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Fullblood Fleckveih Simmentals - The Breed that will improve your herd. We purchased a small herd of cows that were rather poor in quality.

This is an article that was written for the April 2012 edition for “The Register.”

Our story starts over 60 years ago, when my father owned and operated a dairy farm in Northwestern Pennsylvania where he bottled and sold his own milk. After close to 50 years working with Hol- steins, in 1990, he decided to retire from dairy farming. Knowing that his desire was to still farm but on a smaller scale

, Elk County Simmentals was developed. Hence, our first calve crop was the same quality. They weaned off at 250 pounds and sold for $150 each, which was not very good. We decided to purchase a Bar 5 Crown Royal offspring; he improved our herd immensely. Our weaning weights, year- ling weights and finishing weights increased. We were encouraged with the improvements. We decided to open up all our markets. We would sell whatever someone wanted. Cows, calves, finished beef, bulls, what- ever would sell. We had a buyer come in and look at what we had to offer and he said if we had black we would get a better dollar. So, we got offspring from a Burns Bull, 600U, and Black Joker. We were very happy with the results. As we continued to gather advice from different people, we were convinced that we needed to buy an Angus bull. Much to our disappointment, this was the wrong move. Our weaning, yearling and finishing weights went down. This would be the first and last Angus bull we purchased. Going forward we needed to take a step back and regroup. Our best animals over the years had been the Fullbloods. They were more full bodied, had more depth, larger loin and muscle mass. We decided to go back to the Fullblood Fleck- vieh. Having a small cow herd (50), we could not afford the big name bulls but we could buy their lineage — sons or grandsons. A lot of good quality farms will work with you and help with what you can afford; on a side note, we would like to express our appreciation to those of you who helped us establish our herd
throughout the years. It is because of you that we can keep our genetics strong. A friend of ours runs a feedlot and he bought a group of our steers. At the time, he finished off mainly Angus and Limou- sins. He was not a big fan of the Simmen- tal because he thought that they were too big b***d. However, he was very impressed with our Simmentals. The yield of meat versus waste of the carcass was a lot greater than that of other breeds. Over a few years, he now has Simmentals, Limousin and only a few Angus. Being located in Northwestern Penn- sylvania, we did have a hard time finding Fullblood Fleckvieh farms in our state. Our bulls have come from Michigan, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Our bloodlines included Doorn, Exodus and Antonius. We are hoping that with the growing popularity, quality and perfor- mance of the Fleckvieh and the ability to cross with any breed, that we will be a go-to farm for people who are looking to improve the performance of their herds. We feel that we have gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge over the years. It is important to us to raise natural beef with no hormones or growth enhancers of any sort. Our weaning weights are averaging 650 to 750 pounds with our fin- ishing weights at 15 months averaging 700 pounds hanging. We, also, have sold different steers to 4-H individuals who have been Grand Champions and Reserve Champions. We have been involved with the Penn State Bull Test. The people who have already purchased steers and bulls from us have been very satisfied and are returning clients. We take great pride in our small herd. We have learned from our mistakes and try not to compromise the integrity of our cows. We look forward to what the future holds as we continue to strive for not just good quality cows but superior quality cows. Due to the continued suc- cess of our business and satisfaction of our customers, we are very proud to endorse the Fullblood Fleckvieh breed.

02/22/2024

Two weanling feeder steers for Sale.

01/05/2024

Cash (02/26/2021) - Bred Registered Fullbloods Fleckvieh Simmental
ASA # 3911210. She is blonde and white and polled. $3500

01/05/2024

10 month old Fullblood Fleckvieh Simmental steer, 900 #, very docile. $1500

11/05/2023

FOR SALE: This is Dolly, born 3/4/2022. She has been with our new yearling bull for a month. She is a registered Fullblood Fleckvieh Simmental.

07/28/2022

Little Enzo chumming our calves.

07/28/2022

March calves. Three heifers and a blonde bull.

05/26/2022

This Stromer - Registered Fullblood Simmental - She has a very impressive pedigree. With her heifer calf from this year which we will be retaining. Also with her bull calf from last year which weaned off 850 #. She should be bred.
$3,000.00

05/26/2022

Ashes with her heifer calf born March 3, 2022. Sold as a pair. $4,000.00

05/26/2022

This is Ashes - Registered Fullblood Fleckvieh Simmental - She has produced some great offspring for us. She is being sold with her awesome heifer calf Dolly who also registered. $4,000.00

05/26/2022

Gidsco is a 3yr. Old Antonius lineage Registered Fullblood Fleckvieh Simmental For Sale. Due to calve in the Fall. $3,000.00

05/18/2022

04/19/2022

FOR SALE - $3500.00 Due in August

03/08/2022

You can now view us on Instagram by searching Elk County Simmentals.

11/20/2021

Babe and her 6 month old steer by her side. She is a 3RS Hannable daughter. Balist is also in her background,.

11/20/2021

This is Finally with her first calf. A heifer weighing 80 #. Finally goes back to Outback of Double Bar D on her Sire’s side and Antonius on her Dam’s side.

11/20/2021

Corona goes back to Prostock Hickory on her Sire’s side and Antonius on her Dam’s side. She is going be nice cow for us. She is as big as our other cows and she isn’t even mature yet.

11/20/2021

Edie is 7 months old and is around 900 #. She goes back to Antonius on her Dam’s side and Great Guns on her Sire’s side. She is going to be a nice size solid cow for us.

11/20/2021

Josie is a 7 months old and weighs close to 900 #. She has Hackenberg and Stromer on her Dam’s side and Great Guns on her Sire’s side. She is packed with substance.

06/10/2021

Chumming our calves starts with graining and spending a lot of time in the field with them. Before you know it we are scratching them and they are pets from then on.

06/10/2021

Elk Diesel Outback - Goes back to Outback of Double Bar D on his Sire side and Exodus on his Dam side. He is 17 months old in this photo. He will be returning to our farm so we can keep his outstanding genetics going.

06/10/2021

Elk Boo Boo Hickory - Prostock Hickory 7053T on her Sire side and Hannable on Dam side. 2020 calf. She has a lot going for her.

06/10/2021

Elk Corona Hickory goes back to Prostock Hickory 7053T on her Sire side and Antonius on her Dam Side. She is Two Below’s 2020 heifer calf.

06/10/2021

Elk Ellie Hickory - Prostock Hickory on her Sire side and Hannable on her Dam Side lineage. She will also be calving this Fall. She is with Gidsco and Finally. These are 2020 pictures.

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Johnsonburg, PA
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Our Story

Through our strong genetic constitution we operate a high quality grassfed Fullblood Fleckvieh Simmental Operation.

We chum with our young stock often to obtain their docility, although it is bred into the breed. It starts in the pasture with a bucket of grain when they are very young. Their curiosity gets them to investigate the bucket. After they start looking forward to the grain we start by slowly going up to them while they are eating. When they get used to us standing by the bucket of feed we slowly start touching the top of their shoulders. They back off at first, but then they realize that they really enjoy the scratching and massaging. This is a slow process but it really pays off in the end. By the time they are a couple of months old when they hear us coming and they are on the move to our portable feeder trough. Now when we go out to the pasture without feed they are coming over to get scratched and massaged. This makes them very friendly for our friends who are interested in purchasing them.

We love what we do and are so very proud of our animals.