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The Laue Ranch
herdsires have been selected to complement and supplement each other
generation-upon-generation. Because our breeding program takes a long
term view, we have the luxury of sampling a variety of sire lines, from
the popular to the obscure, and distilling them to suit our needs and
those of our customers. Here are some examples from our current herdsire
lineup.
JS Black Storm 12A
Sire: Crystal D X-Cell- Homo Polled popular Canadian Red sire
Dam: SDC Celine 12T- Our pick of the Black Charolais cows at the Sproule Dispersal. At 1300lbs she weaned "Storm" at 970lbs
Canadian EPDs: +4.6 +59 +97 +12 +42
Storm is ready to take you to the next level:
- Outcross to the Black Charolais Breed
- Extra length and growth
- Full Brother sold for $15,000 off the cow
- Strong black genetics
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LCL Perfect Storm 557--A double black, double polled son of Black Storm. 557 truly represents what a "Herdsire" is in the new Black Charolais breed. Full of performance, looks, and from a strong cow family. 557 is sure to cause a "Perfect Storm" in the cattle industry.
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LCL History 404-- 2014 high selling bull sold for $15,000 off the cow to Kansas purebred breeder and repeat buyer.
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Pro-Char Redemption 47U
Sire: Harvie Redemption 36P- Canadian National Champion Bull. Red son of #1 semen sales bull "Wyoming Wind"
Dam: Pro-Char Bonnet 64N- Red & Polled outcross cow
Canadian EPDs: +0.2 +38 +79 +20 +39
Redemption is setting a new standard:
- Low birthweight and moderate frame
- Able to produce Black calves
- Explosive Growth and Thickness
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LCL Revelation 550-- A first generation Black son of Redemption. 550 combines the best of Laue Ranch Black Genetics with some of the Charolais breed's most influential sires like Wyoming Wind and Polled Unlimited. Well balanced physically with a royal pedigree, 550 is a "Revelation" in the cattle industry.
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LLW Black Ice 97X
Sire: LLW Major PLD 100 T
Dam: LLW Licorice PLD 97T
Canadian EPDs:
+0.4 +39 +68 +12 +32
Black Ice is freezing the competition with:
- Calving Ease and Low birthweight
- Outcross Pedigree
- Depth and Muscle
- Tons of eye appeal
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LCL Black Ice 257-- 2012 High selling son by Black Ice out of a dark red Sinatra daughter. Sold to Kansas purebred breeder and repeat buyer.
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LCL Knockout 246-- Heifer by Black Ice out of a black Coaltown daughter. Black Ice daughters have crossed well with Doctor King and we look forward to the Black Storm Calves to come out of these females.
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LCL Doctor King 101Y
Sire: MGB After Hours 88G
-- Popular
Canadian sire
Dam: Crystal D Undertheshade 801U-- Our pick of the Black cows from the Crystal D dispersal
Canadian EPDs: +2.2 +39 +76 +16 +36
Doctor King will cure your problems:
- His dam has produced some of our top calves year in and year out while being bred to different sires
- Sires frame and muscle
- Outcross Pedigree 7/8 bull. His daughters bred to purebred sires will produce purebred calves
- Has been used on young females due to his tremendous calving ease
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LCL Mr. King 489-- 2014 High selling Doctor King son out of a black Coaltown daughter. Sold to a Oklahoma commercial breeder and repeat buyer.
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LCL Townsman PLD 809U
Sire: LCL Coaltown 303N
Dam: LCL Chocolate Star 503- One of our top females. Producer of top black calves
Semen available in the United States
Canadian EPDs: +2.4 +37 +76 +20 +39
Townsman is painting the town "Black":
- Sires depth and muscle
- Added length
- Very Maternal females that cross well on our other Black Charolais sires
- Sires black calves on black, red, and tan females
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Bull Calf 326 by Townsman out of a Gus daughter. 2013 High selling bull sold to a Texas commercial breeder and repeat buyer.
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LCL Boom Town 744T
Sire: LCL Coaltown 303N
Dam: LCL Princess 420
Canadian EPDs: +2.5 +36 +75 +21 +39
Boom Town is causing an explosion in the cattle industry:
- Sire of Sires
- Calves continue to impress with tremendous growth and length
- Females are some of the best young cows in the herd
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LCL Equalizer 533-- Equal parts of reputation Angus genetics and superior Black Charolais genetics. The maternal traits of Angus and the performance of Charolais rolled into one calving ease, pound packing, money making package. With the added bonus of a black hide, Laue Ranch and Double C's Equalizers are the cowman's new secret weapon.
