Longhorn Cattle For Sale

[Rick Neighbors]

Well, anyone like to get in the longhorn cattle business? I have been in the business since the 80's, mainly to keep the ag classification on my land, but also to enjoy raising livestock. I always have calves for sale, and sometimes I sell an older cow, but we tend to get too attached to the old mama's. We have several that are old enough to vote!

Good gentle cattle, with great personalities! Longhorn beef is 95% fat free, right off the hoof. So you can still have red meat! Starter herds available.

Happy Thanksgiving
Rick

 

[Annemieke Roell]

We raise Dexters. Wonder what a Dexter/Longhorn cross would look like.

How far are you from the OK border?

 

[Robert Dunkle]

Wonder if one of my homzygous polled Simmental bulls would take the horns off of them?

Speaking of becoming attached, a neighbor of mine has two longhorn steers that do nothing but walk around and eat grass and feed. They are at least 15 years old, nearly 4 feet thick with a back as flat as the dinner table. I would have thought that, if he wanted pets, he would have gotten heifers/cows that would have produced something for all of the grass they eat. Maybe he didn't want to mess with the bull. You know longhorn bulls are a lot like a politicians speech, a point here and a point there with a lot of bull in between.

 

[Rick Neighbors]

Well, some of the best cattle I've seen were longhorn crosses! Most of my bulls get sold to other cattle breeders for first calf heifer crosses. The longhorn throws a small calf, and the other half of the cross makes them grow out bigger. What is the Dexter like? I will have to do some research on the internet for that.

I'm exactly 100 miles south of the Oklahoma border, straight down I35W. But, I have delivered cattle to Oklahoma a bunch.

As for the polled Simmental cross, I believe that the polled gene is dominant, and you will get polled longhorn/simmental crosses. At least the one time I've seen it, the calf was polled. In fact, I have a photo somewhere.

Well, better go, I've been sent on an errand to Albertsons for some last minute forgotten stuff!

Have a good thanksgiving.

Rick

 

[Rick Neighbors]

Well, back from Albertsons now. What a mad house! Going to have to have some Jack Daniels to settle my nerves!

As for the longhorn steers. They grow the longest horns in the breed, followed by the cows and then the bulls. A bull's horns should have a big base and adequate length for fighting off varmits and other folks bulls that jump the fence or tear the fence down and make me have to fix fence 14 times in 1 year.........Sorry, I went off on a tangent, sore subject.

They have classes in the Longhorn shows where folks ride the steers in a trail class. Fun to watch. They are generally real gentle. A good trophy steer will bring a tidy sum for the seller. Someday I'm going to raise a trophy steer. Every time I get a nice bull calf picked out for a steer, someone comes along a wants him for a bull, so I'm paranoid about castrating them.


Later,
Rick

 

[DianaOKC]

Dad used to run Limosine for a time. Good lean meat also. They were large critters though!

 

[Ray Miller]

Always thought I would like to try Longhorns some day. I would like to teach a pair to drive, ride and pack. The bovine is more suited to riding then a horse.

I had in the past Red Angus, Black Angus, a Reg. Polled Herford herd and Black Baldies. Used the good bull out of OSU back in the 80's for my Polled herd.

Running a few black baldies now. Going to increase the number of moma cows in the spring if we get that additional 200 acres of graze at the new ranch.

Herman Mollman who ran the Berbiglia Ranch outside of KC for over 30 years had a very nice herd of Longhorns for a number of years up until the time he retired as foreman. When I was riding and shoeing for him they were running Black Angus. Closed out the commercial angus herd and went to Longhorns in the late 80's.

 

[Rick Neighbors]

Ray,

I have a couple of elderly friends that are in the longhorn business. They ranch down in Commanche County, here in Texas. They have a thousand acres that has been in their family for over 100 years. The State of Texas recognizes those type of folks for their contributions, don't know what all they get, tax breaks, etc, but they did get a real nice plaque from the state by their front gate and one over the fireplace. Called a Texas Centennial Ranch for being in the same family under continous operation for over 100 years.

I asked James why he was raising longhorns. He said, "we have raised just about every breed there is, and made up a few of our own, but I'm too old to nurse maid cattle any more, so I raise longhorns because they can take care of themselves".

I guess that's why I raise them too, partly, because I'm just a weekend rancher. We only have 100 acres to play around on, and I need cattle that will survive without a bunch of "nurse maiding". I also really like a lot of their attributes. My young heifers will calve at 18-19 months, with their first calves. I have mama cows, still producing on a regular basis, that are old enough to vote. They are gentle animals, and they are smarter than my wife's horses!

We kinda had to teach ourselves the cattle business over the last 20 years or so, and these animals have been very forgiving. I keep a bull out with them year round, collect the calves at weaning, and sell them to several different markets. Beef, ropers, team penners, cutters, commercial heifer bulls, crossbreeders, and folks that just like to raise some pets that have been a part of history.

Well, enjoy your weekend, and if you ever get in the neighborhood, give me a holler. I'll show you some nice longhorns!

Rick

 

[Annemieke Roell]

That is pretty much how Dexters are, Rick .... they take care of themselves. They are really good for small ranches because you only need about an acre of grazing per head. Their beef is really lean and their milk has a higher fat content than other milk which makes it great for cheese and butter. They also only produce about 1 - 1.5 gallons of milk a day which makes it a very good cow for a small family.

They are an Irish heirloom breed .... there are long legged and short legged. I prefer the long legged .... think the short legged are strange looking.

If somebody can tell me how to post pictures on this board I'll share a pic of my boys. They are quite handsome if I say so myself.