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Lot 5 3 Conventional Embryos
Dam: OB MSS HOPE 236/14, RR10279416 Sire: MBJ YUCCA 428B, RR10275339
Offered by MBJ Ranch and JM Breeders
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
Hang some banners in your future with these full sibling embryos to MBJ-JM Gata 236G, the IBBA Texas Invitational National Grand Champion Female, IBBA National Show of Merit Reserve Grand Champion, and the IBBA Reserve Show Heifer of the Year. OB 236/14 was an OB Ranch donor owned by JM Breeders that is currently in partnership with MBJ Ranch. OB Hope 236/14 has a powerful pedigree that includes her sire the outstanding BKC Ferrari 204Z2, a son of the powerful Legacy Superman 101U, and the maternal super donor 204R3. 204R3 is one of the few Red Brangus Summit Cows and is a maternal sister to OB Red Bull 521W. The dam of Hope 236/14, Ms Sensational 011-X, was also an OB donor.
Yucca’s progeny have captured the attention of the Red Brangus world and have put him on the fast track to stardom. They are stunners with a show quality phenotype – extra long, deep-bodied and stoutrumped with all the power, performance, and presence you can put in one package. MBJ Yucca’s dam, 428W is one of the best donors of MBJ Ranch out of the 428 lines and is a daughter of the recognized dam Sureways Easy 428S2. 428S2 is the dam of many outstanding Red Brangus individuals including TRIO’s SJCC Cambridge 428C2 is one of the sons of this incomparable highly feminine and fertile individual. You can’t go wrong with proven and predictable genetics like these.
Donor EPD Rankings: Top 35% STAY
Lot 6 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: MS MBJ LILY 225C2, RR10309534 Sire: TRIO'S ER CORTEZ 175C6, RR10328099
Offered
by MBJ Ranch and JM Breeders
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
Females like Lily don’t just happen, it takes years of stacking proven genetic predictability to create a female with the bone, mass, depth of body, foot size, overall dimension, productivity and style. MBJ Lily 225C2 is one of the most phenotypically exciting donors we’ve produced that has already sold over 250k in genetics and set the embryo flush record of our Power of the Brand Sale 2022, selling for $17,500 to Elias Brangus. MBJ Lily 225C2 is an OB Extra Talent 971 daughter that will also give you a shot of that proven maternal blood back in the pedigree. Lily won many shows with the highlights of being the 2019 IBBA National Champion Grand Champion Cow/Calf Pair and Grand Champion at the IBBA Standard of Excellence at the San Antonio Livestock
Her second calf MBJ Hero 225H2 was named the Junior Calf Champion at the 2021 IBBA National Show at The International Open Breeding Cattle Show.
Her dam Miss TK Valero 225X is Top 3 % STAY, Top 10% Milk, and Top 20% FERT. Her pedigree combines the renowned maternal lines of TK Valero 101P6, the Houston Grand Champion, with Sureway’s Red Jack Mr 213L, a high carcass quality sire who rated 3 out of 4 Stars for tenderness. Her sire Mr PB Extra Talent 971/10 is the sire of MBJ Red Cash 84A and RPC SBB Extra Talent 324E4, the Champion of the World North America. Extra Talent is a son of the renowned Sureway’s Talent 090N one of the thickest muscled bulls that Sureway Farms ever produced! Extra Talent was Senior Champion at the San Antonio, and Houston Livestock Shows.
There is a reason why Cortez is referred to as a “Bull Like No Other”…because of his progeny like no other. Cortez has sired the IBBA National Grand Champion Female, Cattlemen’s Congress Grand Champion Bull and Female along with the Reserve Grand Champion Female, National Show of Merit Grand Champion Bull, Texas Invitational and Brangus Futurity Grand Champion Female and Brangus Futurity Grand Champion Bull. In the summer of 2022, a son was named National Grand Champion in Australia. The progeny of Cortez and Lily are sure to be thick-made, moderate-framed, wide-bodied individuals with a high design style.
Don’t miss an opportunity to add pasture performance and show ring proven genetics to your operation. A truly unique opportunity to acquire genetics from the heart of the MBJ Ranch!
