Meitler Cattle

08/25/2024

Fall cows are on top of calving. This F1 will have her second this fall. Hopefully the heat breaks and fall temps will become the norm soon …..

08/20/2024

Something to chew on. Our program especially our Hereford cattle have been intensely linebred for 50 years. And the genetics that it began with were themselves linebred.
Why in the heck would you do that in the present world that yells at the top of its lungs
” pounds pay “ . The answer is simpler that one might think! In reality someone has to keep producing the straight line seed corns to enable the commercial hybrids. We pride ourselves in genetics that are as pure of goodness as possible. These generations of weeding out the bad and saving the good can replicate at much higher points of accuracy than mainstream hybrids. Our linebreeding locks in goodness and our customers get to enjoy the hybrid vigor. Few seed stock producers have small enough egos to let hybrids be in the hands of their customers and not their own calf crops.……
( cow pictured was born in the 1990’s and even for us was extremely lined up in her genetics - model Bonsma type)

08/14/2024

Driving fast to check as many cattle as possible before dark. Ran into this girl and her awesome steer calf . Thought to myself I bet her % body weight to her calf works out fairly good……..

08/12/2024

Milk veins are another one of the good signs to see in maternal cattle. Here are some examples from our Hereford herd.

08/10/2024

Lots of questions about the Bonsma podcast that aired on angus underground. Here is a good brisket pleat on an 18 year old F1 cow of ours . Will be posting other examples of Nature physical manifestations that occur in hormone balanced cattle.

08/09/2024

A few days ago we posted a video of our #912 cow. Wanted to highlight this cow family and why we believe cow families are the backbone to any great cowherd.

The first pic is of #3001. She is 11 years old and exemplifies so many Bonsma traits. Her mother was one of our all timers and lasted well into her teens for us. (Sorry we don’t have a pic of her)

The second pic is of our #037 cow. She is a daughter of #3001 and full sister to #912. Pictured today on grass as a 4 year old.

The third pic is our #728 bull. He is a son of #3001 and full brother to #037 and #912. He is now 7 years old and has been breeding Hereford cows for us since he was a yearling. Easy to see what his black baldy daughters will look like.

By taking our best Angus cow families and cross breeding them with our Herefords, the results are consistent and predictable. We do the same in reverse with our best Hereford cow families and crossbred them with our Angus cows.

Questions we often get asked:

Why do all of your black baldy heifers look so uniform?
Because they are all very, very similar genetically.

Do you think that Angus cows and Hereford bulls make for better black baldy females rather than Hereford cows and Angus bulls?
In our case it makes no difference, they are the same genetics no matter which way we are making them.

08/07/2024

We made a quick run to Colorado today to see some high quality angus cattle. Also got to see #228, the bull they purchased this spring in our production sale. He is working on a really nice set of angus cows. Certainly a different world in Eastern Colorado, as Kent told us today….. ‘you can watch your dog run away for a week.’ Ha!

Thanks Kent for a day well spent.

08/06/2024

The Lincoln County 4H carcass show was tonight. Reid’s steer placed 3rd out of 22 steers. Pretty impressive for a purebred home raised Hereford!

Sired by 9164G

Congrats Reid and Bolt!

08/04/2024

07/28/2024

Checking cattle this morning before it gets hot 🥵. Couldn’t help but check out the neighbors bred heifers. They have been using our Hereford bulls for awhile now. The value of the black white face female can not be over stated (especially genetics focused the maternal female). If have black cows needing to add free pounds with hybrid vigor and want heifer calves that will make outstanding cows look us up. We will have an awesome set of bulls for sale in our April production sale. If your needing a bull this fall give us a call we have a few private treaty bulls ready to work on them fall calving cows.

