Torrance Herefords. Or, what I'm doing with my time.

I figured I'd show everyone what I'm up to these days since I seem to chime in on as much Hereford stuff as I do Shorthorn.

First two pictures are of a couple heifers we're showing this year. The top one won her class both days and was champ div V in the bred and owned show at jr nationals. The second one won her class both days and was reserve division VI in the bred and owned show. She has actually won her class all 4 times she's been at the ring at jr nationals.

Next two pictures are a couple of babies sired by 88x. Top one is out of a full sister to STAR Olivia. Second one is out of the same cow as the second show heifer (About Time x Pure Gold).

Any comments/questions are welcome!

Very nice females! Def spending your time wisely raising ones with that look! (thumbsup)

I'm no Hereford man, but I can appreciate a good one when I see one.  I really like the looks of that first yearling. 

Curious, what prompted the jump form Shorthorn to Hereford?  Typically people dabble in between breeds that typically cross well.

Sorry I wasn't more clear.  My family still raises Shorthorns, but I'm still (relatively) young and wanted to get off the farm for awhile.  I'm actually the herdsman for Torrance Herefords in western IL, while my dad and sister and brothers do the Shorthorn thing on the other side of the state.  I'm very lucky to be involved with a family that is committed to showing some of the very best Bred and Owned cattle in the country.

On another note, I wouldn't be one bit afraid to use a few of these Hereford bulls on my Shorthorn cows.  Some of these Herefords are getting to good that I think they could cross on about any breed.  I was no Herf fanatic, but the last 18 months spent with them have definitely changed my way of thinking.

Right on.  No better way to get a true feel for a breed than dropping into an established herd and working alongside them.

The longer I hang around the beef business, the more I learn that there are some awesome breeding bulls in every breed if you know where to look.  That is the one good thing about the clubby industry I suppose.  Club calf people aren't afraid to cross anything with any breed if they see something desirable.

I agree: Herefords seem to be the most quickly improved breed at the moment-and JMO-Star Lake had to be a major catalyst-I saw thier pens at Denver for years-and they just blew me away sometimes with the quality.If I can ever get a decent white shorthorn  hiefer I want to produce a roan short-herf cross hiefer-and breed it to a blue bull-and mix the 3 "british" breeds along some Hienz 57 ? in one package O0

Some good looking ladies! As a young rancher trying to build her own herf herd from scratch I can only hope to be able to consistently get good looking gals like that some day  <cowboy>