Beefmasters Earn Top Honors at All Breeds Sale for Second Year
SAN ANTONIO - The 23rd Annual San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo All Breeds Bull and Commercial Female Sale proved to be a successful event for three Beefmaster Breeders United (BBU) members. The Beefmaster breeders were recognized prior to the sale held on Wed., Feb. 12, 2014 after being selected as top-placing cattle during the show held on Tues., Feb. 11, 2014. This sale features purebred bulls and commercial heifers consigned by premier Texas and New Mexico ranches.
2014 Grand Champion Pen of Females – Rancho Dos Vidas Ltd. – Moore, Texas
Rancho Dos Vidas Ltd., Moore, Texas was recognized before the annual sale as the Overall Grand Champion Pen of Females after also winning first place Beefmaster pen of females. Don Mullins is the owner of Rancho Dos Vidas Ltd., and Lane Roberson is the ranch manager. Mullins is one of the first ranchers to utilize the Beefmaster breed, dating back to the 1960s. This pen consisted of a super set of moderate framed, easy fleshing BBU certified Beefmaster Advancer females.
“This is our third year to compete in the San Antonio All Breeds Sale. We started breeding our BBU registered females to Red Angus bulls five years ago in an effort to clean up their underlines, get moderate sized calves and to become more functional as commercial Advancer cattle,” said Roberson.
Beefmaster Advancer cattle are animals of fifty percent or more registered Beefmaster breeding and fifty percent or less of other registered, DNA genotyped non-Beefmaster beef cattle breeding.
2014 High Beefmaster Grading Bull – Collier Farms – Brenham, Texas
“This is the second year for Rancho Dos Vidas to win Grand Champion Pen of Females with their Beefmaster Advancer females,” said BBU Chief Operations Officer Collin Osbourn. “This pen of Beefmaster females crossed with Red Angus bulls and all of the Beefmaster animals here today represented what the Beefmaster breed has to offer commercial cattlemen.”
Two more Beefmaster honors went to well known Texas ranches and prominent members of BBU. The first place Beefmaster/E6 Certified Bred Female award was presented to HT Chapman Cattle Company, Rockport, Texas. The High Grading Beefmaster Bull award was presented to Collier Farms, Brenham, Texas.
2014 First Place Beefmaster/E6 Certified Bred Females – HT Chapman Cattle Company – Rockport, Texas
For more information about the Beefmaster Advancer Program or the San Antonio All Breeds Sale results, call the BBU office at 210-732-3132 or visit www.beefmasters.org. Stay connected to BBU through Facebook, follow us on Instagram, view our videos on YouTube, follow us on Twitter and Pinterest, as well as receive our news updates through joining our mailing list.