• Big Sky Livestock

    by Holly Peacock | Sep 10, 2018
    ​Being the fourth generation to live and work ​the ranch​, ​Big Sky Livestock has been home to various breeds of cattle throughout the years and maintained a love for good using ranch horses. ​Located in south central Montana​, the area has a lot of history to offer as ​they're located between Rosebud Battlefield and Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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  • HollyBilly Farms

    by Holly Peacock | Sep 10, 2018
    HollyBilly Farms started in 2016, with Jen Clark asking her now husband Adam to purchase a quarter of a grass fed steer. "Maybe I misunderstood the question," he says, because instead he bought a few dairy steers. Their interest in breeding Longhorns came at a meeting of the Great Lakes Texas Longhorns Association in August of 2017 and ​they were hooked. ​They have since grown to love the community of breeders almost as much as the​ir beautiful animals.
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  • Lone Oak Longhorns

    by Holly Peacock | Sep 03, 2018
    Searching for the best in the industry, Ron and Heather Thompson have purchased their cattle from all across the country. Their foundation females have genetics that are proven to be consistent and predictable and have worked for some of the best in the industry. In addition to beautiful Longhorns, Lone Oak is ​a Northern California venue for weddings and has been featured in Sacramento Home Magazine.
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  • Circle Double J Ranch

    by Holly Peacock | Sep 03, 2018
    Circle Double J Ranch is located in Edgewood, Texas on 350 acres full of old oaks, coastal Bermuda pastures, Whitetail Deer, trophy bass, and Longhorns. What started as a Whitetail Deer ranch offering trophy ​opportunities to hunters across the country is now home to both strong Whitetail genetics and a newer but still strong Longhorn breeding program.
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  • Caballo Bravo Longhorns

    by Holly Peacock | Aug 20, 2018
    Caballo Bravo Longhorns began in 2006 with just a few Longhorns purchased as ​pasture ornaments. They now purchase and breed Longhorns for great confirmation, color, gentle disposition and lots of horn. They prefer Longhorns that are medium to large framed and consider sound udders and milking ability to be one of the most important traits in the breed to improve on.
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  • G4 Southern Stock Ranch

    by Holly Peacock | Aug 20, 2018
    G4 Southern Stock Ranch ​is a small family owned and operated ranch raising TLBAA registered Texas Longhorns and registered miniature Texas Longhorns in Newton, Alabama.
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  • Cypress Ranches

    by Holly Peacock | Aug 20, 2018
    Cypress Ranches is made up of Cypress Ridge Whitetails, Cypress Creek Ranch and Lodge Creek Whitetails. ​They have 26 years experience providing the best customer service to the wildlife industry​ and as much as ​they love big bucks and super exotics, ​their main focus is always on ​the customer, vendor, or guest. At Cypress Ranches, ​they take just as much care ​with their relationships as ​they do with ​their herds.
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  • Stickley Cattle Co.

    by Holly Peacock | Aug 01, 2018
    With generations on farming in Leslie Stickley's family, she had always hoped to have her own farm one day while growing up. With a herd of Holstein's at home, the Stickley's decided to invest in four Longhorns bought from G&G Longhorns in 2017 and have been growing since. They love raising their Longhorns at their Southwest Virginia ranch and look forward to continuing to build relationships with other breeders.
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  • La Roca Range

    by Holly Peacock | Jul 26, 2018
    At La Roca Range, their motto is​ to "Leave A Good Set Of Tracks." By striving to always learn about ​their incredible animals, both deer and ​cattle, ​t​hey are able to raise the finest quality. For deer, this means producing traits of mass, tine length and width. For cattle, they select genetics for the economically important traits recognized by both the registered and commercial cattle industry.
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  • Harrell Ranch

    by Holly Peacock | Jul 25, 2018
    At Harrell Ranch, ​they are committed to developing and breeding the best Texas Longhorn cattle possible. ​Using the top bulls in the breed, mated to outstanding females, they produce a consistent quality product. ​They say that while ​they love long horns, ​they foremost breed for the total package, never overlooking confirmation, color, size, maternal traits and traditional Longhorn attributes.
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  • D-R Henry Ranch

