Kaso has been Raising Straight Butler since 1986 and been Raising Longhorn Cattle in General since 1983.He is the Co-Host of the Butler Breeder's Invitational , He is the Largest single donor to the Butler Longhorn Museum (located in League City).Kaso has judged many TLBAA youth and open shows as well many Futurities including Past Butler I've been asked by several people to write this information down. Registered Longhorns today trace to ancestry verified for purity by this careful visual inspection. The King Ranch was the main stronghold of Peeler blood. WR is not well appreciated for herd sires. DeWitt Meshell has described the Butler Texas Longhorn as a type of Longhorn all its own. Non-pigmented udders Only in the last 100 years were cattle performance tested for human consumption, His progeny are mostly black and very trim of underline. The Museum documents the rich multicultural heritage of the region through farming and ranch history. They were somewhat long in body but not real tall. As she was used in the What makes the longhorn different? Milby bred for horns. 22245 S. Lower Highland Rd. "2022 Butler Breeder's Invitational" If you have a great totally red sire, compliment him with cows that are that would not normally purchase. The cattle would be divided according to their brands, foremost among them George W. Butler's "OT" brand. Ross Ranch Horns is a small ranch owned by Will Ross and is located in the piney woods of East Texas, just South of Tyler. There were no magazines, no brochures, only one sale a year, and 30 years to wait on internet We talked to foundation producers Graves Peeler, Charles Schreiner III, Jack Phillips, Henry Butler, Chico Wright, Fayette Yates, Travis Marks and the early inspector Garnett Brooks. Each one of them utilized Butler genetics extensively as they built their programs. I have no answer for that one. That said, Texas longhorn cattle tend to be 48-60 inches or 1.2-1.5 m long, on average. It has been a life long dream to start a family ranch that can be passed down for generations. Prior to the perpetuation of the seven families the wild cattle herds of Texas possessed Spanish, Oxen and European blood. Stumbling into the registered Longhorns next seemed to have sealed the deal as we went from two to forty in a year and a half spending more for one than I ever thought Id do. Milby also used the MB brand at times. If you see an animal you're interested in please feel free to contact us. However, just because a cow has 80 inches of horn tip-to-tip doesnt mean shell produce long horned offspring. For the past 22 years a group of Longhorn breeders dedicated to preserving the Butler line of cattle have come together for the Annual Butler Breeders Invitational Sale featuring only cattle . They were the Wright, Yates, Butler, Marks, Peeler, and Phillips families. shows. Nearby Recently Sold Homes. cattle, if a wife doesn't like an animal, the deal generally won't happen. They were excellent milkers and raised big fat calves. At one time the historic Wright blood was intensely inbred. They are structurally sound and good mothers. different color scheme becomes the center of visibility. These pioneer Longhorn breeders were eager to support the fledgling association and its attempts to form a registry and promote the breed. Unfortunately, many in todays Longhorn industry have gotten caught up in one-trait selection at the expense of historic traits that have set the Longhorn apart from other cattle breeds and allowed them to survive for hundreds of years mothering ability, browse utilization, and disease resistance. There'a a multitude of ways to get involved with the Museum! The Butler cattle are nearly as intensely inbred as WR. surprised if the wife points her out and indicates a buying choice. The Peeler, WR and Butler all have a dated beginning. TEXAS LONGHORN cattle come in hundreds of shapes, sizes, colors and horn configurations. He wanted his cows to come in every year with a fat, live calf and no excuses. Sale Every Thursday 11 AM Special Cow Sales Held Monthly. The horns of Texas Longhorn cattle can extend to over 6.9 ft (2.1 m) tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows, and 5.9 ft . the dark color of your choice. 3H Cattle Co. 53 Blk . Within the body cavity of the Philips family representative was placed certain actual bones from the most famous Longhorn sire of all time, Texas Ranger. Some of the light red steers measured over 7 feet tip-to-tip at 11 years of age. I have this cow head mounted in my den. Our herd concentrates on the Butler family of longhorns to produce elite cattle with exceptional horn. The tri-color factor will blend (unlike a brindle) in smooth problem. The middle cow was sold to Richard Robbins Jr and he retained several sons of her for breeding. He would have the neighborhood kids gather the big-horned cattle every so often and rub lanolin into their horns to keep them shiny and healthy looking. ears and ankles. Many Butler steers were used in the Centennial Trail Drive to Dodge City in 1966. He was successful in raising that. For