MARS bulls at the 2008 Miles City Beef Breeders Show, Main Street, Miles City, MT
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Our bulls are grown slowly to preserve their soundness and are allowed
ample space for exercise to increase durability. We weaned on 9/15/09
to a 15 acre pasture. The bulls are provided with free choice grass hay and
are fed corn, gradually increasing the amount over time to achieve
a gain of ~2.5 lbs. per day.
Our bulls are sold by private treaty and are guaranteed to breed.
Click on the following links for 2009 Bull performance data and EPDs or SEMEN SALES.
The MARS cowherd is an extension of 29 years of MRM Roberts Red Angus breeding in New Mexico.
Andy's parents, Jack and Martha Roberts, began breeding Red Angus cattle in 1978 in Las Cruces, NM. The MRM objective was to produce moderate sized,
low maintenance, easy calving and easy gaining cattle
that could be profitable in the harsh desert of southern New Mexico. In 1990,
due to extreme drought conditions, they took some cattle to Buffalo Creek Red Angus in Wyoming. Combining Roberts' genetics
with those of Buffalo Creek's proved to be a winning combination. Buffalo Creek Cherokee Canyon, born to an MRM cow, has gone on to be the #1 used
bull in the breed.
In 1997, Maddy and Andy Roberts began their Red Angus herd in Nebraska with cows from the MRM-Buffalo Creek venture.
MARS Red Angus relocated to the Miles City area in eastern Montana in 2001.
Our primary focus has always been to produce low birth weight bulls that have ample growth to make them suitable for use on both heifers
and cows. We have consistently bred for traits important for the cow herd, with an emphasis on disposition, efficiency and
moderation, and have avoided using curve benders and pursuing market trends.
Based on this premise, we aim to minimize the unexpected and market animals that will stay in your herd.
MARS bulls at the 2008 Miles City Beef Breeders Show, Main Street, Miles City, MT
The MARS cow herd started with 8 cows. Due to uncertainties regarding housing for both our family and the cows, when we relocated to Montana, we brought only 4 cows and 3 heifers, females that best met our breeding objectives. We have purchased a minimum of outside genetics. Therefore, our cow herd has remained small and we will have 20 females to calve in spring 2010.
The cow herd was tested to be 100% BVD free.