Maine Anjou Cattle

Eagle Butte Ranch
Paonia, Colorado

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
-Ghandi

Maine Anjou Cattle

Our Maine-Anjou herd consists of registered high percentage purebred and fullblood animals. Although raised primarily for their beef, we breed to show quality levels, A-I'ing with old bloodlines every couple of years to keep the original quality.

Our herd bulls are bred by us and have been tested TH and PHA free by AgriGenomics. Currently we have four that we use:

DODGE is out of the sire DMCC Millennium 16H. He has proven to have outstanding EPD's. possibly some of the best in the Maine-Anjou breed.

EBR DODGE 02/05/02 #304571 PB/R/P

MWW

0.7 (.64)

1/45

48.0 (.54)

1/36

30.3 (.37)

10*

54.3

10*

87.7 (.51)

1/5

MAC is out of the famous sire Iabon. He is our youngest bull with two years of calves on the ground. He has not yet been rated on the sire summary, but we have huge faith in this bull by looking at his calves.

EBR MAC 02/15/06 #368073 PB/R/H

BW	WW	MM	MWW	YW
5.6 (.41)	54.4 (.31)	18.5 (.25)	45.7	99.5 (.30)

GMC is out of the sire MIN Stud Muffin 3E. He has excellent EPD's, and produces great looking calves.

EBR GMC 02/14/05 #347420 PB/R/H

MWW

0.0 (.52)

1/14

10*

35.1 (.40)

1/11

25.7 (.25)

43.2

72.3 (.38)

0/0

CHEVY is out of the Canadian sire Gilcroft Dancer 17D. He has produced many of my first choice replacement heifers.

EBR CHEVY 02/02/04 #347482 PB/R/H

MWW

1.3 (.56)

1/26

35.1 (.45)

1/18

21.0 (.26)

38.6

72.6 (.44)

1/1

It is common for all breeds of cattle to develop the black version, and Maine's are no exception. This is accomplished by cross-breeding with Angus and other black varieties to develop color. The result is a dilution of the original strain. We have combated this problem by staying pure to the breed, providing high quality breeding stock. Our animals are the traditional red and white color and are carefully culled annually to keep only the best producers with excellent EPD's, superior udders, ease of calving, natural maternal instincts, and of course highest calf gain. Our number one desire is to have gentle, calm animals for ease of working, and our herd qualifies!

Hybrid Vigor, the crossing of two breeds of animals, is known to provide superior performance. This is only effectively accomplished by crossing purer strains of particular breeds, something that can be difficult with the mass crossbreeding that normally happens. We offer a limited number of replacement heifers each year for those operations interested in taking advantage of the Maine-Anjou's famous growth characteristics. It is a well known fact that it is the Maine-cross Club Calves that win the awards at most competitions.

Annually, our steers are sent to Nebraska to a Maine-Anjou Steer Feeding Trial. Our animals compete with Maine crossbreeds and consistently bring home awards in carcass value and gain. The carcasses are graded and the information gained is used to further our breeding program. We have been able to link genetics with carcass value, marbling and grading and are striving to establish a high percentage of choice animals for market.

The last Feeding Trial in 2008, we came home with a handful of awards. We were honored with:

First place in the "Top Individual National Steer for Average Daily Gain" with a gain of 4.031 lb/day!
First place in the "Individual National Steer for Carcass Gain"
First place in "Top Group of Five National Steers for Average Daily Gain"
Second place in "Group of Five National Steers for Carcass Gain"
Sixth place in "Groups of Three Junior Heifers for Combined Carcass Gain and Carcass Premium"

At this present time, Spring 2010, we have a selection of heiferettes, steers, cows/calf pairs and a bull for sale. Give us a call if you are interested. Click on links below for details on what we have for sale.

Landon Deane


We have a few high percentage Purebred animals for sale for the Spring of 2010. Please push the link button to access details on what we have for sale. We have raised each animal and have very detailed statistics about all if needed. They are current on all necessary shots and have been dewormed recently. Please call with any other questions. Landon Deane
	Pregnant cows. for sale CLICK HERE
	Heiferettes. for sale CLICK HERE
	Heifers for sale. CLICK HERE
	Steers Purebred Club calf prospects and naturally raised animals for beef CLICK HERE
	Bulls for sale CLICK HERE

EAGLE BUTTE RANCH
Paonia, Colorado
Mailing: 3129 Maroon Creek Road, Aspen, CO 81611
970-925-4614/970-379-8242 cell/970-925-7040 Fax

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