2014 iron lake ranch brochure

IRONLake Ranch

The right kind of HEREFORDS...

Our Story...In 2004, Dimitri Mataragas began to fulfill a lifelong dream of owning a ranch. He purchased land in the East Texas town of Athens and started to acquire some commercial cows. After a couple of years, it was decided that the ranch needed an improved product and the herd needed improved temperament. After much research, it became obvious that Herefords were what the ranch needed. Iron Lake Ranch began to purchase a few Hereford bulls and females, and realized how much better these cattle were than what they had been running. It was time to take the next step. At about this same time, Texas encountered the worst drought since the fifties and forced Iron Lake to significantly reduce the cow herd inventory. They decided to sell all of the cows except the purebred Herefords. From this, Iron Lake Ranch developed a plan to re-emerge as a purebred Hereford ranch focused on producing bulls and replacement females with all the traits that today’s ranchers are looking for - sound, functional cattle with perfect udders and plenty of rib and volume.The plan was to use the new technology of the cattle industry to move forward as rapidly as possible. Embryo

transplant and a stable of powerful donors gave them the best opportunity to accomplish their goals. One of the first and best opportunities came when the ranch was given the chance to purchase part of the legendary Churchill donor, Churchill Lady 202. 202 has quite a history being the mother of both Churchill Yankee and Churchill Rancher, as well as Churchill Cowboy who is one of Iron Lake’s feature herd bulls. You will find a lot of the 202 influence in our herd. Iron Lake Ranch would like to thank Dale Venhuizen for all of his advice and support over the years. In addition to the strong donor influence, Iron Lake is very focused on the sire side of the pedigree. Right now, we are very proud of our current lineup of herd sires including: Catapult; Red Bull; Regal; and Red Power; as well as, Genex Sire Lambeau. We focus on bulls that will add muscle, performance and predictability with top EPD profiles.

As you browse through the following information outlining our genetic base of both herd sires and donor

females, we think you will agree that we are well on our way to producing the type of Hereford cattle that will work for all facets of the industry.We thank you for taking the time to learn more about our program. If you have any questions, or if you would just like to visit with us about cattle, we always look forward to your call or visit.

IRONLake Ranch

P.O. Box 751 • 8027 F.M. 1616, Athens, TX 75751Dimitri Mataragas, Owner 214-649-0071 cellDavid Caraway, Herd Manager 903-802-3373 cell Robbie Schacher, Consultant 817-219-0102 cell

www.ironlakeranch.com

Churchill Lady 202, one of the original Herefords at Iron Lake Ranch.

Miss Advance 6155S

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB+2.9 +1.4 +51 +81 +31 +.26 -.04 +13 +15 +9 +20

SIRE: L1 Domino 03571 DAM: HH Miss Advance 365N

HH M

ISS A

DVAN

CE 61

55S

Cow

4267

4137

6155S was the high selling female in the Holden Herefords Spring 2013 sale at $95,000 making her the highest selling Line One Female in history. She is a huge topped, big hipped female with lots of rib and volume. She is very feminine and smooth through her front end and has a great udder. She is a full sister to HH Advance 8050U, who is becoming one of the hottest Line One Herd Sires.

HH ADVANCE 3183A son of 6155S that will be featured in the 2014 Holden Herefords Bull Sale.

HH ADVANCE 3040A son of 6155S that will be featured in the 2014 Holden Herefords Bull Sale.

HH ADVANCE 1076Y feature herd sire for Iron Lake Ranch and Hoffman. Sired by 8050U, a full brother

to 6155S.

