Greetings from the Horsley Family
and “Welcome” to “Cross Dia-
mond’s 8th Annual Production
Sale”. While many of us have had
our challenges in 2013, for the most
part, our natural resources are in
much better shape country wide than they have been in the last 2-3
years. Pastures are starting to heal and reproduce while water supplies
are returning closer to normal.We feel extremely fortunate to be a part
of the Red Angus Family. This breed, along with its’ seed stock and
commercial producer’s are some of the most resilient resources our cat-
tle industry has to offer. This asset has allowed us as producer’s to not
only survive, but continue to be successful in challenging times. The
Red Angus Breed’s diligence in working closely with the ”Beef ” indus-
try has been a major factor in its’ success to date, and is a product of
the vision of our founding breeders and past leadership.To them we are
truly grateful.
While we at Horsley Red Angus have been customers of Cross Dia-
mond for several years, we feel very honored that Scott and Kim have
asked us to consign a group of commercial heifers right from the heart
of our replacement pasture to this year’s sale. Many of these commer-
cial cow prospects are progeny of genetics we have purchased from
Cross Diamond in the past. Our experience with the genetics from
Cross Diamond is they produce cattle that possess input efficiencies
that allow those cattle to “do more with less”. This has been a very im-
portant trait in making it through the drought years we have recently ex-
perienced.
This summer and fall have been extremely busy at Horsley Red Angus
as we have moved to our new home in Council Hill, Ok.We relocated
all of our registered and commercial cows to this new location, and
were very fortunate to be able to acquire the registered herd from Ar-
cadia Land and Cattle Company whom we have managed for the past
8 years. This will allow us to become a more dependable supplier of
Red Angus genetics in our area and also provides us an opportunity to
utilize some Red Simmental and Red SimAngus genetics in producing
commercial replacement females for our customers.
Also Pam and I are very excited that our oldest son Cal, and his wife
Shannon have joined us as partners at Horsley Farms which is home to
Horsley Red Angus and will contribute to the daily management of
the cow herd and farming operations.We are also extremely excited that
they will have a new addition to our family due in May, and Pam and
I will be grandparents again. Grandkids are the greatest. I think they are
the present God provides us with for having raised their parents.We are
truly thankful for this blessing.
We are looking forward to December 9th as we will have the oppor-
tunity to meet new friends, visit with old ones, and share in the genet-
ics of Red Angus at Cross Diamond Cattle Co.
Barry, Pam, Cal, and Shannon
We are honored to get to be a
part of the Cross Diamond
Sale. When you have good
cattle backed by even better
people, it just seems to work
well. Kim, Scott and their
team have continually offered
cattle that work in the real
world. We have bought ‘em, used ‘em and like ‘em! This is why
we wanted to their sale venue to be the very first auction we of-
fered Range Fire bulls in.
Silver Spur Ranch has integrated Range Fire (Charolais x Red
Angus) genetics into our registered and commercial herds be-
cause of their diversity and cattleman appeal. They are managed
as a registered breed and held to the same accountability as all of
our other cattle. The bulls we are selling represent several gen-
erations of disciplined selection, culling and planned matings.
In all of our cattle, we start at the ground and work up…you can
expect sound, good jointed bulls with added muscle and fleshing
ability. If you have questions about the bulls, give Cheramie Vi-
ator a call at (979)777-9419.
The open, commercial Red Angus heifers we are selling are from
the Northern divisions of Silver Spur. Several of these heifers
are AI sired as a result of our annual heifer AI program. Buy
with confidence, these heifers know how to survive, can flesh and
will be some of your best calf raisers!
Horsley Red Angus, Council Hill, Okla.
Silver Spur Ranch,Wyo., Colo., Neb., N.M.
We, at Paxton Ranch, feel
honored to be asked to put
100 bred heifers on the Cross
Diamond Sale in December.
Here in the Sandhills, we've
been blessed with good mois-
ture to grow grass this year.
We are a cake and range outfit
that plans on the cattle to
winter out in the hills on cake
and little, if any, hay.
We expect our cows to go behind a hill and have a calf in
April or early May, raise that calf and get bred to have another
the next year. Our weaned calves are run outside with cake and
range with little hay if the range is covered. If that calf is a
steer, we want him to do well in the feedlot, if it is a heifer, we
want her to make a replacement as good or better than her
mother.
We have had a long-term relationship with, first Kim, when
she was at Panhandle, and now at Cross Diamond with Kim
and Scott. We feel that their bulls have worked well for a long
time in our type of operation.
John and JessicaWarren
Paxton Ranch
Paxton Ranch, Stapleton, Neb.
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C
ONSIGNOR
D
IRECTORY
:
B
ULLS
Corey Cable: 402/980-1389
Joe and Cindy Frasier: 719-775-2790 or 719-740-1124
Mark Nelson: 308/991-1223
Dan Straka: 402/394-8400 or 402/336-3913
Cheramie Viator (Silver Spur Ranch): 979/777-9419
Commercial Heifers
Cheramie Viator (Silver Spur Ranch): 979/777-9419
JohnWarren: 308/636-2281, 308/650-9000
Barry Horsley: 580/743-0006
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