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.

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REDHILL MUSKOKA 71C

ASA #: 3009940
Birth Date: 2015-01-22
Homozygous Polled
3/4 SM 1/8 AN 1/8 HP

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. Muskoka 71C will be used heavily at Red Hill.

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REDHILL 163Z 52X 86C

ASA #: 3009914
Birth Date: 2015-01-26
Red Polled
3/8 SM 5/8 AR

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 first calves are very impressive. The calves are small at birth with excellent vigor. 86C’s dam, 52X, is sired by our Red Angus bull, 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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102A was selected for use at Red Hill due to his outstanding individual performance (113 WWR, 104 YWR, 113 %IMF, 111 REA).

102A’s sire, 773X, sires slick-haired, fescue adaptable, SimAngus cattle. 102A is a DDF son to carry on his legacy at Red Hill.

102A’s dam, 765, is the foundation Angus cow at Red Hill Farms. She excels in her rib, body and design. She has excellent udder structure and fleshes easy in our environment. See her video here!

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REDHILL R13 10Z 57B

ASA #: 2854336
Birth Date: 1-22-2014
Red / Polled
5/8 SM 3/8 AR

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. His first bulls are in the March 18, 2017 sale, and many of his daughters are in the replacement pen. Also, 57B’s half-sister sired by Wally is one of our top replacement heifers.

57B’s dam is a model SimAngus female.

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REDHILL 823Y 14S 213B

ASA #: 2976021
Birth Date: 8-4-2014
Heterozygous Black / Homozygous Polled
PB SM

213B is a promising purebred that fits well into 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. This bull will continue to see a lot of use in our SimAngus program.

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REDHILL TEN X 312N 85B

ASA #: 2854334
Birth Date: 1-26-2014
Homozygous Black / Homozygous Polled
1/2 SM 1/2 AN

“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. We believe the Wally daughters will be a great asset in years to come.

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

GW Predestined 773X was our choice in the 2011 Gateway Sale. We are committed to concentrating the genetics of GW Predestined 701T who is one of the outstanding balanced trait bulls in the entire beef industry. Likewise, 773X is a balanced trait bull with unusually superior carcass values (120 ratio for IMF and 124 ratio for REA, the highest in the entire Gateway offering). Both the dam and the granddam of 773X have been donors in the Gateway program. 773X is homozygous black and homozygous polled.

Owned with Gateway Simmental (MT) and Sunshine Farms (AL).

MMF BO R1

ASA #: 2292123
Birth Date: 2-5-2005
Homozygous Black / Homozygous Polled
PB SM

MMF BO R1 was purchased from Rondal and Judy Dawson, Misty Meadows Farm, as our first Simmental herd sire. We were impressed with the individual performance of R1 and the outstanding females in his pedigree. R1 had an adjusted BW of 89(107), WW of 778(111) and a YW of 1353(105). R1 was the first calf from an outstanding 2-year old daughter of DS Six Shooter 3H, his grand dam (L108) is an excellent cow with consistent records, and his great-grand dam (A4) was a phenomenal producer, weaning 13 calves before leaving the herd at the age of 14. The actual ultrasonic values for R1 at 1240 lbs were REA=16.9, %IMF= 3.5, and Fat=0.17. R1 is homozygous black, homozygous polled and has NOT sired a calf with spotting when bred to a group of spotted cows. R1 sired four steers in a group of 65 finished at a Tri County feedlot in Western Iowa. Iowa State Extension calculates Retail Value/Day on Test and Retail Value/Day of Age for all steers finished in this group of feedlots. Among the 65 steers in the pen, the four R1 steers ranked 1, 2, 3 and 4 for Retail Value/Day of age. The other steers were sired by Angus, Red Angus and Gelbvieh bulls. Owned with Gateway Simmental, Lewistown, MT.