Red Bull

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB+8.1 +1.3 +68 +113 +30 +.89 +.22 +23 +22 +14 +38

SIRE: Churchill Sensation 028X DAM: Churchill Lady 002X

CHUR

CHIL

L RED

BUL

L 200

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Red Bull offers the complete package that the Hereford breed is seeking. He offers an outstanding number package that includes a giant spread from BW to YW, and puts him in the top 5% of the breed for CE, BW, WW, YW, REA, BMI$ and CHB$. He combines this data with a powerful look - deep bodied and huge ribbed, with plenty of length and volume. He is a very well balanced bull with muscle, a stout square hip and a smooth front end. He has full pigment and lots of red. His look is backed up by his mother, who is a full sister to 008X the Champion Heifer of the National Jr. Hereford Show in 2011. Most recently, Red Bull was named Grand Champion Hereford Bull at the 2013 Houston Stock Show and Rodeo. Sexed and conventional semen available.

CCC GMF ILR RED POWER 3243ABull P43377106 Owned with Churchill Cattle Co.From the same cow family as Red Bull, we are proud to introduce Red Power, a very powerfully muscled calf that will add rib shape and volume to your herd. Look for him in the Churchill Pen at the 2014 National Western. Breeding shares available.

CHURCHILL LADY 008X Maternal sister of Red Power and Champion Heifer at the 2011 National Junior Hereford Show. She sold for $40,000 in the 2010 Hoffman Sale. Two other maternal sisters to Red Power have sold for $30,000 and $20,000.

Catapult

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB+4.3 +.8 +70 +105 +23 +.43 +.06 +20 +17 +14 +32

SIRE: TH 122 71I Victor 719T DAM: CRR 4037 Eclipse 808

CRR

719 C

ATAP

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Catapult offers the perfect blend of phenotype, performance and genetic integrity. He is a sound footed, massively constructed, big bodied bull with great eye set and pigmentation. Eight generations of CRR bred females back him up. Udder quality, fleshing ability, maternal strength and fertility are stacked! Commercial bull buyers and cowmen alike will admire his muscle mass, structure and built-in calving ease. Semen available.

Regal


SIRE: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y DAM: C Ms Moler 6214

C CJC

ILR

REGA

L 317

4 ET

Bull 4

3386

550

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Colye

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fords

Regal offers a package of muscle, balance and eye-appeal. He is a stout, long-bodied bull with huge rib and a powerful hip and leg, but still ties in very well through his neck and shoulder and travels very well. He is dark red in color and ideal in his markings. This bull will put powerful perfor-mance to his offspring. Regal was recently named the Junior Bull Calf Champion at the Western Nugget National in Reno, NV. Regal is the product of two of the most popular National Western Champions in recent years. His sire is Hometown, 10Y, the 2013 National Western Champion for Ned and Jan Ward, and his dam, C Ms Moler 6214, was the 2008 National Western Champion for Colyer Herefords. Semen available through ORIgen and Iron Lake Ranch.

NJW 735 W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET sire of Regal.

C MS MOLER 6214 ET dam of Regal.

Hereford Lady


SIRE: TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X DAM: -S Lady Advance 176L R111

C HER

EFOR

D LA

DY 20

88 ET

Cow

P432

7065

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o.Hereford Lady was our pick of heifer calves in the 2012 Colyer Herefords Female Sale. Her dam, R111, is one of the top producing females in the breed and her sire, Mr. Hereford, whose genetics are rare and highly sought after, adds a powerful square hip and hind leg. Hereford lady blends perfectly from her top into her shoulder and maintains a feminine look through her front end. She has the depth and shape of rib that the real cowboys love. Her first calf, sired by Catapult, will hit the ground in early 2014 and we are extremely excited about this mating. We highly anticipate that Hereford Lady will be-come one of the top donors in the Iron Lake Program and make an impact on the Hereford Breed.

DJB

46B

BETH

1LCo

w 42

2113

74Beth 1L will go down as one of the legends of the Hereford breed. She is a full sister to P606 and her calves exhibit the traits that cattlemen love. It all starts with a perfect udder and pigment, this combined with a powerful square hip, huge rib and volume and lots of bone make her one of the most eye-appealing cows that you will see, no matter the breed. She also has some unparalleled performance being in the top 1% of the breed for both Milk and Rib Eye Area, and the top 5% for CHB index. A number of 1L progeny were among the most popular and high selling female in the recent Grandview CMR dispersal. 1L is one of the true matrons of the breed and we are excited to have her genetics as part of the building block of the Iron Lake Brand.