Additional Information: This decision will be the most significant any Longhorn breeder has to make if a profitable business is desired. WR cows are very feminine. Yet few Texans or visitors to this state realize that at the beginning of the 20th century, Longhorns were on the verge of extinction. Videos for related products. The Phillips blood is one unique in itself. Several bulls were acquired from Yates. value colors. them to dominantly dark bulls with no more than a few white spots. The Butler Longhorn Museum & Educational Center highlights the Butler cattle bloodline, while exhibiting the history of the Longhorn Breed. Most mature WR bulls weigh 1,100 to 1,400 lbs. The interest rate was 17 percent. One person's definition of value color is a color that is hard to describe. (You can unsubscribe anytime), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiUtUuBl54o, Check out our feature from YOLO TXTV, Long Live the Longhorn. Rich reds are more valuable than pale It would be a perfect world if the bull has a high value color, over 80" horns All Rights Reserved. Welcome to the Butler Longhorn Museum and Heritage Park! 3 Beds. In 1872, George bought 30 acres of land adjoining the Galveston, Houston and Henderson tracks in League City. ears and a few small specks of a light roan hair coat. "He is loved and respected by a host of admiring friends and the poor and suffering always find in him a true benefactor.". The most famous WR bull of all time was "WR 2935." A more detailed account of this historical family was featured in the Texas Longhorn Journal Summer 1980 issue entitled the "Texas Ranger Legacy.". Classic Ace was a Longhorn with horns that stretched more than eight feet in length. By the 1920s, Longhorn cattle had become a rare sight. More WR blood is available in the nation than any other family. Call David Stanley at 254-722-9606 for more info or to arrange to see the herd. In the fifties and sixties many people started raising Longhorns because of the colorful old Graves Peeler, a retired Texas Ranger, of Atascosa County, Texas. Isaacs, Leopard Trucking Company, and Sammie Meshell; along with many more that are now breeding Butler bulls to straight Butler cows. It is not felt the old cattle were consistently highly colorful, which I'm sure is correct in general. and his horns were over 42". Some interchanging of bulls was done with Graves Peeler and Wichita Refuge in later years. popular genetic selection choice to breed a flashier offspring, and in turn The first thing a lady does in the morning is check her face. They fall to a white color often with dark ears, nose, eyes and ankles. evolves back to the all red or white solid dominant colors. . Starting out on a small hobby farm for a few years as a child, it wasnt far into adulthood that I found a way into ranching ourselves. It is difficult to predict progeny color of most Butler cattle. 1) I never realized they roamed or were we raised this close to the Gulf Coast. This pairing produced herd sires like Classic, Reveille and Butler Boy, and the great cow Lady Butler, dam of Monarch. Once there was a shipment of 49,000 head of Texas Longhorns bound for Cuba. You take the Butler out of your herd and youll take the horn out of your herd. and all the cows were equally endowed. Meshell remembers Milby B as a knowledgeable cattleman and breeder. The war interrupted the area's budding cattle industry, but afterward, in the 1870s, League City became the headquarters of a number oflarge ranches and was a railroad shipping point for cattle. Volunteer or become a member or a museum sponsor to help support education about Texas history. Most of his herd sires were out of the cows with the best corkscrew horns. Color, on 1. One of his 22 blood types of record was also found in Hereford cattle. of white specks and every white critter having at least 20% dark specks. Dickinson Cattle Co. LLC is about 30% WR blood. While straight Butler cattle wont necessarily have as long a tip-to-tip horn measurement as the blended Longhorns, they do contribute the hybrid vigor needed to produce long horns when combined with the blended genetics. The tri-color With bloodlines that can be traced back several generations, Butler Texas Longhorns allow us to achieve our goals within a supportive, like-minded community. The WR herd was the latest of origin. and genetic changes. Choices are available and popular is tropical or subtropical. We have been showing our Miniature Longhorns since 2017 with success. The white color was a brighter change from The bronze was cast by world famous sculptor Terry Kelsey of Guthrie, Texas. Spotted cattle are considered more valuable than non-spotted cattle. This survival color pattern may be on a predominantly white critter, Each of the seven families introduced a blend of new genetics to avoid inbreeding after their herds matured. Some almost homely heads and narrow faces may be found which was typical of many early TL cattle. Texon cattle mix the Texas Longhorn and the Devon cattle breed. If a cow is white, don't mate her to a white bull. He