Bentwood Ranch

Registered Texas Longhorns and Paint Horses are raised on Bentwood Ranch in Fayetteville, Texas. At that time we were raising Charolais cattle. Marvin Hunter.
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The gate is always open and the runway is always clear here at Bentwood Ranch, and you have a standing invitation to visit Richard & Jeanne Filip anytime! Jeanne and I began our journey into longhorn cattle in 2000 when she gave me a longhorn steer for my birthday to celebrate my years at The University of Texas (yeah Bevo). It wasn't long before our eyes always turned to the color and the unique

personality traits of Stormy, our longhorn steer, and the Charolais cattle soon became bland and uninteresting. Within two weeks, we dispersed our Charolais herd of cattle and began our fascinating and rewarding experience of raising Registered TexasLonghorn cattle. It has been exciting and rewarding finding just the right cross to produce that one-of-a-kind heifer, cow, or bull for a potential herd sire. Our quest for more "horn" will never end! Our goal is to focus on the complete package for our Texas longhorn breeding program. It is our vision at Bentwood Ranch to offer registered Texas Longhorn cattle for sale with maximum horn length potential, outstanding conformation, unique color, and size to produce heavy calves at weaning age. Our goal to breed exceptional, registered Texas Longhorns through years of strategic research into genetics of bloodline traits found in specific pedigrees. Understanding the genetics for the correct cross of the right cow to the right bull to produce the desired result is the key to the success of our Texas Longhorn breeding program. The mix of different genetics in our Texas Longhorn breeding program produce a diversity of eye-catching color, desired dispositions, correct conformation, and of course, maximum horn growth. Before we continue our discussion on the attributes of our Texas Longhorn breeding program, let's step back into history and take a look at the origin of the Texas Longhorn cattle. Over four hundred years ago, in 1493, Columbus landed in Santo Domingo with the first cattle destined for the new world. These cattle were descended from Andalusian cattle and evolved without the interference of man for hundreds of years. This began an evolutionary process that would create a breed of cattle unique to the Americas-a cattle breed that would forever change the face of a continent and symbolize an era unparalleled for its lasting mystique. Developed through natural selection, the Texas Longhorn cattle flourished to over 4,000,000 by 1860 in Texas alone, reaching a total population over 10,000,000 at their height. The history of the Longhorn cattle fostered many legends. An estimated 35,000 men trailed these 10,000,000 Longhorn cattle northward from Texas to Kansas and other distant markets between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the century. They lived the legends of the drudgery and hardship of the long drives with unforgettable memories of raging rivers and unpredictable stampedes. Two great books on the history of these cattle drives are "The Longhorns" by J. Frank Dobie and "The Trail Drivers of Texas" by J. Less than fifty years later, driven to the brink of extinction by barbwire and the importation of European "improved" breeds, the Texas Longhorn cattle numbered a mere 2,500 in total. The Texas Longhorn cattle came closer to extinction than the buffalo or the whooping crane. With the number of Texas Longhorn cattle decimated and its popularity diminishing, six dedicated Texas Longhorn ranchers and the W.S. Parks and Wildlife Department decided to try and save what was left of these majestic and historic cattle. The seven genetic families are of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Milby Butler, Jack Philips, M.P. Wright, Graves Peeler, "Cap" Yates and Emil Marks. Without these seven genetic families it is not probable that the Texas Longhorn cattle would exist for our enjoyment today.

10/09/2024

Happy Birthday
Jon Auvil
Enjoy

09/15/2024

We are under a week away from the 2024 Legends Sale and Futurity. We are proudly offering these exciting lots that showcase our breeding program. Lot H1 Rebellious Diva is 55.5" TTT and 64.25" TH and we have her 5 months bred to PCC Midas Touch, the fastest bull to reach 100" TTT. Look at how stacked this pedigree is! Amazing!
Lot 3 in the cow sale is RJF Extraordinary who is a daughter of the 106.75" TTT Cowboy Tuff Chex and out of the Awesome Trixie who will be over 105" TTT on her next measurement. Extraordinary measured in at 90.5" TTT and 106 TH last week. She has a bull calf at side sired by BR Jungle Jim and we have her safe in calf to PCC Midas Touch 3 months. You need to get out a calculator to add up all of the 100's in this unique package. Has that ever been done before? This is one of those magical families we are honored to have in our pasture.
Lot 29 is owned with Chad & Janell Smith. We picked up the donor "Rose Blossom" at this sale last year. She has produced HSC Champions in the past! Her dam is a Legend as well as the mother to Rebel HR. The linebreeding of LLL Rosemary is epic. That is why we couldn't resist mating her to BR Jungle Jim who is over 100" TTT and he also incorporates WS Jamakizm through Jammin Jenny. When we see Jamakizm and Tuff in the same pedigree you can't go wrong. The respt cow is due in 3 months.
Our final consignment is Red Moon. We just love the power of the PCC Rim Rock daughters. Red Moon is a large framed female that raised a wonderful heifer for us last year and we have her heavy bred to WT Kid Rock who is over 107" TTT. Red Moon measured in at 94" TTT and 111 TH.
We look forward to seeing each of you at the event. With all of the passion that we have for this wonderful breed, the friendships we make and the ability to help each other through positive interaction trumps everything.

