Weaned GAP Certified Feeder Heifers for Sale at Dillon, MT

114 Red Baldy Feeder Heifers for Sale at Dillon, MT. GAP Certified, Weaned 60 Days, Middle cut out of 325+ Red hided Heifers. Sorted by color and sized on a chute scale with a three way sort.

Weaned in Late October, given multi-min at receiving. Fed chopped hay and 3 lbs of cracked corn. These heifers are GAP Certified.

100% Red Hided. Few straight red, few Hereford, vast majority Red Baldies.

Ranch Raised Angus X Hereford Heifers. There’s great heterosis in the heifers, mixed Angus and Hereford, having been crossed back-and-forth over generations. Sires of these heifers are powerful horned hereford bulls.

These calves are usually run over by the ranch as yearlings and ship in September in the 800 lb range.

The heifers themselves come from an Angus X Hereford cross cow herd, running out in big country. This herd has been closed for generations, with more focus on higher quality sire genetics being brought in over the last 18 years. With over 300 bulls in the Bull battery, there’s lots of genetic variation and vigor. A melting pot of genetic traits where the best cow traits rise to the top in their environment, because the weak don’t survive. The cows on this ranch can handle tough terrain and thrive with minimal inputs.

Their environment and low input management program has naturally turned them into a range cow with lots of longevity. It’s fairly common for them to have cows that get up to 15 or 16 years of age. I have seen cows on this ranch from 18 to 20 years old as well. These heifers are expected to be a medium frame 1300-1325 lbs cow at maturity.

The main cow herd is trailed 40 miles from the winter ground down to the pastures in the centennial in the spring. That says something for their maternal instinct because they have to take care of a pretty young calf for the whole trip. And then they get trailed 40 miles back from the summer pastures to headquarters again.