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YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE

Sire: MC RANGER 9615      BW 4.2/85   WW 43/79   YW 77/78   MM 22/66   M&G 44
This Wrangler 832W son is siring low birth weight (avg. 80 lbs.) commercial calves with very high marbling and powerful weaning to slaughter growth in the National Sire Reference Carcass American Hereford Testing Program. He is rated at 5 stars for tenderness by GeneSTAR. His mature rib eye is 24 inches and his weight at birth 78 lbs. actual and 2,800 lbs. at maturity. His dam is the incomparable SBF Royal Gypsy.
 
Carcass Evaluation
Against 491 Hereford contemporaries and 44 Hereford sires in the American Hereford Association 2003 Reference Sire feedlot and carcass testing program, the 46 progeny of MC Ranger 9615 ranked as follows:
Hot Carcass Weight Ratio: 104%
Rib Eye Area Ratio: 102.1%
Intermuscular Fat (IMF or Marbling): 112.6%

Especially strong marbling genetics were found in polled King Ten "J2" calves out of Ranger 9615 daughters.

 

Ranger Carcass Evaluation
2003 National Reference Sire feedlot & carcass testing program

# of Head in Contemporary # of
Hereford Sires
# of MC Ranger
9615 Steers
Hot Carcass
Wt. Ratio
REA
Ratio
Marbling
Ratio
56 6 9 102.4 99.7 105.3
22 4 6 103.8 99.6 109.8
39 8 5 105.5 106.3 135.1
153 11 10 106.8 104.0 108.7
187 11 9 101.1 99.8 113.7
34 4 7 103.7 105.4 112.4
  

The October 2, 2006 sale with Wooden Shoe Farms and Heritage is not far off.

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This sale excites me because I would be happy to retain any or all of the females for our own breeding program. We are sharing our best. Our program has focused on maternal value with a close eye on carcass quality, added capacity, performance and forage efficiency. We like to raise the kind of cattle that are easy to keep and easy to view. Long term persistence with carcass data has rewarded us with a carcass proven bull, MC Ranger 9615, now also a very valuable maternal sire. We invite your inquiries. Some of the animals in the sale can be seen below.

Herd bulls in the pasture for 2006 include MC LJ Madison P485, MC Embracer P486, MC 8020 Klondike Dom P483, Montana Ranger M224 and KEB Oscar Online 122LP. See the Herd Sires page for more information on these bulls. AI sire for sale cattle include MC Ranger 9615 for non-Ranger females and Trail Boss for Ranger-bred females. Several sale feature females are bred to Sellman Ranch Hard Rock.

MC Ranger 9615 daughters


N388: First calf heifer out of Dunwalke A50 (dam of Joy Boy). Her heifer calf is by GHC Never Look Back.

P469: First calf 9615 out of a lineage of our best females. Heifer calf is by Feltons Legend 242.

P462: First calf 9615 two year old out of L110's dam. Heifer calf by Feltons Legend 242.


N315: 9615 three year old donor cow. Embryos for the sale. N315 will be displayed on the Montana Hereford tour in Sept.
   

L110 daughters

Our udder specialist producing the right kind of daughters. L110 is a home raised PW x 101 Victor 7024 son out of a Dynasty 37U daughter. His dam, grandam and great-grandam remain in our herd. We lost L110 due to injury.


N384: Three year old sale feature with heifer calf S669 by P483. AI service to Sellman Ranch Hard Rock.

S669: Sired by P483, a polled Oxley 8020 son out of the D10 donor cow. D10 is a GK Excello daughter out of GK Serenade 113T.

N386: Out of a Braxton Giant 1 daughter. Her heifer calf is by 73P. 73P is a sale feature sire and is a RU Boulder 57G out of 120J, the Denver cow/calf champion female by Duster 60D.
 

Other Sale Females


L149: Wishbone bred female with 397 heifer calf at side. 397 is an Online son and full sibling to WSF Leading Answer and WSF Onstar.

N371: Online daughter out of donor cow and DOD 9613. 9613 traces to Giant 1, a litany of great Dunwalke females and FPP Vindi Kate 29K.

N371 with heifer calf S618.

S618: This is the 73P heifer calf at side to N371. Juniors take notice.

M229: A double F18 J3 bred female out of our K014 Ranger donor cow. The heifer calf, S602, at side is by Trail Boss.

Heifer calf S602.

N307: An own daughter of the fabled HRP CES Victor 44B. Her heifer calf, S612, is one of the good 73P heifers.

S612: One of the good 73P heifers.

L122: This young female is a natural daughter of 9520, our F243 donor cow. The pedigree carries F243, 2105, 15G, 107H, F18K47 on the dam side and her sire, 9913, traces to some fabulous females including 283Z, Klondike 252, Coppertone Sara, SBF Gypsy, GS Domestic Lass 63. Great females, great udders, great production. One of a kind. Heifer calf by 397. Juniors take note.

P488: A sale feature female. Sired by Embracer 8E and out of D10. Full sibling to herd bulls, P486 and P485, and to donor female, P433. Heifer calf by 73P.

S654: ET heifer calf by Kairuru Aberdeen and out of Embracer 8E daughter, P433.
 

 


McMurry Cattle • Fred, Doreen and Rebecca McMurry
Squaw Creek Ranch • 20 Miles East of Billings, Montana
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