Simmental Herd Sires

231A was a standout as a yearling during the summer months of 2014 at Red Hill Farms. 231A had unusually short, slick hair – making him extremely valuable for cowherds on fescue pastures and in hot climates. This adaptability feature of 231A translated into excellent individual ratios – 99 BWR, 109 WWR, 117 YWR, 107 %IMF, and 121 REA. We were looking for a Step Out son with all the positive attributes of Step Out – foot size, length of stride, soundness, growth and carcass traits – without bringing along the birthweight. We have chosen to retain 231A at Red Hill Farms.

231A’s dam, X004, is a Gateway cow that has adapted well to our fescue environment and has excellent progeny ratios. She is now a donor cow at Red Hill. Watch for more progeny in the future!

231A’s calves are always the heaviest in each contemporary group at weaning. His calves are very dense, wide-centered and heavy muscled-cattle that have tremendous growth rate without the extra frame size. His calves are never “out of bounds” on frame size in either direction. All daughters are being retained at Red Hill. Daughters of 231A were calved in the fall of 2017 and in the spring of 2018. We are simply elated with those daughters – tremendous dispositions, tight and perfectly shaped udders with small teats, great fleshing ability, and the same denseness and center body width of their sire.

Red Hill Muskoka 71C is the 3/4 Simmental bull that topped our 2016 sale going to Mike Tulloch in Ontario, Canada. We were very appreciative for Mike and Brian Pogue studying our cattle and coming to buy this bull. This bull represents many of our SimAngus breeding program goals. We have strived to maintain exceptional growth while adding lots of rib and body in a moderate-framed package. 71C fits the bill. His performance ratios were 94 BWR, 114 WWR, 110 YWR, 127 %IMF, and 110 REA. His dam and her paternal sisters by 36X are a great group of young cows at Red Hill. Also, his maternal granddam, 81U, is one of our best Red Coat daughters. Our first calves by Muskoka were born in the fall of 2017, with more born in the spring of 2018. Muskoka 71C will continue to be used heavily at Red Hill.

Owned with Mike Tulloch (Canada). SEMEN AVAILABLE

Red Hill 163Z 52X 86C was the top performing bull at Red Hill in the Spring of 2016. His performance ratios are 105 BWR, 107 WWR, 117 YWR, 112 % IMF, and 118 REA. 86C is a slick-haired, super sound athlete whose calves are very impressive. The calves are small at birth with excellent vigor and are the slickest-haired sire group at Red Hill. 86C’s dam, 52X, is sired by our Red Angus bull, Nice’n Easy T189, that is a super sire for adaptability to our environment. The maternal granddam is an outstanding daughter of Red Coat and has a great udder. 86C’s paternal granddam, 54P, is the most influential cow in our Red Angus program. Even though 86C is only 3/8 Simmental, he still has the Simmental power and growth we are striving to get along with the tremendous fertility and adaptability of our very best Red Angus. 86C is essentially unrelated to most of the Simmental breed with NO Shear Force, Legacy, or Premium Beef, and he is only a great grandson of 701T. We think this bull has a great future in our Red SimAngus program.

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57B was retained in 2015 because of his moderate frame, rib shape, body volume and excellent feet. He is a Beef Maker son that is out of a Red Coat daughter of our 54P Red Angus cow. His ratios were 110 BWR, 101 WWR, 109 YWR, 83 IMF and 100 REA. Because of his extra natural thickness and soundness, 57B has been popular among visitors.

57B’s dam is a model SimAngus female.

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213B is a promising purebred that fits well in the Red Hill program. 213B is extremely calm and is as slick as any bull on the farm. 213B is an ET son of GW Game Changer and out of our outstanding Shear Force daughter, 14S, from Tom Hook. 14S is truly an amazing cow – she stays slick-haired in our fescue environment, her BCS is usually 7, and she weans the heaviest calf in the pasture. The first calves by 213B have been impressive – reasonably small and vigorous.

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“Lot 7 (734Y) is a real complete bull out of a model Lucky Charm cow. He has been a stick out since he was a calf and developed nicely. Typical of the Premium Beef bulls as he is long-bodied, not tall, soft topped, and easy doing.” – Jim Butcher

734Y was selected from the 2012 Gateway Sale as an ideal bull to mate to our 701T daughters. 734Y posted outstanding individual ratios – – WWR 103, YWR 110, IMF ratio 122, and REA ratio 104. Additionally, 734Y is moderate framed, easy fleshing and sound structured.

Owned with Gateway Simmental (MT) and Gibbs Farms (AL). SEMEN AVAILABLE

Wally impressed us with his exceptional performance ratios and the phenotype we desire. Tom Hook described Wally as “one of the heaviest muscled and soundest structured with a quiet disposition, great appetite, and boasts herd changing carcass and index profile.” We have been impressed by Shear Force’s calving ease when used at Red Hill Farms. Couple this with the high accuracy carcass genetics of Future Direction, and we were pleased to add Wally to the Red Simmental mix at Red Hill Farms.

106W’s greatest contribution may be his daughters. His first daughters calved at Red Hill in the Spring of 2013. They have excellent udders and mothering skills. Additionally, his daughters are moderate-sized and easy fleshing, and as the data indicates, very docile. Another bonus is that the Wally daughters are as fescue adaptable as any cattle in our system.

106W’s cow family was very well received in the 2013 Hook’s Bred for Balance sale. 106W’s full sister was the top selling cow at $20,000. She also was the dam of the top selling bull, Lot 23 at $15,000. Additionally, Wally 106W’s nine-year old dam sold for $7,500. Wally daughters are a great asset at Red Hill.

Red Coat was our pick of the bulls at the 2007 Gateway Bull Sale (MT). Red Coat posted impressive individual performance data, low birth weight (81 pounds), 112 WR, and 111 YR. Red Coat’s massive thickness was evidenced by his 16.02 REA (122 ratio). In the Gateway Sale of 235 bulls, Red Coat had the 4th largest REA in the entire offering.

With Red Coat’s unparalleled feedlot performance, he has been an ideal fit for mating to our Red Angus cows. In addition to Red Coat’s terminal traits, we have been equally impressed with the exceptional udder quality of his daughters.
Red Coat has been sampled by several breeders. “Our #1 WW bull calf for 2010 was a son (GW Red Coat 099TS) at almost 950 pounds. We will be using him much more in 2011.” Terry Schlenker, Wilkinson Farms, North Dakota.

Owned with Gateway (MT) and JanBil Farms (GA). SEMEN AVAILABLE