A&T Cattle Co. virtual tour

[aandtcattle]

Howdy folks!
After a long hiatus, I'm back! The operation has changed some in the last couple years. 2012 was just plain bad. We had dang little rain, 45 days straight of 100+ degree temps and lost over 2000 acres in a major fire. Made it through it though and after 30 days of rehab that fall, I came home better than ever! Lol. We thinned the herd in the spring of 2013 due to things still being extremely dry and sent a potload of registered pairs to JT Moreland Farms in Ohio. It began raining in June of 2013 and herd rebuilding began. We calved over 350 cows this year primarily in April, few in May. About 70 registered Shorthorn cows, 180 Angus and 100 commercial Angus and various crossbred cows. We have changed our breeding program to where only the very best purebred females get bred for purebred calves. Most of the Shorthorn cows are being mated to Leachman red Stabilizers and a few to Leachman Red Angus. Half the Angus cows are being bred Shorthorn and Black Stabilizer. And it just depends on breed composition as to what the crossbred cows get bred to. Generally, Stabilizer sired get bred Shorthorn, Shorthorn sired get Stabilizer or Angus and Angus sired gets Stabilizer or Shorthorn.
Here's a few calves:

 

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HXC CANNONBALL 2200Z, out of a Angus x Shorthorn x Hereford cow.

 

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LEACHMAN CADILLAC, out of a two year old purebred Shorthorn by GS&J Captain Rob 3X.

 

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A&T OPTIMUS PRIME 1112, out of a Hooks Trinity 9T daughter. This calf would be 5/8 Shorthorn, 3/16 Sim, 3/16 Angus. A very typical breed percentage in our current program.

 

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OPTIMUS PRIME, out of another good Trinity daughter.

 

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TRINITY, out of a purebred Shorthorn 2 year old by JDMC Remedy.

 

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LEACHMAN TESTIFY, out of a 2 year old purebred Shorthorn by Optimus Prime.

 

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LEACHMAN CADILLAC, out of a 3X x Open Range x Captain's dam.

 

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LEACHMAN SHIFT, again out of a purebred Captain Rob 3X daughter.

 

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A&T CAPTAIN'S COPY, out of a tremendous Open Range daughter, back to RS Max 307 335 01, back to the Dover Ranch 4133 cow that is now a feature donor for Galbreath Farms in North Dakota.

 

[aandtcattle]

Have a great day! Til next time, I'm out.

 

[bedrock]

Very nice !! Im thrilled to be a part of the partnership deal with you and JTM  we appreciate your help and advice and friendship

 

[r.n.reed]

Looking great Aaron,those calves are definitely a testament to the value of good Shorthorns in a crossbreeding program.

 

[Shorthorns4us]

Aaron- great to have you back!  Awesome set of calves-- no one should be disappointed with those-- I would love to hear about what kind of feedlot/carcass data you are getting out of these cross calves!  Are you still having cows at Moreland's or did everything move back to Nebraska?
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