Transcript MLAR Herd Power Point Presentation

Miller Lowline Angus Ranch
Super-efficient cows that
require only half the
feed of an average
cow, yet produce a calf
of comparable size or
larger than average.
As of January 7, 2015
The Bulls
• Problem-free calving
– More sellable calves at
weaning
– Cows that calve easily have
more calves in their lifetime
• High fertility
– Each bull breeds more cows
in less time, producing a
more uniform calf crop
• Desirable carcass traits
- Finely-textured lean beef
• Produce females that make
superior cows
- High heifer pregnancy rate
- Timely breed-back
- Longevity within the herd
• Bulls born and developed
by MLAR are never fed
grain!
- Bulls developed on strict
forage diets, what nature
intended
Fairwyn’s Power
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM2293
Remarks: The only fullblood bull registered with the Lowline Registry sired by BR New Vision (the first embryo every
imported into the United States from Australia. Excellent cow-maker bull. Best when crossed with full size cows to
produce super-efficient, highly productive females. The only Lowline bull to ever be tested with Pfizer HD50K test.
IGenity: Ranks in the top 9% of American Angus (full size) for fat thickness on IGenity.
HD50K (American Angus only):
MLAR Beau Jangles
September 24, 2011, 5 months old
January 7, 2015, 3 years 8 months old
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM16452
Remarks: Sired by Beau Lad, a National Western Stock Show Champion Bull and his dam is S208, dam
of Captain Jack (3/4 interest sold for $75K).
IGenity: Top 3% of American Angus and top 14% of commercial cattle for maternal calving ease. Top
15% for average daily gain and top 13% for tenderness of commercial cattle.
MLAR Miracle Dust
7 months old
10 months old
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by RL Telluride Image 9, Wyoming State Fair Grand Champion Bull. His dam is Miracle.
Very masculine and early maturing.
MLAR Mr. Perfect
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM20892 (click link to go to pedigree on ALR site)
Remarks: Sired by RL Telluride Image 9, Wyoming State Fair Grand Champion Bull. His dam is
Pefection, People’s Choice at National Western Stock Show National Lowline Sale.
RL Telluride Image 9
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM14123
Remarks: Purchased from Reed Lowlines, in Wyoming. Bred a few cows and then sold partial interest and
full possession to Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch in Loveland, Colorado. We retained partial interest and
are able to draw semen.
MLAR Rainmaker
½-Lowline Bull
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Dam was a commercial cow with a lot of depth and width. His sire is Fairwyn’s Power. Is
black-hided under the tan coat, theoretically he will produce black calves. He is bred to all MLAR
percentage cows for spring 2015 calves.
The Cows
• Super-Efficient, Easy
fleshing
– Require ½ the average feed
to maintain body condition
– Cows that calve easily have
more calves in their lifetime
• High fertility
– Heifers breed on first
exposure
– Cows breed back quickly
• Early maturing
– Breed at 11-15 months of age
• Strong maternal traits
- Wide pelvic areas for ease of
calving
- Good milk production
without being excessive
• Heifers born and developed
by MLAR are never fed
grain!
- Heifers developed on strict
forage diets, what nature
intended
Perfection
Taken January 7, 2015
1 year 9 months old, as a bred heifer
Fullblood Lowline Cow
Registration # FM14123
Remarks: Purchased at the National Lowline Sale from Jake Reed Cattle Company, Brooten, Minnesota.
She was a top People’s Choice for the Lowline Sale. Sired by Tequila and her dam is a Perfection
cow sired by BoBo. One of Perfections greatest traits is her awesome udder.
She has only produced one bull, Mr. Perfect. The rest of her calves have been heifers that were sold at
national Lowline-specific auctions. Her heifer from 2014, Precious, is being retained to be bred in
Spring 2015.
Miracle
5 years 8 months on January 7, 2015
Fullblood Lowline Cow
Registration # FF11692
Remarks: Purchased from Cimarron Lowlines, Olathe, Colorado, when pregnant with her second calf. She
had come the year before to be bred by Fairwyn’s Power, so Jeramie and Randi were familiar with
her and jumped at the chance to buy her when she came up for sale. She is a thick, wide cow that is
an easy keeper.
She is the dam of Dust.
Sherry
6 years 5 months
8 years with calf at 2 months old.
Fullblood Lowline Cow
Registration # FF2831
Remarks: A foundation-bred female. On the short side, but super-efficient and easy keeper (as wide as she
is tall and twice again as long). She maintains her body condition extremely easily. Purchased
privately from a young man in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She had previously been shown at the National
Western Stock Show.
Lilly is her first heifer calf; Lilly is being retained to be bred Spring 2015. A bull that she produced, Hey
Baby, was sold as a herdsire to a woman that lives in central Colorado. Higgins is her Spring 2014
calf (Higgins’s slide shows her in the fall of 2014).
