased efficiency of forage conversion. We expect to get added total performance from Plato bloodlines originating in the Trask program as well as from several New Zealand bred sires. The females behind these sires are really special and will add maternal value and moderate BW.

Our current pasture bulls include sons of Embracer 8E, Oxley 8020, Online, MC Ranger 9615. The Trask influenced sires will be introduced for 2007 breeding season. Our new Online son (KEB OSCAR) is out of a productive Louisville Cow-Calf Champion female.

2006 heifers include daughters of MC Ranger 9615, several sons of RU Boulder 57G, our polled Oxley 8020 son (out of our D10 donor by GK Excello and Serenade 133T), 397 (full brother to WSF Leading Answer and WSF Onstar by Online). In addition there are daughters of Felton Legend 242, Trail Boss, Maddox 4L, Kairuru Aberdeen, UPS Odyssey, P606, Grandview Ribeye, 8006, Keymaster and 9126J. Some of the sale cows will have GHC Never Look Back (a low BW full brother to GHC Moose) heifers at side.

2006 bull calves reflect similar matings. We do have one Cowtown 60M bull out of a Ranger daughter. There are several Ranger bull calves out of our 9613 Donor Cow. Several of the 8020 bred bulls are standouts. The 397 calves are very complete.

Look for our Oct. 2, 2006 sale to be held at WSF at Blackfoot, Idaho, with WSF and Heritage. The sale will follow a week of great events in Montana (Hereford Tour out of Great Falls), Wyoming (NJW sale) and Idaho (Split Butte Sale).

Our sale offerings will include daughters and granddaughters of MC Ranger 9615 with heifer calves at side. Some Victor influence females sell and an Embracer 8E daughter sells. All females will have heifer calves at side. We like the Boulder 57G and Oxley 8020 granddaughters. Perhaps that is because the Boulder son (73P) is out of the great Denver Champion NJW 120J and the 8020 son (P483) is out of D10 by GK Excello.

Sale features will include P488 by 8E and out of D10 with a 73P heifer calf. Another great female is N384 tracing to PW X101 Victor 7024 and some of the best females we have had in our program. He heifer calf is by P483.

We will sell one Aberdeen heifer and one UPS Odyssey heifer from our ET Program.

There will be several embryo lots from favorite matings including embryos from N315, a Ranger daughter with outstanding quality and history of embryo export to New Zealand.

Plan ahead for a visit to cow country and our Oct. 2, 2006 sale.

The photos below will provide a view of some of our cattle.

2003 calves are sired by these bulls

Cows in Production (click a name to see a picture):

9818: Traces back to Braxton Giant 1 and U81.
9416: F243, 107H, F18K47
3143: 137W; Herd bull producer
9613: Giant 1; Vindicator; Donor
9313: 2105, 15G, 107H, F18K47; Donor

MC Ranger Heifer Calves (click to see a picture):

L106, L103, M202, M209

MC Ranger Bred Heifers (click to see a larger picture):

MC Ranger Daughters in Production (click to see a larger picture):

Polled King Ten Bull Calves (click to see a picture):

N330
N352
N359
N361

Two-Year-Old Bulls:

Other Calves:

Pairs coming in to the corral, October 2002:

Windrows & hay bales, June 2003:

Read on to learn about McMurry Cattle's herd sires...