SIRE: ALH 034 Plato Dom 0424 DAM: JWR M41 Princess 167S

GV CM

R M

S 424

167S

Y110

Cow

P432

6054

8

Owne

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Ned

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ardThis was our pick from the Grandview CMR dispersal. As we observed

the cattle at the GV CMR sale we found that the bull ALH 034 Plato Dom 0424 worked really well with the P606 daughters and this one is out of what we consider to be one of the best P606 daughters, 167S. This young female promises to be a great cow and a cornerstone in the future of our Donor Program.

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB-1.6 +3.9 +50 +84 +34 +1.16 +.11 +16 +12 +14 +30

SIRE: Remitall Boomer 46B DAM: PW Victoria 964 8114

GRAN

DVIE

W CM

R P6

06 LA

SS X2

01Co

w P4

3126

135

U358 was the dam of the lot 1 bull in the Grandview CMR Dispersal. She is another P606 female that fits with the Iron Lake blueprint: functional, eye-appealing female with great udders and performance data to match. This female has a 33 milk EPD and her Rib-Eye EPD is in the top 5% of the breed.

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB-1.2 +3.4 +51 +77 +33 +.67 +.14 +15 +13 +13 +24

SIRE: PW Victor Boomer P606 DAM: CMR GV 484 Miss 5071

GRAN

DVIE

W CM

R LA

DY P

606 U

358

Cow

P429

2916

4

Another P606 that offers the perfect udder with plenty of muscle, balance and correctness. Her first calf had a weaning ratio of 114 in one of the most Maternal cow herds in the nation at the time, Grandview CMR.


SIRE: PW Victor Boomer P606 DAM: Grandview Lady Patriot 6433PURE COUNTRY X201 daughter of X201

Patti

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB-.7 +4.2 +49 +82 +27 +.96 -.04 +19 +15 +17 +26

SIRE: H 8E Embracer 8006 DAM: OXH Patti 2175

DCC 8

006 P

ATTI

4266

ETCo

w P4

2540

562

CHURCHILL LADY 1162Y ETCow 43184480 Outcross x PattiOwned with Churchill Cattle Co. and Stuber Ranch1162Y is one outstanding package. She is the full sister to 0230X, the 2012 Denver Champion Female that was shown by Haley Hudson, and a full sister to Churchill Force and Churchill ACE that are two of the highest performing bulls ever at Churchill Cattle Co. She is very impressive to see having massive bone and rib, combined with plenty of muscle and volume, but still maintains a very feminine front end with a smooth shoulder that is set at a perfect angle. We are looking forward to the progeny that this trendsetter will contribute.

We liked the daughters so much that we bought the mother!

CHURCHILL LADY 0230X ETCow 43137052Full sister to 1162Y and daughter of Patti.

Churchill Lady 0123X


SIRE: Golden Oak Outcross 18U DAM: CL 1 Dominette 825H

CHUR

CHIL

L LAD

Y 012

3X ET

Cow

P430

9237

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0123X is ideal of the type of female that Iron Lake Ranch is dedicated to building with. This young Outcross daughter has perfect balance of volume, muscle, rib and structural correctness. She blends this powerful construction with a perfect udder attachment and teat placement. This is one we are very excited about.

Churchill Lady 202

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB+4.0 +.6 +45 +71 +28 +.13 +.56 +23 +19 +19 +32

SIRE: HH Advance 767G 1ET DAM: Churchill Lady 0113

CHUR

CHIL

L LAD

Y 202

Cow

4226

2846

Owne

d with

Chur

chill

Cattl

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CHURCHILL COWBOY 1202Y ETBull 43201444Owned with Churchill Cattle Co. and McKnight RanchCowboy blends all of the best traits from his sire and dam. He is a stout muscled square hipped bull with a big middle, and the Outcross 202 mix should produce females with impeccable udders. He also has an impressive data set ranking in the top 1% of the breed for Marbling and CHB index and the top 5% for Weaning, Yearling, Rib-eye and Milk and Growth. Sexed and conventional semen available.

