Special Thanks to all that attended this years bull sale. We look forward to hearing from you in the future.
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Barker Cattle Company is an LLC composed of three partner families; Ruel and Kay Barker, founders and Advisor; Tyler and Amanda Barker, members and herd health and marketing consultant; and Tom and Sally Ottley, members and ranch managers. The ranch is located in a beautiful mountain valley in Southern Idaho called Elba. Ruel was raised in Elba and growing up was involved in the purebred horned Hereford business with his father. In the early 1970’s Ruel elected to change course and purchased fifty head of purebred Simmental heifers and a French imported purebred abundance Simmental bull named “Can Can”. The Abundance Simmental strain facilitated the change from the original spotted or “flower cattle” to a herd of solid dark red goggle eyed mother cows. From there it was a simple step to evolve to black Simmentals. Over the past forty years Barkers have also developed reputable herds of Maine Anjou and Angus cattle.
At the present time Barker Cattle Company (BCC) produces two private sales each year. They conduct a show calf sale at the ranch in Elba, each September and a production bull and female sale at the local auction yard facilities in nearby Burley, Idaho in March selling approximately one hundred Angus, Simmental, Sim-Angus, Sim-Maine, Angus-Maine and Maine Anjou bulls are offered along with thirty head of fancy show and replacement heifers.
Barker Cattle Company progressively works on several goals in our breeding and management programs. We are keenly dedicated to keeping our birth weight and calving ease standards at an acceptable level for both ourselves and our customers—the commercial cattlemen of the industry. We offer purebred seed stock cattle in the three breeds mentioned above, and at the same time believe strongly in the slogan “HETEROSIS- - - DON’T BE IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS WITHOUT IT! Consequently along with the purebred cattle we offer Sim-Angus, Sim-Maine, and Angus-Maine bulls and heifers, as well and defend the strengths of all our offerings. We follow aggressive and data defensible health programs in our three hundred mother cow herd. We understand and implement sound nutritional programs in an effort to maximize the genetic base of our livestock. We believe in being fair and honest in all dealings with our customers, not just because that is the only way to stay in business, but because it is the right way to do business.
At the present time Barker Cattle Company (BCC) produces two private sales each year. They conduct a show calf sale at the ranch in Elba, each September and a production bull and female sale at the local auction yard facilities in nearby Burley, Idaho in March selling approximately one hundred Angus, Simmental, Sim-Angus, Sim-Maine, Angus-Maine and Maine Anjou bulls are offered along with thirty head of fancy show and replacement heifers.
Barker Cattle Company progressively works on several goals in our breeding and management programs. We are keenly dedicated to keeping our birth weight and calving ease standards at an acceptable level for both ourselves and our customers—the commercial cattlemen of the industry. We offer purebred seed stock cattle in the three breeds mentioned above, and at the same time believe strongly in the slogan “HETEROSIS- - - DON’T BE IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS WITHOUT IT! Consequently along with the purebred cattle we offer Sim-Angus, Sim-Maine, and Angus-Maine bulls and heifers, as well and defend the strengths of all our offerings. We follow aggressive and data defensible health programs in our three hundred mother cow herd. We understand and implement sound nutritional programs in an effort to maximize the genetic base of our livestock. We believe in being fair and honest in all dealings with our customers, not just because that is the only way to stay in business, but because it is the right way to do business.