    by Holly Peacock | Jul 06, 2018
    At D-R Henry Ranch, they love to experience owning all different kinds of animals and finding love for each of them. ​They have a collection of Angus, bottle fed Holsteins, Registered Longhorn Cattle, a few Quarter horses, and a miniature donkey named Uno.
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  • ​​5J Exotic Game Ranch

    by Holly Peacock | Jul 05, 2018
    5J Exotic Game Ranch is a family business specializing in raising exotic hoofstock. They offer high quality exotic animals for you to purchase for your ranch including kangaroos, wildebeest, gazelles, and more.
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  • RoughShod Ranch

    by Holly Peacock | May 15, 2018
    RoughShod Ranch aims to raise Longhorns and Watusi the way ​they like them; with eye catching color, incredible horn, impressive bloodlines and great confirmation as well as gentle disposition.
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  • Shepherd Ranch Cattle Co.

    by Holly Peacock | Apr 24, 2018
    For Shepherd Ranch Cattle Co., their ranch is their passion and is a labor of love. Their family and ranch have grown hand in hand over the years. They hand-picked their base herds and have watched them produce and thrive. The majority of ranch work is done on horseback​ as their family is a rodeo family! ​In addition to cattle, they will occasionally have available for purchase ranch horses, roping horses, and barrel horses. Shepherd Ranch also offers a limited selection of various breeds of sheep and goats.
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  • Ross Ranch Horns

    by Jessica Weber | Dec 12, 2017
    Ross Ranch Horns is a small ranch owned by Will Ross and is located in the piney woods of East Texas, just South of Tyler. It started with 2 Longhorn cows in 2010 and now has over 25 head. They also breed Watusi cattle.​ Ross Ranch Horns uses selective breeding and meticulous research in order to constantly improve their herd and their offspring. Their goal is to raise a low volume of quality animals and offer them to other horned cattle enthusiasts.
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  • Kobe Beef

    by Jessica Weber | Dec 12, 2017
    Kobe Beef's owner Burch Wallace has spent 40 years trying to produce the best healthiest beef possible and feels he has reached his goal. You and your family can benefit from this labor of love, and Wallace believes you will never want any other beef than Kobe Beef of Texas Wagyu beef.
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  • Hetland Horns

    by Jessica Weber | Nov 28, 2017
    Hetland Horns is owned by Weston Hetland in Clarksburg, MO, where he is raising Registered Texas Longhorn cattle.
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  • WynFaul Acers

    by Jessica Weber | Nov 28, 2017
    Wynfaul Acres is a small, secluded ranch situated among beautiful pine forests. Located on Tarkington Prairie, to the North East of Cleveland, an hour’s drive from Houston, Texas. Wynful Acres is owned by James & Helen Cloakey.
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  • Longhorn World Championship Sale Trends & Averages

    by Molly Clubb | Oct 24, 2017
    The TLCA's Longhorn World Championship Sale ​was held ​on Friday, October 20th in ​​Oklahoma City, OK. Over 70 head of Registered Texas Longhorns were consigned and auctioned off to a crowd of breeders in the Cox Convention Center in downtown OKC. The data below was gathered by Hired Hand. We share these trends and averages for our customers and breeders in the Longhorn Industry who could better their programs by analyzing it as it best suites them such as this data: These are averages for Sires with at least 2 offspring selling. Their offsprings averages are listed below starting with the highest average. SITTIN BULL $3,880, CV COWBOY CASANOVA $7,250, JP RIO GRANDE $2,700
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  • Restless Heart

    by Jessica Weber | Oct 24, 2017
    Restless Heart Klein Cattle Company is owned by the Klein family in Bellville, TX. Ross, Barbara, Brittney and Courtney have always shared a love for agriculture and the rural lifestyle. Taking after their parents, Brittney and Courtney were both heavily involved in athletics, 4-H, and FFA. This is how their journey with cattle started. The family shares a passion for nature, livestock and their home in Austin County.
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