07/23/2024

07/10/2024

The fair is a coming…..
Ty , Reid, Trey, Jaxson, Jayden and niece Kelvie will all have calves showing

06/21/2024

To be honest not real big on posting on baby calves. But this little ET heifer calf has a colorful history and story to tell.
L1 GENVIR 430 is her sire. He was born in the spring of 1984. This may sound far fetched because I was born in February of 1979 but I can vividly remember him standing in the wooden catch pen early that fall of 84. I was helping dad sort cows off to wean calves. Dad circled him repeatedly that afternoon telling me how special that calf was. What was known about that weaning calf’s pedigree was recited to me multiple times on the ride home that day in 84.
He later became known as “black eyes“ because of his black pigmentation around his eyes. As a mature bull his black pigment , jet black tail and libido were noticeable to any that seen him. A true athlete that was as free moving as any bull I’ve ever seen. He herded cows like an bull elk and spent time different herds in a couple states. 430’s sire CL Domino 609 had his own history. He was born in March of 1966. Dad purchased 609 as a mature bull after seeing what he had did in a Nebraska herd. Knowing he was a 569 son helped as well. In later years remember dad saying he had seen poor udders in that Nebraska herd made perfect in one generation with 609. The 609 bull naturally serviced cows for dad at the ripe old age of 17 and lived to be 18. The dam of “ black eyes “ stayed in production for 16 years making the combined age of his parents 34 years. This is not something many bulls can say.
Oh and the bottom side of this heifer calf is our 176 cow. Couple weeks ago we posted the long history of that cow family on our ranch. Longevity is not something new to us. Meitler Cattle has been consistently different for a very long time. With no plans of changing anytime soon…..
( pics of 430 and 609 in comments)

06/20/2024

Was fortunate to purchase a few embryos in a dispersal sale awhile back. This little angus heifer calf is result of that. Put four eggs in and got two little heifers. The mating was the 892 bull and the 3DE3 cow their pedigrees and a pic or two in the comments. Believe them to be timeless angus genetics. We shall see what the future holds for this little gal. Oh and her recip mother is decent commercial Meitler Hereford cow. Dad’s 50 years of trying to make Bonsma cows is written all over her.

06/18/2024

726 was born in 2007 and probably the best angus breeding bull we ever used. He left his mark with long lasting daughters with unreal udders. Their phenotype unmistakable Bonsma. He was main herd sire for many years with our confidence in the bottom side of his pedigree. That cow family just never misses. We are getting ready to flush a 13 year old ( 137) cow that stems from that same family. She will be flushed to Encore 71 and hope to get another flush to 726. The 137 x 726 will be linebred to our best. (726 pedigree in comments)

06/13/2024

Cow is own daughter of Columbus of wye she has a beautiful heifer calf sired by our 015 bull .

05/27/2024

Three year old Angus bull we purchased from Rich Hansen out of Montana. First big set of calves out of him this year. They are very impressive and he was given the green light on a lot cows to breed this spring. Look forward to seeing what his daughters development into. His calves are long and growing like weeds .

05/08/2024

Breeding season is full go this afternoon. This six year old is competing for his share of the action. We still have a few private treaty bulls for sale if your needing a Baldie maker.

04/25/2024

He always gets in a half day of work before preschool. Thanks for the help Ty . Now to bring on the rain 🙏🏻

04/14/2024

Thanks to family, friends, anyone that supported us in anyway. We are humbled and thankful. To the cowherd that works along side us everyday “ thanks girls”. We look forward to the cattle finding new homes and the success that they and their new owners can enjoy together.
God is Good

04/13/2024

Cattle are penned for viewing. We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Sale starts at 1pm
If can’t attend bid online with DVAuction.

04/08/2024

Sale week is here. Cattle will be penned soon and the excitement building. Call Clint or Darris with questions. Link to DVAuction in comments

04/06/2024

31 - First cross black baldy heifer pairs will sell next Saturday April 13th at the ranch!

Sell in groups of 5.

04/04/2024

Lot 17
BC 271
DOB 10/22/22
BW 73 lbs

Fall born Purebred Angus Bull that is heifer safe.

04/01/2024

Open heifers
Lots of different ways to breed these girls . They are ready for green grass. The longevity is bred into to them for a productive life of working for you.

03/31/2024

2 weeks to sale day!!

Hope to see you April 13th @ the Ranch

The bulls are on fire! 🔥

03/28/2024

Fall Bred Heifers set to start September 1st.

All Home Raised

Bred Registered Angus

They sell April 13th 1:00 pm @ The Ranch!