Owned with Granite Hills Ranch, Llano, Texas and Hirsche Herefords, High River, Alberta

When we saw Silver at the Denver Stock Show in 1997, we believed that he was the thickest Hereford bull that we had ever seen. He went on to win the Junior Yearling class and quickly became one of the top semen sellers that spring. The following fall, after having naturally serviced 40 cows, Silver was Grand Champion Bull at the Kansas State Fair and was Reserve Champion at the American Royal. He was recently named Show Bull of the Year for the Central Region.

Despite his show winnings, we believe Silver's greatest strength is as a sire of performance cattle for commercial customers. His first calves are the highest performing sire group we have ever had on the ranch. They combine moderate birth weights with explosive growth. His sire, 50B, is one of the most consistent of performance & muscle in Canada. His dam is the most consistent producing cow in the Eggen herd and traces to some of the best maternal genetics in the breed.

484 was purchased from Jim Baker & Sons as one of the high selling bulls in their 1995 Production Sale. His elite maternal pedigree combines "501" with a dam whose production record is incomparable. At 13 years of age, she was still the TPR most efficient cow with a nursing ratio in excess of 105 on 11 calves.

484 is an extremely heavy muscled bull and he transmits extreme muscle expression to his calves. His first daughters in production are easy fleshing, beautiful uddered females with lots of milk. We believe that 484 is right for the times with his combination of muscle, performance, fleshing ability, and moderate size.

C344 is a "curve bender" offering a big birth to yearling spread in his EPD's. Primarily used on heifers, he is as easy-calving sire as one can find. His daughters in production are everything we had hoped they would be.

When you study his tabulation, C344 combines two great cows in R311 & 184K. R311 is one of the good cows to ever leave the Holden program, who eventually became a donor at EE Ranches. His dam, 184K, was our pick of all of the cows in the Lone Star herd with a perfect udder, solid markings, and an average nursing ratio of 108.

0033 is fast becoming one of the most respected, proven bulls in the breed. We purchased possession rights from Oleen Cattle Co. after seeing the outstanding daughters in production there. His pedigree combines two of the best individuals in the breed with the well-proven 872X and the 5038 cow. 872X is one of an elite number of bulls that is heavily proven for low birth weights and excellent growth. 5038 is the mother of numerous herd bulls including Trailmaster who sold for $60,000 to Holden Herefords. We expect the 0033 daughters to lay the foundation for the future of our cow herd. The 0033 progeny are some of the heaviest muscled individuals you will see.