08/08/2024

Cowboy Tuff Chex has made a huge impact on the breed and we are truly honored that he calls Bentwood home. He has made a great contribution to our program. We have daughters, granddaughters, and great-grandbabies on the way. These animals bring such peace to our lives and allow us to count our blessings every day.

05/16/2024

These fantastic four females will make their debut at the Stockyards Sale on Thur of next week. We are honored to be a sponsor of such a splendid event that generates top dollar for the industry, As an added feature we are offering 20% of the sale price on Texana All Square to buy back the heifer calf at her side after she is weaned.

03/18/2024

Happy Birthday Mark; thanks for your support though the years 👍👍👍

03/13/2024

Our two beautiful consignments to the Legacy sale to be held in Dallas this weekend. Both are out of extraordinary parents that will be a super addition to any program.

02/15/2024

02/07/2024

98" TTT Texana All Square gave us a beautiful heifer this morning sired by BR Jungle Jim.
She should be pushing 100" TTT by sale time. With this new heifer baby is sure going to make it difficult to let this pair go.

01/25/2024

Check out the hard twist that these two animals possess. The female on top is DW Fast Stuff. The bull on the bottom is WT Kid Rock. Both are sired by MC Mr. Big Stuff. Big Stuff has been used on a small group of females each year and has two 100" TTT offspring that possess incredible twist characteristics. Honored to get with the programs that own these amazing animals.

01/11/2024

With all of the amazing sires we are blessed to own we wanted to showcase these young ladies that are sired by Jammin Tex. Jammin is a product of Embryo Transfer from WS Jamakizm and Texana Garland Gal both regarded as Legends in our industry. We have utilized Jammin through live cover as well as IVF work to continue to better our program. He is giving us lots of color, bone, capacity, and heifers that are high 50s and low 60s at 24 months very constantly. We do not participate in Futurities as much as we used to but these heifers and their bothers are of the quality that are worth showcasing and building a program around. Don't overlook Jammin Tex when making your breeding decisions. Owned along with Harrell Ranch, Whitlock Ranch, and JBR Longhorns.

01/09/2024

We just love the job that Jammin Tex has done for our partnership. His calves are extremely consistent in all capacitiesies. If you are having issues with a lot of white he can add a beautiful paint job as well as a unique brindle. He measured in at 88.5" TTT back in August of last year and pushing a ton in weight. He is a son of WS Jamakizm and out of the $97,000 Texana Garland Gal.
We are honored to be partnered with Bentwood Ranch, Harrell Ranch, and Whitlock Longhorns.

12/27/2023

We are currently breeding WT Kid Rock and Pacific Cowboy 40 this winter for our fall 2024 calf crop.
The unique thing about these sires is how you have to breed them. On Pacific Cowboy 40 he is producing a lot of twists on his daughters. We see that he is knocking it out of the park when crossed on females that carry more total horn traits, but we also identify that he is crossing very well on Rebel HR daughters and other descendants of HCR.
With WT Kid Rock we are still learning about him as an individual. We originally felt that we were not going to line-breed Cowboy Tuff Chex. Although, as we have seen a few of the calves on the ground produced by other breeders this could be as amazing as peanut butter and jelly.
What we have just mentioned has all referred to genetic combinations. The second part of all of this is also looking at physical traits. Some are good and some are less desirable. Make sure when selecting your matings you are trying to enhance the best qualities and fixing the less desirable with every cross.
As many years as we have been doing this, we continue to try to learn from you and other producers. Lots of homework and also sharing your knowledge and lifting others up along the way to help them be successful. For 2024 be the shining star that someone needs to lead them in the right direction.
Wishing you all a blessed 2024.

10/24/2023

We have been blessed to be in many relationships within this industry. One of the dearest was and is to this day with Ursalla Allen. Over the years we traveled with her and John to many events and bought many animals together.
The animals mean the world to us but the friendships and memories made along the way are irreplaceable. On Nov. 4th at the Longhorn Opportunities Spotlight Sale, we are giving you the opportunity to take home this stunning heifer that is now multi-generation deep by our genetic pairings. Not only on the bottom side but also through her sire Jammin Tex. We have her bred to BR Jungle Jim for a linebreeding of WS Jamakizm as well as HCR. The possibilities are unless. Take her home and make some memories of your own.

10/17/2023

Kid Rock will be coming to the ranch in the next few weeks and we can't wait to add this new dimension of twist to our program. We did preg checks on part of the herd yesterday and have 20 calves on the way from BR Jungle Jim that are due in the spring of 2024.
We can't wait to get the ET babies we will be making from Fast Stuff on the ground wonderful things ahead.

