Walking Cane Cattle Company / Gary Burelsmith
Walking Cane Cattle Company is located in west Texas approximately 40 miles south
of Abilene. The ranch is located near Winters, Texas. Gary has been in the cattle
business for over 40 years. His experience includes ranching in Tatum, New Mexico
for 25 years before moving to Winters where he established a high performance
Red Angus herd. This herd is built around highly functional females with exceptional
legs, feet, udders and disposition that they pass on to their calves. In the country
where these cattle perform they know how to hustle and not live a pampered
lifestyle. The focus is to raise cattle for ranches by producing progeny with low birth
weights and high performance at maturity.
3J Farms / Jeff and Jamie Earles
/ 580-220-8160
3J Farms is located in Ravia, Oklahoma. They maintain a herd of 175+ cows. The
herd was built by selecting females from top breeders from around the country and
by aggressively using artificial insemination and embryo transfer as a way to
further improve upon genetic value of the herd. They strive to produce high quality
bulls for commercial and seed stock customers alike with high performing, yet
balanced EPDs.
Star G Ranch, Inc. / Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist
641-919-1077 /
The Gilchrist family has been producing registered Red Angus cattle since 1973. In
the early years, they produced seedstock genetics for Pioneer Beef Cattle and were
part of a Bull Test comprised of over 125 Red Angus bulls sold annually in Iowa.
The current registered herd is a fall calving enterprise consisting of approximately
40 top quality females. Embryo transfer and artificial insemination play an integral
part of their Red Angus program. All of the Star G Ranch bulls are performance
tested and sold through the Red Alliance program. In recent years, the Star G
Ranch has expanded to Canton, Oklahoma which has allowed an additional
commercial Red Angus female development program that markets around 300
head of heifers each year.
Dorman Red Angus / Eric and Farah Dorman: 580-658-0606
Dorman Red Angus is located in Bray, Oklahoma (Southwestern Oklahoma). This
family has been in the cattle business for 25+ years. Their herd primarily consists of
Red Angus cattle hand selected to produce performance quality seed stock. A
primary goal is to raise easy keeping, high quality cattle that can be used for a
production herd or to excel in the show ring. Leveraging genetic opportunities they
utilize an artificial insemination and embryo transfer using IVF (invitro-fertilization)
program along with leading edge quality Red Angus herd sires.
Curry Red Angus / 254-967-1631
This member is a family owned operation in central Texas near Dublin. They
started as a commercial cow/calf operation 20 years ago in 1996 and over the
years have transitioned to a registered Red Angus cow/calf operation. Their focus is
on producing high quality replacement heifers for seed stock producers and bulls
for the commercial or seed stock operations.
Armstrong Red Angus
Derek Armstrong: 479-422-1854 / Darrell Armstrong: 479-633-2441
Located in Rogers, AR, Armstrong Red Angus has selectively built a performance
based registered Red Angus herd that began in 2000. The focus has been centered
on acquiring top females from across the country and aggressively using artificial
insemination. This program has been strategically positioning their efforts to
become the premier Red Angus breeder in Arkansas and compete with the best in
the country.
Flaming Livestock Company / Tim & Ryan Flaming / 620-382-4894
The Flaming family operates farming and ranching operations located in central
Kansas running commercial cow/calf and registered Red Angus herds. They also
grow various grains and hay. Their breeding philosophy is focused on crossing
terminal sires with moderate sized maternal lines to capitalize on maximizing
growth in the calf without excessive inputs for cattle that are larger than the
environment can support. The herd was selected for phenotype combined with
balanced EPD’s and focused on adequate growth and positive carcass traits from cow
families proven to produce these types of cattle. Embryo transfer and AI are used as
tools for maximizing herd performance.
RamBo Cattle Co LLC / John and Lynna Ramsey / Don Bolain
316-259-3637 /
RamBo Cattle Co is a cow/calf operation located in South Central Kansas. Their roots
originated from a commercial cow/calf operation and have expanded into
producing seed stock Red Angus cattle. In 2010 they turned their focus to registered
Red Angus and took advantage of an opportunity to purchase an elite herd of Red
Angus cattle with a proven track record and proven donors. Their program is
focused on use of embryo transfer and artificial insemination to produce high
quality performance grade Red Angus cattle.
Denton and Dad Red Angus / Robert Halpain / 918-598-3488
Located 12 miles north of Tahlequah Oklahoma. They have been raising Red Angus
cattle since 2001. The herd was started with Red Angus bulls and using them on
Simmental cows to sell as replacement heifers. They liked the heifers so much they
decided to start building a herd of registered Red Angus. In 2003 they took the
transition further and purchased 25 bred heifers and 1 Red Angus bull. The herd
has grown to over 100 head of Red Angus. Their seed stock bulls and heifers are
offered annually through the Red Alliance. From time to time they also offer show
heifers for sale. They have experience in the show ring and have been showing Red
Angus in Junior and Open shows since 2009. Their primary focus is on maximizing
genetic potential while keeping cattle with style and great conformation.
Steel Caps Cattle Company / 214-287-6442
Eric Durbin & Suzanne Appolito-Durbin /
Founded with and still relies heavily on proven genetics from Red Alliance member
ranches combined with advanced reproductive techniques (AI, ET, IVF). They strive to
produce animals with the performance and growth characteristics required for
profitability in today’s commercial cattle markets. With ranches located in Howe and
Van Alstyne, Texas they are located in the North Texas area.
