The Broken Arrow
Cattle
Raising Commerical Cross-Bred Cattle
Here at The Broken Arrow, we have been raising commercial cross-bred livestock since our youth. Since 1981 almost all of our brood cows are result of select A.I. breeding that is centered around Simmental, Angus, Red Angus, and Polled Hereford cross-breeding.
Our Simmental Influenced Cow Herd
Our Simmental influenced cow herd have several daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters with bloodlines going back to high performance A.I. bulls. A favorite is CSR MR Big-N-Long, who was a long time 5-star trait leader in the breed. Black Mick, who was well known for his black replacement quality sons and daughters. SV Red Charlie and Body Builder, for feedlot steers and replacement females. Also, ER Americana for feedlot performance. We also use current favorite performance sires with similar traits.
Besides Performance, We Cull On Personality Too!
Our Females were rigidly culled annually for performance, milking ability, fertility and personality. We kept record of all our A.I bulls and females performance using C.H.A.P.S. (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software). Until the last few years, we did our A.I. calving in the late winter, and in the barn. But, in recent years, we have not been keeping our replacement heifers. And we have been selling off our older Cull Cows, to gradually reduce our herd size. We will probably retire from raising cattle in 2026 or 2027.
The Broken Arrow
Cattle
Raising Commerical Cross-
Bred Cattle
Here at The Broken Arrow, we have been raising commercial cross-bred livestock since our youth. Since 1981 almost all of our brood cows are result of select A.I. breeding that is centered around Simmental, Angus, Red Angus, and Polled Hereford cross-breeding.
Our Simmental Influenced Cow Herd
Our Simmental influenced cow herd have several daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters with bloodlines going back to high performance A.I. bulls. A favorite is CSR MR Big-N-Long, who was a long time 5- star trait leader in the breed. Black Mick, who was well known for his black replacement quality sons and daughters. SV Red Charlie and Body Builder, for feedlot steers and replacement females. Also, ER Americana for feedlot performance. We also use current favorite performance sires with similar traits.
Besides Performance, We Cull On
Personality Too!
Our Females were rigidly culled annually for performance, milking ability, fertility and personality. We kept record of all our A.I bulls and females performance using C.H.A.P.S. (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software). Until the last few years, we did our A.I. calving in the late winter, and in the barn. But, in recent years, we have not been keeping our replacement heifers. And we have been selling off our older Cull Cows, to gradually reduce our herd size. We will probably retire from raising cattle in 2026 or 2027.