Take a look at our website and you will see we are beyond excited about the twist in our program and industry. Some say we are losing the twist in our industry. Not on our watch.!

10/16/2023

One of our up-and-coming rock stars. Her sire is the Legendary Cowboy Tuff Chex and out of 2JB Co***ne Lady, we sold to 6CR Longhorns for $280,000. She is making her parents proud. She has wonderful conformation, udder, and stunning twist that we love so much. She has 85" TTT at 3.5 years of age. We are working the herd through the week. Can't wait to see wait to see if she was in her 90s TTT at 4! 100" TTT here we come.

09/09/2023

This young gal is a gem that we hate to see go but we have a stunning daughter from her and Jammin Tex we are keeping as a replacement. We have her bred to Rebel HR, and if you do your homework you know the magic of Rebel over the daughters of Rowdy HR and Big Red HR. If you know HR Rosette take a look at her pedigree. That is exactly why this cow is bred to Rebel. You will not be disappointed.
Check her out as lot 58 at www.herdsmanauctions.com

09/07/2023

A stunning heifer that is nothing short of perfection. She is sired by Cowboy Tuff Chex and out of $140K HR Awesome Reb. that sold at Legends in 2022. She is sired by Rebel HR who sold 1.3Mill. in offspring last year To put the cherry on top she is bred to JBR Net Worth who has performed very well for us, and we have a Net Worth daughter in this same sale that is 94.25" TTT with similar breeding. This is a sure thing. Don't miss out. This sale is going to start out with a BANG!

09/05/2023

This is one very special offering. A true representation of the heart of Bentwood Ranch. Sire, Dam, and Service Sire are huge contributors to our operation. We are retaining many relatives of this female but are honored to give her up for your consideration.
M Arrow Cha-Ching is the largest Total Horn cow in the breed.
Her sire Cowboy Tuff Chex is the Largest Tip To Tip sire in the world.
Service Sire is Jammin Tex who is adding color to white-based females and adding a lot of color. Both of his parents are also Legends.
One stacked pedigree on this stunner.
83 1/8" TTT and 91.25" Total Horn.

08/25/2023

RJF MERCY'S MAGIC 237
JBR NET WORTH x HELM TC LAURAS MERCY
Date of Birth: 3/21/2016
This diamond doll will sell in a few weeks at the Legends 2023 Sale and Futurity Event. We are retaining two daughters, sisters, and nieces in our program as this family line of cattle is very important to us. We have her bred to BR Jungle Jim 4 months. She measured 94.25" TTT 109.5" TH.
Click the link and it will take you to her sale page where you will be able to start bidding in one week.
https://auctions.herdsmanlegends.com/auctions/22422/lot/1486-rjf-mercys-magic

05/25/2023

Lot H2, this weekend at the Fort Worth Stockyards Auction, we are offering a cross between Rebel HR and HL Brick House for the very first time! RJF Rebel's Reward, DOB 11.24.22, will be offered. Rebel HR had 1.3 Million in sales last year alone. and HL Brick House? Look at our promo. See you this weekend.

04/05/2023

We put together another outstanding embryo package for the 2023 Stockyards Sale. These are all heifer-sexed embryos. We love seeing the positive impact these embryos/calves have made on programs and the industry.

03/29/2023

There are a lot of people to get frustrated by having bull calves in this industry.
When you look at the amazing pedigree on this calf it is hard not to envision the impact that this calf or his pasture mates could have on an industry for generations to come.
We have several other bull calves that are similarly red to this young fellow available on our website for your viewing pleasure.

03/08/2023

The daughters we have sold out of HL Brickhouse have always sold very successfully at the Stockyards Sale. This year we are offering this stunning young heifer sired by Rebel HR who sold over 1.3 million in offspring in 2022 and HL Brickhouse whose offspring or averaging over $40,000 per.
This is an opportunity you're not going to want to miss.

02/20/2023

Congratulations to EITAN & SANDY BARHUM for their purchase of RJF COWBOY REB
COWBOY TUFF CHEX x HR AWESOME REB
Date of Birth: 9/27/2021

Cowboy Tuff son out of a 90+"TTT Rebel HR daughter that sold for 140K at the 2022 Legends Sale. His genetic makeup is second to none, you just have to look at his pedigree. Great conformation, and horns are doing great too. Excited about his future.
This young sire will achieve great things in your program and in the breed. We are expecting a group of calves from his maternal half-brother any day, as well as retaining 4 full sisters and 2 half-sisters sired by Jammin Tex.
Congratulations again.

02/07/2023

We have updated the measurements and sale prices on our young bulls. We are happy to talk to you about partnership possibilities. All three of the young bull listed are projected to be over 70" TTT at 24 months. All of these young bulls will help put profit in your pasture.
http://www.bentwoodranch.com/SalePen

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Fayetteville, TX
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