High-Altitude Angus Cattle
Culver Cattle is Your Source for the Best Altitude Adjusted, All-Natural Angus…
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| Donald Culver |
Our Owl Creek Ranch is located near Walden, Colorado. The 20,000+ deeded and leased acres are a balance of high-mountain range and irrigated meadows that average 8200’ in altitude. At weaning, steers are marketed in an all-natural program and placed on feed. The best heifer calves are sent to our mile-high Boulder Valley Farm unit where they are fed a high-roughage diet, AI'd, calved out and returned to Owl Creek Ranch to join the cowherd.
These are not 'show' cattle; they work for a living. Commercial cattle operators need efficient cattle that return premiums. With the data we’ve collected and the herd bulls selected, we’re confident our genetics will earn premiums.
Click here to read more about the Culver Cattle operation from and interview with Sinclair Cattle Company.
We invite you to stop by the ranch any time.
The Altitude Adjusted Cow…
Your choice of replacement females is one of the most important decisions you make. The right genetics in consistent groups will pay dividends for years to come.
The focus has always been on improving our 1,500-head commercial Angus herd. The cattle are efficient, deep-bodied, moderate, easy fleshing and structurally correct while maintaining carcass merit and good dispositions. For the past six years we’ve collected carcass data to verify our progress. The following data were collected on cattle working at 8200’ in elevation.
2004-2011 Carcass Data (2,047 steers):
Avg. Dressing Percentage 64.12%
Avg. Carcass Wt. 836#
Avg. REA 13.21 sq. in.
Prime 32.5%
Choice 65.5%
Select 2%
Generations of proven genetics have created a resilient herd of low-maintenance and highly profitable cattle. We invite you to visit the ranch and check out the depth of our program.
Our AI Program...
Annually, we AI 700-800 yearling heifers and cows. Go to Herd Sires for a look at our producing bulls. Herd sires for our program must:
- Have an outcross pedigree to the majority of our herd
- Have a low to moderate birth weight
- Have above-average weaning weight and yearling weight of his contemporaries
- Be above the average of his contemporaries in ultrasound rib eye and marbling
- Exhibit signs of easy fleshing ability and superior phenotype
- Stress maternal traits
We’ve bred our cattle to be practical, we do not chase after any one trait or trend, and produce cattle that work in a low input setting. They eat grass in the summer and dry grass hay in the winter. A good visual of our cattle: deep-bodied, medium frame, easy fleshing with good feet and legs, quality udders.
We look forward to hearing from you…
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| Boulder Valley Farm Lafayette, Colorado Jon Gabel, General Manager 303.666.6087 (o) 303.594.5520 (c) jon@culvercattle.com |
Owl Creek Ranch Walden, Colorado Greg Carter, Ranch Manager 970.723.4700 (o) 970.620.1044 (c) greg@culvercattle.com |