had big ideas all the way through. Elmer wheeled and got away. From now until then, here are some mating suggestions to produce value colors: Reprinted courtesy of the Texas Longhorn Journal ~~ photo illustrations added. Select away from sires that are all red or all white to get consistent The "seven families" were for the most part unrelated. Kaso Kety 985-796-3918 or Michael McLeod 361-782-0155, Copyright 2012 by Butler Texas Longhorn Breeders Wright cows are extra feminine, very trim necks and straight backs. Also a good horned Butler bull was used by the Phillips' during the 1950's to blend with Phillips genetics. We spend a lot of time around our cows and as a result, most of them can be hand fed and regularly ask for head scratches. This was his kind of cow . patterns from a tan or gold color on the pole and upper back down to browns, Market Report Archives. Included among these are Blackie Graves, Wiley and Pauline Russell, Sam Partlow, J.W. No one offered any premium for purebred Longhorns thirty years before the first Longhorns were registered. The WR herd was the latest of origin. Her blood is highly sought by most prominent Longhorn producers. The sixty-ninth congress in 1927 provided "that not to exceed $3,000 . She works to The government herd always had staff carefully record this information. Modern DNA methods have determined a uniqueness of similarity in kinship among pure Longhorns and a distant blood common to most other prominent cattle breeds. The city developed around the Butler Ranch and Cattle Station and whose history stretches all the way back to before the Civil War. Though his main interest at the time was his herd of registered Brahman cattle, Milby took an active interest also in preserving the native Longhorns. Thanks to G. I. Butler of League City, Texas; Toni Lambert of the League City Public Library; and DeWitt Meshell of Groveton, Texas, for their help in preparing this history. maybe brindle, some dark and some yeah!" Some had a long goatee like growth of hair hanging from the top inner ear protecting it from tropical insects. In 1907, he canvassed the property owners of League City to see who would pay $4 a piece for live oak trees to be planted by their sidewalks. Many purchasing selections involve the final OK by the wife. Breeders blended these two cattle to create an animal better suited to specific environments and conditions. Today we see some beautiful colored Yates cattle which were not a normal thing years ago. The building was a log cabin. A direct out cross to larger families will correct this. White hair coats reflect heat, but under tropical ultraviolet penetration, different from the home pasture is often the target of choice. Or, a herd with several of the same color may be considered duplicates and Salebill; VIP-Valley Oaks Incentive Program. HEIFERS Each of our heifers has the potential to be the next class winneru0003or top-producer in your herd. Possibly due to this, many WR cattle are somewhat smaller in size, length and height than other families. Shop. Butler, MO 64730. foundation of solid reds and white colors remain strong today. Women understand pretty things. We started raising Texas Longhorn cattle in 2008, when we purchased a heifer calf for Jodie to bottle feed for the bucket calf show at the county fair. Excellence is expected, and never by accident. The numbers available today of the pure Marks blood have been diluted and are no doubt the smallest in number of the seven families. The Butler cow, Beauty at 58" set an early record and her son Classic at 61" topped all bulls prior to 1980. and endurance of gray horses (often with white hair) when traveling the hot 2023 by DoyleCattle Farm. value with color should be a business decision. No one bid against him after that. The other five herds started from ten to several dozen years earlier. Trusted Butler Favorites . sands of the desert. 3) The need to reestablish longhorns after sending so many to market in the 1800's. 4) The development of the . We now have a small herd of high quality registered Butler and Butler-blend longhorns. The Phillips cattle were every subtle color with possibly more solid colors than some herds due to the sun burning of white cattle in the very hot coastal climate. . . Weve worked hard over the last 11 years to build on a foundation of proven Butler genetics. PEELER cattle were the first cattle purchased by Dickinsons. to describe. Best Western - 512-620-0300 brindle design are well appreciated. Why is the Butler Breeder's Invitational Sale the only sale of it's kind today, with animals purely from only one of the Seven Families? It appears the old Butler cattle have practically no blood found in the other six families as far as direct association. It is only chance that any survive at all. The girls showed for six years earning many honors, awards, and scholarships. Our customers are like our extended family and we want to help you successfully market your cattle. in some breeds for pink-eye infection and cancer eye. 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