202 will go down as one of the most influential cows of the Her-eford Breed. She has already produced two of the most used A.I. sires in Churchill Yankee and Churchill Rancher. Churchill Cowboy 1202Y owned with Iron Lake Ranch and McKnight Ranch Co won his class at the World Hereford Expo in Calgary Alberta Canada in 2012. Many more of her sons are in use in herds around the nation such as: Churchill Babe Ruth at LeForce Herefords in OK; Churchill Star the leading Sire for Lohner Herefords in Sask; Whitehawk Beefmaker at Whitehawk Ranch in GA and many more. 202 has an average weaning ratio of 110.8. She had an impressive IMF Ratio of 128 and has 24 progeny with an average IMF Ratio of 113.


SIRE: Golden Oak Outcross 18U DAM: Churchill Lady 202

Queen 0118


SIRE: MSU TCF Revolution 4R DAM: Boyd E70 Queen 8101

BOYD

E70 Q

UEEN

0118

Cow

P431

4984

6

We are very proud to have this addition to our Donor Herd. She follows our goals perfectly. She is a powerfully built, very structurally correct female that posses one of the best udders in the breed. She has performance, muscle and pigment. This is the complete package of Look, Performance, Data and Maternal traits that Iron Lake Strives for.

She will be the polled feature of our entries in the Welcome to the World Sale at the 2016 World Hereford Conference. The calves will be by Red Bull - talk about a powerful combination.

Lambeau

CED BW WW YW Milk REA Marb BMI CEZ BII CHB+7.8 -3.7 +22 +46 +13 +.09 +.17 +18 +23 +16 +12

SIRE: TH 121L 63N Tundra 16S DAM: TH 62N 3L Kelsey 22R

TH 22

R 16

S LAM

BEAU

17Y

Bull P

4317

1190

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Gene

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Lambeau was the top selling bull in the 2012 Topp Herefords sale. He is a physically remarkable bull having big time thickness and masculinity, yet deep-sided and soft. He is proving to be a true breeding bull with several of the feature bulls in the upcoming Topp Herefords Sale being by Lambeau. He is also proving to be a bull you can use on heifers with confidence being in the top 1% of the breed for both Calving ease direct and birthweight. Lambeau is homozygous polled, has plenty of pigment and has the pow-erful look of a herd bull. His calves exhibit many of his traits especially the muscle and look.


SIRE: KJ 2410 F243 Vic 795G DAM: KJ SRO Violet 670F

KJ JPH 670F VICKY 440LCow P42161424

Owned with Jensen Brothers

440L has been a cornerstone donor for Kenin and Sheila Jensen for several years. We are very excited about the calves that we have hitting the ground right now by Trust and 144. These are beautiful heifer calves with good pigment, long and smooth front ends and plenty of look. We are looking forward to the future of these females.


SIRE: UPS Domino 3027 DAM: K&B Ms Domino 0228K

K&B LADY SENTRY 8090UCow 42904723

Video of 8090U available online at www.ironlakeranch.com

8090U was the choice of donors for Iron Lake Ranch from the Hoffman Ranch dispersal. She was chosen for her solid performance, having herd bulls out of her sell to Accelerated Genetics, Topp Herefords and Jeremy Brooks in the 2013 Hoffman Ranch Bull Sale. Four Outcross open heifers sold in Hoffman’s dispersal for an average of $9,700 (High of $28,000) and the lead bred heifer at the Hoffman dispersal was a Redeem out of 8090U that sold for $10,000. In addition to her performance, 8090U has tremen-dous eye-appeal, moderate-frame and huge-rib, and powerful muscle.

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