Jimmy Joe’s Cattle Co.
Jim J. Henderson knows quality cattle. He’s been involved in the cattle business all his life, and almost four decades at the forefront of the purebred beef industry have provided the knowledge and experience required for selecting, breeding, and marketing top genetics.
The Henderson family has had a significant impact on the purebred industry in Canada, which shaped Jim’s career path and fostered his appreciation for this business. The family has been in the business of importing and exporting purebred livestock genetics for more than a century. Their long history with the Angus breed began with Jim’s great-great grandfather, John Henderson, a Scottish immigrant who farmed in Iowa before moving his family to Lacombe, present-day Alberta, in 1903.
The next generation started the family’s purebred herd, Heatherbrook, in 1909. Jim’s grandfather, Sam Henderson, travelled extensively to bring new genetics to Canada, and the Heatherbrook program became a major source of Angus seedstock for many herds across the country.
Jim carried on this tradition of pursuing quality through his development and management of two of the finest and most respected cattle operations in North America. He was the General Manager of the world-famous Bar Pipe Herefords from 1996 to 2000, leading its purebred operations in North America. During Jim’s tenure at Bar Pipe, the operation exported genetics to eight different countries, won numerous championships, and had many high-selling animals, consistently topping Canadian bull averages for the Hereford breed.
From 2001 to 2009, Jim was Vice President of Remington Land and Cattle Co., a leading North American Angus and Simmental operation. Jim managed the ranch, which spanned 40,000 acres in Alberta and Saskatchewan and featured a 4,000head feedlot, 1,000 backgrounders, 1,000 registered females, and 1,200 commercial females. He also managed 15,000 acres of crop land and 4,000 acres of hay land, as well as an annual production sale of 160 bulls.
Next, Jim became the Manager of Althen Farms Ltd. and Heatherbrook South Angus, based at Del Bonita, AB. This 26,000-acre operation consisted of 1,000 Angus and Simmental commercial cows, 150 Purebred Angus and Simmental cows, and 5,000 acres of dry land cropping.
From 2011 to 2017, Jim was the President of Majestic Cattle Company, based in Stettler, AB, on 10,000 acres of grass and 2,500 of crop land. He ran 300 head of purebred Angus and Simmental females and 1,700 head of commercial cows.
From 2017 to present, Jimmy Joe’s Cattle Company was launched to acquire the top one percent of genetics in the Simmental, Angus, and Charolais business, then promote those genetics to breeders around the world. Jim’s global connections and understanding of what each international market is looking for has allowed him to successfully market his cattle in several countries.
Throughout his career, Jim has built solid relationships in the purebred and commercial cattle industries in North America and beyond, selling live cattle to breeders in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and the United States. He has sold embryos and semen to Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mongolia, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, and the U.S. Like his grandfather, Jim loves to travel and see good cattle in person, and equally important to him is the opportunity to meet the people behind the cattle and create meaningful connections. Jim’s expertise extends to the show ring, with a long judging career that has seen him adjudicate numerous major shows throughout Canada, including the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede, Farmfair International, and Canadian Western Agribition. A special highlight was being a member of the judging panel for the 2009 World Angus Forum held at Spruce Meadows, AB. Jim’s highest honour came in 2011, when he was awarded The Canadian Livestock Industry’s Leader of the Year, presented to him at Denver’s National Western Stock Show.
Jim J. Henderson President
1-403-740-9270
jimmyjoehenderson@gmail.com
Box 219 Stettler, Alberta, Canada T0C 2L0
Marketing Agent For
Arda Farms Angus Alberta, Canada
Basin Angus Ranch Montana, USA
Bucksnort Angus Tennessee, USA
Dusty Rose Angus Saskatchewan, Canada
Ellingson Angus Ranch North Dakota, USA
Freeway Angus Alberta, Canada
Harwood Cattle Co Montana, USA
JPM Angus Saskatchewan, Canada
Kay-R Charolais Alberta, Canada
Lindskov LT Ranch South Dakota, USA
LLB Angus Alberta, Canada
Markota Angus Ranch Ohio, USA
Meadow Bridge Angus Ontario, Canada
Miller Wilson Angus Alberta, Canada
MJT Cattle Co Alberta, Canada
Mohnen Angus South Dakota, USA
Musgrave Angus Farm Illinois, USA
MWC Investments Alberta, Canada
Sandeen Simmental Iowa, USA
U2 Angus Alberta, Canada
Yarrow Creek Angus Alberta, Canada
Young Dale Angus Saskatchewan, Canada
ZWT Angus Tennessee, USA
Partner
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Lindsay Jones 027 222 4616
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PO Box 100 Taupo, New Zealand 3351
Musgrave Blackcap 834-510
17786861 TATTOO 834 DOB FEB 2, 2014
HOOVER DAM
MUSGRAVE BOULDER
MILL BRAE SA JAUNTY 3079
CONNEALY FINAL PRODUCT
MCATL BLKCP MISSIE 510-1394
M A BLACKCAP MISSIE 1394-936
SYDGEN C C & 7
ERICA OF ELLSTON C124 SITZ ALLIANCE 6595
MILL BRAE EXT JAUNTY 8068
CONNEALY PRODUCT 568
EBONISTA OF CONANGA 471 H S A F BANDO 1961
HINDS HILLS DARBYS 569-936
OWNER JIMMY JOE’S CATTLE CO.
Musgrave Blackcap 834 was my selection out of the Musgrave Angus Farm’s Production sale in 2019.
Musgrave Blackcap 834 comes from the highest profile cow family in the United States in the early days of the Angus business.
The Blackcap Missie’s produced the Grand Champion female at Chicago International Angus Show in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1947, all bred and shown by Tolan Stock Farm of Illinois. These cattle of the day brought between $10,000 and $40,000.
