Bruns Red Angus is located in northeast Nebraska near Bloomfield. The
ranch is operated by Kelly and Cindy Bruns along with children Cole (13) and
Kate (10). Though we decided to have a sale a little closer to home this year,
our ideas and principles have remained the same.
Our cows are the center of our operation hence the phrase "IT'S ALL
ABOUT THE MOMMA COW". They run on improved and native pastures in
the summer and graze crop residue in the winter. Again it has been a
wonderful winter to graze crop residue. The cows have been able to pretty
much take care of themselves. With the price of hay, I would like to think the
good Lord may be helping us through these tough times. With the drought we
are in the middle of, now more than ever we need cows that can not only
thrive but produce a nice calf and breed back on minimal inputs. That is why
we prefer moderate-framed, easy-fleshing mommas that are able to adapt to
the different environments we subject them to. With the price of hay, pasture
rent and feed, there is no place for big hard doing cows in our world. With our
kids out with the cows the way they are, neither will we tolerate an ill-
tempered cow. There are too many good cows to put up with that.
We wean our calves across the fence from their momma in an effort to reduce stress on the calves. This really seems to
work. You would never know you weaned the calves a week later. The sale bulls are then brought in and fed a diet of a
(cornless) drought stricken corn silage we were fortunate enough to buy from the neighbors, dried distillers grains, soy hulls
and wheat straw. We don't push our bulls as hard as most of the industry. Therefore because of feed and the fact that we don't
start calving until April, our bulls may not be as big at sale time. We do however feel we are producing a bull that will last
longer and breed more cows than an over-conditioned bull. Again, with the price of things these days, another year out of a
bull amounts to huge savings.
The youngest half of our bulls are kept home and run on pasture in the summer and fed a combination similar to the
yearlings in the winter. They are then sold as coming 2-year-old bulls kept and bred specifically for this purpose. They are not
the left overs nor have they seen a sale ring before.
The bred heifers we are offering this year have been running out with the cow herd until the last week of February. We then
brought them in closer to home, put them on another corn field,fed them part of their diet, yet expected them to still rustle up
half of their groceries.
We had an unfortunate thing happen with our first calf heifers this year. The bull we put with them bred for about 2 1/2
weeks and contracted an infection and stopped settling heifers. So we ended up with some open 1st calf and yearling heifers.
We decided it wasn't really their fault they didn't get bred and were too nice to sell. so we put a bull with them on Dec 1, 2012
for 60 days. Help yourself here.
We welcome you to visit anytime and would like to especially invite you to the ranch on March 16th for an open house.
Cindy and the grandmas will make every kind of cookie you can imagine. So come look at the bulls, have a cup of coffee and
eat a cookie or two. The "Momma cows" will be close by for viewing also.
We look forward to meeting you at our sale.
— Kelly, Cindy and Kids
It’s All About the
Bruns Red Angus Ranch
Kelly & Cindy Bruns • 88180 539 Ave. • Bloomfield, NE 68718
C: 402.841.7320 • H: 402.373.4906
www.brunscattle.com
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