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We bought 239 from Dale Rocker. We used him for several years and had a great set of females out of him. We also sold a lot of sons. He was a milk trait leader for a while and could really improve udders. We also used his sire, 148. All of the 148 line were muscle makers. Birth weight could be...

Correct Garybob.  Bottom bull is definitely a Brentwood bull. Picture was used in some shorthorn promotional literature in the 90's. I think Ingress sold in the Iowa Beef Expo. Out of Rodeo Inovator. There's a history lesson for folks.

We have had 10 out of Simmental and SimAngus heifers.  62-84 lbs. I would agree with all the talk about vigor.  I know it's been warm, but those calves get up and go in a hurry.  He worked great for us.

Scan info is at bottom of the Sale page, below the pictures. It says click here for complete list of sale information.

Private Treaty Sale is Saturday, October 15.  Please let us know if you have questions.

Meadow Lane Farms will be hosting our annual Tools of the Trade Private Treaty Sale on Saturday, October 15.  We will be offering Shorthorn, Durham Red, and SimAngus bulls.  21 Durham Black and Durham Red Bred Heifers. Two fall breds and four fall Shorthorn heifers.  Catalog can be viewed at...

The most recent across-breed EPD table has been released by USMARC.  I would encourage you to take a look as it is a pretty good measure that is used by a lot of commercial cattlemen to compare breeds.  Shorthorns certainly have a lot of positives on the chart, but birth weight is not one of...

We have both Gallagher and Parmak solar chargers.  The Parmak is hands down the best.  Much hotter and we have had no maintenance with them.  The Gallagher's seem to quit working after about two years and need a part that costs about $50.  Parmak will fix them forever for free if you get it to...

Durham Reds have to be TH and PHA tested, or be free by parentage to get papers along with BW, WW, YW turned in.  That gets you a gold Durham Red paper. 

Well I have hesitated to comment, but this thread intrigues me.  A lot of threads on this board concentrate on particular merits of cattle that make them easier to market or claim a higher than market value.  Example:  hair, bone, sire, etc.  I think asterisk free cattle have merit in marketing...

A Sept. 19, 2010, heifer that will sell as lot 89A on Thursday, March 24, at the Sneed Shorthorns and Friends sale.  Full catalog can be viewed at www.meadowlanefarm.com

For more information check out the Tools of the Trade post on the Classifieds.  These bred heifers are Shorthorn x Angus and Red Angus.  The bulls are Durham Reds. 

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Thanks Sue!  This may be the best set of bulls we have had and the breds are really deep.