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Commercial Red Angus Heifers
This year we are doing something a little different with our replacement heifers. In the past we have taken
them to Mobridge Livestock and sold them in the Red Angus sale in January. This year we are going to sell
them here at our bull sale. We will have them sorted into three groups.
We will offer them in groups of 10 and the high bidder will have the option to take a minimum of 10 or as
many of the whole offering as they choose. The purple tags will represent Group 1 and their lot numbers
will be 131 to 150. Group 1 is comprised of a top cut from our registered herd. Groups 2 and 3 are a
mixture of top cuts of heifers from both our registered and commercial herds.
Group 2 will have green tags and will represent 151 to 170 and the third group will have yellow tags and
will be tagged from 171 to 195.
All of these heifers will sell as commercial and if you are interested in the papers on Group 1 please con-
tact us prior to the sale. A video of these heifers will be available on our website,
.
GROUP 1
131 – 150
Purple tags
GROUP 2
151 – 170
Green tags
GROUP 3
171 – 195
Yellow tags
Broken Heart Ranch, Ralph and Helen Pederson,
Firesteel, S.D.,
By Richard Chamberlain
Ralph and Helen Pedersons’ Broken Heart Ranch is a fourth-generation
American Quarter Horse and Red Angus ranch operation near the
north-central South Dakota town of Firesteel.
Ralph and his bride, Helen, started ranching in the 1930s, and estab-
lished Broken Heart Ranch at its current location in the mid-1940s,
raising Hereford cattle, sheep and grade saddle and work horses. As
their family expanded with the birth of sons Gary and Ron, the ranch
expanded as well.
The early 1960s were pivotal times for the ranch, with the purchase
of their first registered Quarter Horse stallion and mare and their first
registered Red Angus cattle. Today, the ranch has a small broodmare
band of 15 mares a stallion and a ranch horse string, runs about 450
head of registered and commercial Red Angus cattle, and hosts annual
production sales for both their cattle and horse enterprises.
In 1958, Broken Heart Ranch purchased its first registered Quarter
Horse stallion, Scamp’s Paprika (aka “Pep”). Until that time, the saddle
horse string and broodmare band comprised grade horses. Shortly
after the purchase
of Scamps Paprika,
Ralph bought the
good Royal King/
Plaudit-bred mare
Travel’s Blaze to
serve as the foun-
dation of the herd.
Ralph surprised
Helen with Travel’s
Blaze as her Valen-
tine’s Day gift, lead-
ing the mare up to
the house with a big bow around her neck! One of her foals, Moxie Bar
by Bar’s Dream, was the 1974 world champion in junior western riding
as well as earning her AQHA champion title the same year.
From the 1960s until 2010, Broken Heart Ranch also raced horses on
the track, and has bred the earners of more than $226,000.
“While Broken Heart Ranch will likely be known for breeding and
raising horses with speed, we focused on raising horses with nice
demeanors , that are sound minded and sound structured, with muscle,
hoof and bone,” says Chad Pederson, Ralph and Helen’s grandson.
“These were all the traits that made great ranch horses. By luck, these
very same horses ended up having success on racetracks and in arenas
around the country. Quarter Horses have provided our family with
great working partners on our ranch, for which we have been beyond
blessed.”
“Our customers, particularly our ranching customers, and our own
need for ranch and competition horses has contributed to our longevity
in the AQHA,” he continues. “Some of the most memorable experiences
raising the American Quarter Horse are the people you meet. Over the
past five decades, we have developed long-term friendships with many
of our customers and competitors. There is nothing more fulfilling than
hearing how one of our horses has been in the same family for years.”
“We feel the future of the American Quarter Horse industry is strong
and bright,” he says. “There will always be a need for sound-minded,
sound-made horses. As well, we now have a domestic and international
public that has tasted how wonderful a life with horses is. Winston
Churchill maybe said it best: ‘There is something about the outside of a
horse that is good for the inside of a man.’”
“Our American Quarter Horses have been vital to the success of our
ranching operation,” Chad concludes. “We could not imagine running
our ranch without them. They have been our best friends and our best
ranch partners. It is deeply satisfying to check our cattle riding our
American Quarter Horses.”
Lisa and Chad accepted the AQHA 50-Year Accumulative Award
on behalf of the Pederson Family.
AQHA 50-Year Accumulative Award