Chunk
916 with Chunk nursing at 16 days old
7 years 2 months with Blues Clues at 6 weeks 5 days old
¾- Lowline Cow
Registration # XF5959
Remarks: First heifer ever retained by MLAR. She was sired by Fairwyn’s Power and her dam was XF6
(known as “916”), one of the first ½-Lowline cows produced in the United States—evidenced by her
low registration number. Her name reflects her phenotype, she is very thick (“chunky”). She is a full
sister to Luck and is the dam of Blue’s Clues. Her calves are very distinguishable and recognizable;
they are really thick. She is bred to Rainmaker for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
Luck
2 years 7 months with her first calf, a heifer
1 year 2 months
¾- Lowline Cow
Registration # XF 12846
Remarks: Full sister to Chunk, sired by Fairwyn’s Power and her dam was XF6 (known as “916”). She is
not thick like Chunk, but still is super-efficient, and raises a super-nice calf. She is bred to Rainmaker
for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
Annie
5 years old, taken October 2014
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # XF 9979
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power and out of a full size Angus cow (“Maggie”) that was the poster cow
for the American Angus. Annie took on Maggie’s conformation, but has the efficiency and fleshing
ability of the Lowline. She is a phenomenal cow and raises a great calf. She is bred to Rainmaker for
a calf to be born Spring 2015.
Suzy
1 year 7 months as a bred heifer
3 years 9 months
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # XF14913
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was an American Angus cow (“16”). She has the phenotype
of an American Angus, but is very moderate-framed. Her She raises a great calf and maintains her
condition easily. She is bred to Rainmaker for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
She is a full sister to Surprise.
Surprise
2 years 4 months nursing her 1st calf at 3 mo 21 days
1 year 7 months as a bred heifer
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # MF23524
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was an American Angus cow (“16”). She is practically
identical to her full sister, Suzy. Smaller version of the American Angus and raises a great calf. She is
bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring 2015.
Treasure
1 year 11 mo with her 1st calf at 4 weeks
2 years 7 months on January 7, 2015
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # XF 16451
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was a 1,600-pound Charolais/Angus/? cow that produced
the first ½-Lowline bull that MLAR sold (prior to that everything was steered). Treasure’s first calf, a
heifer named Sprinkles, was a superb female; Treasure did a great job raising her and maintaining
body condition. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring 2015.
Thursday
2 years 1 mo with her 1st calf at 6 weeks 5 days
2 years 10 months (almost) on January 7, 2015
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was a full size crossbred cow (cow that gave birth to and
raised Jangles). Thursday had a ¾-Lowline steer in Spring 2014 that she did a great job raising and
maintained her condition at the same time. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring
2015.
Flutter
1 year 5 months
2 years 8 mo on January 7, 2015
½- Lowline Cow
Registration # MF23522
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was a Classic Hereford that was super-deep. Her first calf was a
steer that she did a great job raising and maintained her condition. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd
calf to be born Spring 2015.
Her first calf, a heifer (sired by Jangles) born March 31, 2014, was solid black. The white markings are
genetically dominant. The black being completely eliminated in the 2 nd cross demonstrates the
strength/dominance of the genes our bulls have.
Lilly
1 day old
1 year 9 months on January 7, 2015 as a bred heifer
Fullblood Lowline Bred Heifer
Registration # FF23519
Remarks: Sired by Jangles; her dam is Sherry (first heifer Sherry has produced). Outstanding deep, thick
female that is well on her way to making a phenomenal cow. She is bred to have her first calf in the
spring of 2015. Is very similar to her half sister, Princess.
Princess
1 day old
1 year 7 mo on January 7, 2015 as a bred heifer
Fullblood Lowline Bred Heifer
Registration #
Remarks: Sired by Jangles; her dam was EZ Bunny 7R. Outstanding deep, thick female that is well on her
way to making a phenomenal cow. She is bred to have her first calf in the spring of 2015. Is very
similar to her half sister, Lilly.
Precious
4 months old
10 months on January 7
Fullblood Lowline Weanling Heifer
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by Telluride; her dam is Perfection. Very feminine heifer that is very similar to her dam’s
build as a heifer.
Bridgette
6 weeks old
8 months old on January 7, 2015
Fullblood Lowline Weanling Heifer
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was EZ Bunny 7R. Very petite female with excellent
conformation and breeding. Is the only heifer produced with the cross of Bunny and Power. The cross
produced Buff, who was a great bull with an excellent temperament.
Blues Clues
4-1/2 months old
Almost 10 months old on January 7, 2015
Purebred Lowline Weanling Steer
Remarks: Sired by Telluride; his dam is Chunk. He will be butchered either Spring 2015 (as baby beef) or
early Fall 2015 (as grass-finished beef). He is a typical Chunk calf, deep, thick, and packs on the
pounds.
Higgins
Nursing at 6 weeks old
7 months old with his dam, Sherry
Fullblood Lowline Weanling Steer
Remarks: Sired by Jangles; his dam is Sherry. He will be butchered either Spring 2015 (as baby beef) or
early Fall 2015 (as grass-finished beef). His growth and conformation are excellent.