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From then to now…
Martin Stucky, Gordon’s father, made his first
land purchase in Kingman County in 1937.
Commercial Angus were introduced in 1964.
Gordon started
the registered
Angus
division
of the
operation
in 1976.
From 1976
to 1982,
approximately 200 females were purchased
from sales in Kansas and the Midwest. The
current Angus herd is based on several cow
families from that original group, with domi-
nance by the “Eisa Erica” family. The ranch
icon female, Circle S Eisa Erica 6073, has 198
progeny recorded and forms the nucleus for this
performance oriented herd.
Stucky Ranch Mission Statement
“To provide the beef industry a high quality product,
designed to provide our customers economic benefit and
satisfaction, with the assurance of our personal
customer service.”
Currently, 250 cows are calved on the Stucky
Ranch each year, with more than 200 additional
calves born at cooperator herds. Approximate-
ly 400 embryos are collected from foundation
females annually. The number of bulls pro-
duced each year continues to grow with the use
of sexed male semen in ET.
Gordon has put a strong emphasis on with-in
herd performance data with his genetic selec-
tions, and is also utilizing genomic technology
to improve the accuracy in selection decisions.
Foundation females from the past 10 years have
been evaluated with the Pfizer 50K genomic
evaluation to increase the accuracy of EPD pro-
files. Complete performance measurements are
taken through yearling on every
calf born, along with carcass ultrasound scans
and disposition scores. Male calves not kept for
breeding bulls are banded after yearling data is