GONZALES, TEXAS Owner: Jimmy Elliott • Ranch Manager: Kurt Trammell Large Volume of 3/8 X 5/8 Registered Red Brangus Bulls available private treaty. • Forage developed • Low Birth weight • Breeding guaranteed • Affordably priced • Easy Fleshing Please contact Kurt Trammell at 830-857-4943 or via email [email protected]. For up to date photos of cattle for sale please visit our Facebook profile, Tuna Rosa Ranch. ERICA M N A R E S D U G B R A N American Red Brangus Inside This Issue: Association 2 Presidents Message 3995 E. Hwy. 290 Dripping Springs, TX 78620 2 Calendar of Events 512-858-7285 [email protected] Office hours Monday-Friday 5 Working for the Breed 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (CST) americanredbrangus.org 6 Buying vs Raising Replacement Heifers OFFICE MANAGER By Jason Cleere Michele Hanson 512-858-7285 12 Membership Application RECORDS DEPARTMENT: American Red Brangus 14 Mississippi Feed Test P.O. Box 14100 Kansas City, MO 64101-4100 By Larry Anderson Cover photo by Joelynn 816-595-2444 Rathmann 15 Improve Your Bottom Line MEMBERSHIP Active-$75/year Associate-$75/year 18 ARBA 2017 Directory Junior Active-$75/year Junior Membership-$30/year 24 Standards of Excellence ARBA OFFICERS: President: Elaine Monaghan 27 2017 AJRBA National Vice President: Dr. Richard Gingles Junior Show Coverage Secretary: Katy Wunderlich Treasurer: John Banken ARBA DIRECTORS Index of Advertisers: John Fischer Ron Jones Shawn Knox ARBA Sale ----------------------------- 3 Mike Levi Aryon McQuire ARBA Foundation ---------------------- IBC Trevor Reifel Bayou Frais ---------------------------- 4 Michael Sander Double W Ranch ------------------------ 4 Kurt Trammell III Farms ----------------------------- BC Statements of fact and opinion in this Joy Hill Farms ------------------------- 4 publication, including editorial and advertisements, are the responsibility of Paleface Ranch ---------------------- 16-17 the authors and advertisers alone and do Precision Guesswork Cattle Co. ----------- 27 not necessarily reflect the opinions of the R2 Ranch ----------------------------- 13 magazine staff, officers or members of the American Red Brangus Association. Siphorien Bayou Ranch ------------------- 2 Southern Star Ranch --------------------- 11 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: American Red Brangus Journal Sunbelt Red Brangus Breeders Organization --- 7 3995 E. Hwy. 290 Tuna Rosa Ranch ----------------------- IFC Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Vogel Farms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 Fall 2017 — American Red Brangus Journal 1 President’s Message Elaine Monaghan, It’s 102 degrees, do you know where ARBA president your American Red Brangus Cattle are? They are not standing belly deep in the tank/pond or under job putting the show together. Thank you to the Junior a shade tree, they are out grazing in the pasture; heat tolerant Committee Members and all parents that helped during the is one of the great qualities of our breed. Along with early show. A large thank you to all breeders that sponsored the maturity, low birth weights, calving ease, excellent maternal show, the Junior’s are our future. instincts and longevity. This being said I hope everyone In closing I would like to say, thank you to my Red Brangus is making plans to attend the sale on September 23. Kurt family for the beautiful flowers that were sent when my mother Trammel and Anthony Mahalski are putting together a great passed away in June. I don’t look at this organization as an set of females and on June 10th 26 bulls went into a feed test, association I look and feel that you are my family. I also want to these bulls will be at the sale. You don’t want to miss this thank my number one cheerleader Michele Hanson for all her offering of outstanding cattle. hard work and dedication. The Annual Meeting and Sale will be held at Hills Prairie Auction, Bastrop, Texas. The Annual Meeting will be on Friday September 22nd and the Sale will be on Saturday the 23rd, if you missed the sale in 2016 you missed an awesome event. Please remember hotel reservations must be made by September 5th, ask for the American Red Siphorien Bayou Ranch Red Brangus Breeders Brangus Room block. Our National Junior Show was held July 26th through th the 30 in Bryan, Texas at the Brazos County Expo Center. Jack & Beverly Barron Phone 318-871-BULL (2855) The Junior’s had a great time and exhibited some amazing 138 Barron Pvt. Dr. Fax 318-871-COWS (2697) cattle. You will find the show results in this magazine. Mansfield, LA 71052 Congratulations to all exhibitors and their families. I want to say a special thank you to Roger Smith, Junior Chairman and his daughter Molly, they did a wonderful Calendar of Events Around the ARBA Office… 2017 Michele Hanson is the ARBA office September 22 American Red Brangus Association manager. She handles the day-to-day operations Annual Meeting, Bastrop, TX of the association. Feel free to call her if you September 23 