My Grandfather bought a Blackcap Missie in 1954 for $10,000 from Tolan Stock Farm and she went on to pay for herself many times over.
Musgrave Blackcap 834 is a descendant of this Tolan Blackcap Missie line, and has produced with the same amount of style, structural correctness, and udder quality as her past descendants.
Musgrave Blackcap 834-510 will lower birth weight, up the style, and improve the udder quality every single time.
X Baldridge Badger
AAA# 19478648 TATTOO F438 DOB MAY 12, 2018
DONORS
KR Lady May4382
AAA# 17944639 TATTOO 4382 DOB FEB 14, 2014
K R GAVEL 1057
PINE RIDGE HAMMER S322 WK MISS 6191
KOUPALS B&B IDENTITY
WK LADY MAY 2347
THOENE TRAVELER 004-563
LADY 9015 3313
MISS 2345
SITZ UPWARD 307R
B&B ERICA 605
S A V 8180 TRAVELER 004
THOENE NEW DESIGN 878-314
KR Lady May 4382 was the top selling female in the 2018 Krebs Angus Ranch Cowherd Dispersal at $50,000. The same day, a daughter sold for $30,000. The next year produced the lead off bull in 2019 Denver Stock Show Angus Carload bull show for Krebs Angus Ranch.
Over the last six years, KR Lady May 4382 has produced 45 registered progeny in the the Canadian Angus Herd Book and 40 progeny in the Americain Angus Herd book, with over 150 embryos produced and sold for a average of $2,000 per embryo to clients around the world. Females that have sold to date are averaging $29,000 so far.
KR Lady May 4382 is one impressive cow to look at and also producing flawless phenotype and udder quality in all her daughters.
JIMMY JOE’S CATTLE CO.
X Baldridge Badger
AAA# 19478648 TATTOO F438 DOB MAY 12, 2018
BASIN LUCY 1E87
MUSGRAVE LADY BARBARA 545
EA QUEEN 8070
AAA# 18874888 TATTOO 1E87 DOB SEPT 7, 2017
BASIN PAYWEIGHT 006S
BASIN PAYWEIGHT 1682
21AR O LASS 7017
GARDENS WAVE
BASIN LUCY 1037
BASIN LUCY 262S
OWNER MARKOTA ANGUS FARM
Basin Lucy 1E87 is a Grand Producer of outstanding females. The females excel for calving ease, growth and marbling.
The Dam of Basin Lucy 1E87 is Basin Lucy 1037 that sold to Ankony Angus herd for $47,500 for half interest over ten years ago and started their line of Lucys that topped there Dispersal sale in 2024. A granddaughter sold for $500,000 and another granddaughter at $250,000.
Basin Lucy 1E87 is a maternal sister to Basin Deposit 6249, the top marbling sire in the Basin Herd.
If you want to incorporate marbling and size this line will do it!
MUSGRAVE ANGUS FARM
Musgrave Angus Farms proven Donor Musgrave Lady Barbara 545 the dam of the Material world wide used Musgrave Colossal. Musgrave Lady Barbara 545 also had a banner year raising one of the good Sitz Feat 729H sons that sold in the 2024 Musgrave spring bull sale - Musgrave New Trend 2523 - for $60,000 and a full sister, Musgrave Lady Barbara 2553, for $30,000.
ELLINGSON ANGUS
One of the most productive donors in the Ellingson Angus program at the moment is EA Queen 8070, with her outstanding ability to produce bulls with growth, muscle and pounds, and females with fertility, structural soundness and udder quality.
Her biggest achievement so far is producing Ellingson Prolific, the high selling bull in Ellingson’s bull sale a couple years ago for $165,000 to ST Genetics. He has gone on to sire the high selling bull this spring - Ellingson Prosper at $295,000.
This donor is one of the good Angus cows in the Ellingson’s program!
PVA BLACKCAP MAY B845
SIEBRING ELBA 666
CHAMPION HILL GEORGINA 8408
S A V REGISTRY 2831
S A V BLACKCAP MAY 4136
PVA Blackcap May B845 is a line bred female that goes back to the SAV Density cow family three times and is a perfectly made maternal master piece.
Owned by Meadow Bridge Angus Farm in Ontario, Canada, one of the elite cow herds in Canada, and this female is at the top of this herd.
MILL BRAE CP JOANIE 9007
FARM
ELLINGSON RIDER PRIDE 7282 EA BELLS GIRL 7617
ELLINGSON BADLANDS 0285
ELLINGSON CHAPS 4095
EA ENCHANTRESS 8340
EA ENCHANTRESS 6416
SIRES
SQUARE B TRUE NORTH 8052
BASIN TRUE GRIT 1021
BASIN CAMILLA 9044
BASIN RAINMAKER 8584
BASIN LUCY 1177
BASIN LUCY 9173
S A V RAINFALL 6846
ELBANNA OF CONANGA 1209
BASIN RAINMAKER 4404
BASIN CAMILLA 7026
BASIN RAINMAKER 4404
BASIN LUCY 4240 VERMILION SPUR E143
BASIN LUCY 6352
True Value is a moderateframed calving ease bull with exceptional length of body. He is deep bodied and heavy muscled with very correct and functional structure. Among non-parent bulls, True Value has a data set that is unmatched across all economically important traits. Along with having calving ease, growth, and strong fertility traits, no other non-parent bull can match his management EPDs for docility, claw, angle, PAP, and Hair Shed.
True Value has a unique pedigree, stacking multiple generations of our best Basin Rainmaker genetics.
True Value was the second highselling bull in our 2024 bull sale at $75,000.
KOUPAL ADVANCE 28
EA BELLS GIRL 7617
EA BELLS GIRL 2181
KOUPAL
E A BETHANY 941