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LCL Black Lace 315-- A black daughter by Boom Town out of the dam of "Doctor King" Crystal D Undertheshade 801U
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Bull calf 595 by Boom Town out of a Male Carrier daughter
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Sinatra 709 Polled
Sire: ASC Eliminator
– multiple trait leader and popular AI sire
Dam: Miss WC Royal Sammy – breed-leading embryo donor and dam of Skymont
Ease
North American EPDs: -3.5 +13 +21 +12 +19
Sinatra hits all the right notes
for breeding success:
- Decrease
birthweight and frame
- Increase muscle
thickness and maternal milk
- Maintain
traditional Charolais growth, the option of Red Factor color
- 2006 Trait Leader
for low birthweight
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LCL All In One 415
Polled--Topped the 2005 Kansas Bull Test Sale at $4,500 to a South Dakota
purebred breeder and repeat buyer. A son of Sinatra, out of a Doc Joe
daughter.
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Heifer calf 470 by
Sinatra, out of a white AJ daughter
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LCL Gus 100L Polled
Sire: Eclipse 204H -- the first purebred
Black Charolais bull in the U.S.
Dam: LCL Chocolate Star 811 -- rated as our top red cow, see her on the cowherd page
North American EPDs: +4.8 +48 +85 +2 +26
Semen Available in the United States
Gus is the bull to take you down the trail:
- The best breeding bull so far from
our Red/Black program
- Moderate frame with tremendous
thickness
- High growth bull calves, with
maternally strong females
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LCL Masterplan
514 set a ranch record for weaning weight in our Red/Black program.
A February 13 calf, he weighed 96 at birth and 1030 on October 8,
yielding an adjusted weaning weight of 909. His gain came entirely
on grass and milk -- there was no creep feed to him or supplement to
his dam. He is by Gus and out of an off-white Doc Joe daughter.
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Heifer calf 648 by
Gus, out of a red Canadian female.
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LCL
Male Carrier 250
Sire: Eclipse 204H -- the first purebred
Black Charolais bull in the U.S.
Dam: BBCR Just Alta 6031 -- dam of two successful herdsires for us
North American EPDs: +1.5 +27 +52 +6 +20
Male Carrier will deliver for you:
- A very unique bull, in terms of
color, pedigree, and package
- His dam was a sale-topping first
calf heifer. She is an outcross to all color bloodlines, tracing
entirely to the old-time Charolais greats of 4T, Michaelis, and
Litton. Incredibly, she carries 9 crosses to the legendary Sam 951.
- True to his
pedigree, he moderates birth weight and frame size
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Heifer calf 503 by
Male Carrier, out of LCL Chocolate Star 811 (the dam of Gus)
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Heifer calf 511 by
Male Carrier, out of a tan Doc Joe daughter
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LCL
Coaltown 303N
Sire:
Coalmine 13H -- popular Canadian black 7/8 sire
Dam: Ms Black Gold 908J -- a black female we selected and imported from
Canada
Semen Available in the United States
North American EPDs: +4.0 +20 +44 +3.2 +13
Coaltown is poised to go to town:
- His highly productive dam had black
calves from four different sires
- Looks as if he will be homozygous
black -- sire of all black calves from colored cows, and gray calves
from white cows
- He is a 15/16 bull, thus he will
sire purebred calves from purebred females
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Bull calf 525 by Coaltown, out of an Unlimited 812 daughter
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Heifer calf 664 by Coaltown, out of an Eclipse daughter
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Doctor Joe 500E Polled
Sire: Granadas Red
Ace – leading international red factor sire; now a US trait leader
Dam: Granada Black Beauty – the first purebred Black Charolais female in
history
North American EPDs: +6.1 +38 +79 -2 +17
Semen Available in the United States
Doc Joe can write you a prescription for profit:
- His dramatic dark
red color broke new ground for Charolais cattle
- Jr. Champion and
Breeders Cup Winner at Red Bonanza ‘96
- Sires tremendous
growth and highly maternal females
- A son was the high
indexing individual in the Kansas Bull Test
- A daughter was the
high selling female at $10,000 in Red Bonanza ‘01
Eclipse 204H Polled
Sire:
Doctor Joe 500E – the first son of the first Black Charolais female
Dam: LLW Miss Aberdeen – the second purebred Black Charolais female in
history
North American EPDs: +3.7 +45 +85 -3 +20
Semen Available in the United States and Canada
Eclipse is a beef cattle industry phenomenon:
- The first purebred
Black Charolais bull in the United States
- He combines all of
the foundation Black genetics from Canada
- Revolutionary color
with traditional Charolais growth and muscle
Beau
Ivo
Sire: Amour A05
Dam: Arene
Semen Available in the United States
Beau Ivo stands alone in so many ways:
- In 1968: World
Record Yearling Weight, World Record Auction Price, Bull of the Year.
In 1971: Winner of the prestigious herdsire class at the 1st National
Charolais Show in Houston.
- There is renewed
interest in Full French Charolais. The 2005 American Royal Grand
Champion Steer was out of a French cow. The 2005 Houston Grand
Chamption Charolais Bull was a Full French son of a former Laue Ranch
sire.
- Beau Ivo is among
the most heavily used Charolais bulls in the history of the breed.
Over 3,000 progeny registered in the last 30+ years.
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