American Red Brangus Sale, Hills have any questions. Michele can be reached at 512-858-7285 or by email at [email protected]. Prairie Auction, Bastrop, TX Office hours at the Dripping Springs office are October 20 State Fair of Texas, Red Brangus Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (CST). Show, Dallas, TX ARBA has two locations. Following is contact information and what happens at each location: October 22 State Fair of Texas, Junior Red Brangus Show, Dallas, TX Dripping Springs Office: Kansas City Location: American Red Brangus American Red Brangus October 28 R2 Ranch Bull Sale, Valentine, NE 3995 East Hwy 290 P.O. Box 14100 November 6 R2 Ranch Bull Sale, Burlington, CO Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Kansas City, MO 64101-4100 512-858-7285 816-595-2444 2018 • Advertising/Public Relations • Registrations January 31-February 2 NCBA Convention, Phoenix, AZ • Member Services • Transfers February 13-16 San Antonio Junior Breeding Heifer • Convention/Annual Meetings/ Shows Board Meetings • Duplicate Certificates • Ballots for Board of Directors February 27-March 18 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo • Whole Herd Billing • National Junior Show March 8-18 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Shows • Scholarships • Whole Herd Payments March 23-25 TSCRA Convention, Fort Worth, TX • Mail out Inquire Packets • Processing New Members • Budgeting To add more events please call the Dripping Springs office • DNA/Blood Typing Records • Magazine at 512-858-7285. 2 American Red Brangus Journal — Fall 2017 ERICA M N A R E S D U G B R A N AMERICAN RED BRANGUS CONVENTION SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 • 1 PM Hills Prairie Livestock Facility • 1177 HWY 304 S, Bastrop, TX 78602 Selling the best the industry has to offer! 30 Gain Tested Bulls • Over 50 Females Pairs • 3N1s • Bred Heifers • Open Heifers SALE HEADQUARTERS: Best Western Bastrop Pines Inn • 512-321-0900 107 Hunters Crossing, Bastrop, TX 78602 ARBA room rate is $94.99 plus tax if reserved by Sept. 5. SCHEDULE: Friday 4 p.m. - Cattle viewing 5 p.m. - Annual meeting 6:30 p.m. - Fellowship & dinner Saturday 8 a.m. - Coffee, donuts & cattle viewing 11:30 a.m. - Lunch 1:00 p.m. - ARBA Sale INFORMATION: Kurt Trammell (830)-857-4943 Michele Hanson (512)-858-7285 Elaine Monaghan (512)-293-0421 AUCTIONEER/SALE MANAGER: 7320 Triple Elm N., San Antonio, TX 78263 (210)-648-5475 • (210)-648-4939 (210)-415-0999 Mobile [email protected] www.anthonymihalski.com Fall 2017 — American Red Brangus Journal 3 Since 1943 JOY HILL Double Ranch BaxterW Womack FARMS Commercial/Registered Red Brangus Home of the 460 Herd “Breeding Functional Cattle for Today’s Cattle Industry” Breeding for disposition, easy calving, low birth weight, high weaning and low maintenance 4900 Beverly Skyline Dr. Aryon and Cathy McGuire 370 Hillman Rd. • Grayson, LA 71435 Austin, TX 78731 318-649-5583 • Cell 318-376-1161 512-452-6916 H [email protected] [email protected] Brucellosis Certified #701 I Herd Predominately… Three Corners and Bayou Frais BJ Camp Breeding Red Brangus Richard B. Gingles, D.V.M. Grace Gingles Home: Office: 18469 28th St. Houston (Mac) Gingles 6420 Beatline Rd. Long Beach, MS 39560 Long Beach, MS 39560 Look for our bulls in the Phone: 228-863-8490 Phone: 228-864-4339 bull test at Tylertown, MS Fax: 228-863-8985 4 American Red Brangus Journal — Fall 2017 ERICA M N A R E S D U G B R A N President Vice President Secretary Director Elaine Monaghan Dr. Richard Gingles Katy Wunderlich John Banken Flatonia, Texas Long Beach, Mississippi Hempstead, Texas Bridge City, Texas 512-293-0421 228-864-4339 979- 571-7498 409-338-8610 Director Director Director Director John Fischer Ron Jones Shawn Knox Mike Levi Houston, Texas Lexington, Texas Hempstead, Texas Santa Fe, New Mexico 281-599-8646 512-940-0332 281-471-5751 505-983-7436 Director Director Director Director Aryon McGuire Trevor Reifel Michael Sander Kurt Trammell Grayson, Lousiana Alvin, Texas Weslaco, Texas Gonzales, Texas 318-376-1161 713-829-8213 956-968-9650 830-857-4943 Fall 2017 — American Red Brangus Journal 5 6 American Red Brangus Journal — Fall 2017 Fall 2017 — American Red Brangus Journal 7 8 American Red Brangus Journal — Fall 2017 Fall 2017 — American Red Brangus Journal 9 10 American Red Brangus Journal — Fall 2017 [email protected] Fall 2017 — American Red Brangus Journal 11 American Red Brangus Association Membership Application Date: I, , hereby apply for membership in the American Red Brangus Association (ARBA). If approved, I agree to abide by the constitution, bylaws and regulations of the ARBA. Membership fees are $75 for Active Members; $75 for Associate Members; $75 for Active Juniors; and $30 for Junior Memberships. The association earmarks $25 of each membership (excluding regular Junior Memberships) for advertising funds. Those eligible for Active (adult) and Active Junior (ages 9-21) memberships must be reputable breeders that will register quality American Red Brangus cattle.