Pedernales River - The river flows through the north end of the ranch
Welcome to our web site for the River Ranch. Our Ranch policy is directed
at breeding quality longhorn cattle for the best combination of horn,
confirmation, color, and disposition that we can accomplish. A lot of our
breeding program is based on Tip to Tip (TTT) horn measurements and
projections. We breed about thirty five cows a year to the bulls listed below.
Our policy is to breed only cows with 65" minimum TTT or projection. We keep
twenty recipient cows for carrying the embryos from a few of our best cows.
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Rio Grande Chex |
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74" TTT at 36 months
Rio Grande Chex is owned in partnership with Bob & Pam Loomis. For a longhorn bull, he is
about as close to royalty as you can get. His dam is the famous Night Safari cow and his sire
is his name sake JP Rio Grande. He won bronze for all three classes at the
Horn Showcase in 2010 and again in 2011, he has earned his own pasture here at the River Ranch.
Rio Grande Chex is back from a service assignment for Jimmy Jones @ Horseshoe J
Longhorns in Greenville, Alabama. Jimmy used him from December 2010 thru April 2011. He
is working his pasture here at the River Ranch until October of 2011 when he goes to the
Loomis Ranch. Conventional Semen $100/straw or Sexed Semen (heifer only) $200/straw.
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Stopper
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70.00" TTT at 44-1/2 months, DOB 01-06-07
Stopper is his nick name. His register name is ASOCL Unstopabull Emperor. Stopper has
had his own pasture at the River Ranch from July 2008 to September 2010. Stopper is currently
on a service assignment for Ross & Curtis Ohlendorf at the Rocking O Longhorn Ranch.
We really like the rich colors he is producing. We like his long full body, superb coloring
and flat horn growth.
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Sweet Chex |
70.00" TTT at 36 months, DOB 09-13-2007
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He was 62" TTT at 24 months w/ 15" bases
Sweet Chex is a JP Rio Grande son that we bought from Bob & Pam Loomis. He is young bull
that is starting to stand out and make his presence known. He is a big bodied animal with even
bigger horns. He has earned a pasture with some of the best young cows in the industry.
Awards update.....Sweet Chex won a bronze at the Horn Showcase or the Longhorn World
Championship eight times.
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Sam Chex 708 |
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72-3/4" TTT @ 36 Months
Sam Chex 708 is a partnership bull with Bob & Pam Loomis. His DOB is 12-17-07. His breeding
is Joaquin x B L Sadie. He is a bull that we will use in the Rio Grande Chex pasture starting in
October of 2011 when Rio Grande Chex goes back to the Loomis Ranch for a breeding season.
If you like the brindle color with flat horn growth, you will really like Sam. I have never owned an
80" TTT bull (but just like Rio Grande Chex), Sam has an above average chance of getting there.
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