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Used courtesy of Dickinson Cattle Co. USA

Used courtesy of Dickinson Cattle Co. USA

Famous Sires of 2016

von Charly Bonifaz

DCC Ranch e-News #340 - 1-06-24

by Darol Dickinson

The www.arrowheadcattlecompany.com site is a wealth of data with every "factoid" and list one could dream of. The analytical mind of Craig Perez never ends as it is zeroed in on every milla-whackey of horn info.Arrowhead is the gold standard of Texas Longhorn horn data. No association had the budget to accumulate this much horn data, nor ever will.Arrowhead isn't perfect in that many great cattle were never measured, cattle died, cattle are not entered in the measuring events, and even today some people don't send their data in for public comparison.

Keep in mind Arrowhead is about horns. There is no data on weights, great value-colors, soundness, correct conformation or fertility. Of the multi-factor value considerations of this breed, Arrowhead hammers only the horn but does well calculate it dead-on.

The Arrowhead data below is a gathering of bulls and cows measuring over 70", 80", 90" and 100." The accumulation is very telling for those serious about identifying horn development and where it comes from.

Cut'n Dried, bred and raised by Joel Dickinson. It is an honor to have this DCC origin sire at the top of the 2016 list.
Cut'n Dried, bred and raised by Joel Dickinson. It is an honor to have this DCC origin sire at the top of the 2016 list.

 

Bulls born in 2016 were first used in service in 2017 with their first calves arriving in 2018. Take into account that means the progeny listed above were age 5 or less for this data. These are young bulls with many years to go. This data is just starting as continued growth is exploding.

2016 was a special year for strong siring bulls. Keep in mind over 5000 natural sires plus AI proven sires were bred who did not reach up to the Arrowhead data.

A lot of things can be learned from this chart. The exciting one to us at DCC is that 5 of the 11 leading sires were bred and raised here at Dickinson Cattle Co in the Appalachian Foothills of Ohio. They are Cut'n Dried, Drop Box, Iron Span, Wheels Up and Quiver.

Soon to come--more great Arrowhead data...........

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