Donor EPD Rankings: 35% BW, Top 30% STAY
Lot 6F Flush
MS MBJ LILY 225C2, RR10309534 • Born: 10/5/15
Sire: MR PB EXTRA TALENT 971/10, RR10173603
Dam: MISS TK VALERO 225X, RR10164738
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen. MBJ Ranch is proud to offer a flush of a National Champion genetic package MBJ Lily 225C2. We feel that the mating possibilities with this stylish female are endless due to her flawless phenotype and performance-packed genetic profile.
Lot 7 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: OB MS CRISTAL 204C2, RR10287635
Offered by MBJ Ranch
Sire: GR-MBJ HOUSTON 424H, RR10451074
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
Cristal 204C2 is a powerful donor produced in our legacy OB program. She possesses a tremendous maternal heritage that descends from the famed 204M herd matron of OB Ranch, which is still thought of as one of the best females of the Red Brangus breed. Cristal is sired by the 2013 National Champion and 3-time Show Sire of the Year TRIO's Yucatan 175Y. She blends proven maternal efficiency, pasture performance and championship style. Cristal is a full sister of OB Red Charlie 204C3 and many outstanding breed changers from the 204 family.
In her own show career, Cristal 204C2 was selected as the Reserve Grand Champion Female at the IBBA Western National held at the State Fair of Oklahoma We had big expectations for Cristal 204C2 and she delivered an equally powerful first calf MBJ RBF Elegance 204E. Elegance 204 was honored as the Grand Champion Female at the 2019 Brangus Futurity and National Junior Brangus Show. Cristal and Elegance were also the Grand Champion Pair of the 2018 World Brangus Congress. Donor EPD Rankings: Top 35% REA, 25% STAY
Lot 7F Flush
OB MS CRISTAL 204C2, RR10287635 • Born: 4/24/14
Sire: TRIO'S YUCATAN 175Y, RR10191913
Offered by MBJ Ranch
Dam: SUREWAY'S MS IDEAL 204M, RR603423
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen. Cristal is a combination of phenotype and pedigree that will enhance every sire line in our breed. Look to the future of your program and this opportunity infuses one of the most uniquely bred donors in the breed.
Each embryo lot is offered as a package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. The high and winning bidder will have the opportunity and option to double their purchase and buy an additional package of three (3) embryos for a total of six (6) embryos and a guarantee of two (2) pregnancies. The transfers must be performed and documented by a licensed embryologist. Proof of pregnancy must be performed and documented by a licensed embryologist or licensed veterinarian. Buyer has one (1) year until the 2024 Red Carpet Sale to request embryo replacement.
Each flush lot offered is a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen. Flush, semen, and shipping expenses for up to 12 embryos are the responsibility of the buyer. After 12 embryos the cost of producing and the ownership of embryos will be the responsibility and property of the seller.
Lot 8 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: MS MBJ JUSTEEN 201J, RR10476230
Offered by MBJ Ranch
Sire: TRIO'S ER RBF FRANCISCO 175F2, RR10397811
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
WOW! What a powerful young donor and show heifer with heritage and future. Justeen 201J was the high-selling offering in the 2022 Power of the Brands, bringing $23,000 from Utah. She is an own daughter of TRIO’s ER Cortez 175C6, whose easy-handling progeny has exceeded all our expectations. They possess tons of mass, muscle and volume on exemplary feet and legs. The dam of Justeen 201J is the notable donor MBJ Ms Brazil 201X who boasts stellar production and is a maternal sister of MBJ Dakota. I consider her the best animal produced in our partnership with Fagan Ranch. 201X is a daughter of the renowned Sureway’s Legacy 060S. As the maternal grandsire of Justeen 201J, Legacy offers her lineage a total outcross genetic package of powerful EPDs. The maternal grandam of Justeen 201J is Miss TK Klassic 201T2 one of our best donors sired by TK Klassic 590K2. 201T2 is also the dam of MBJ Dakota 201D8 and many other top-selling animals. She combines the power of Predominant with the fertility and maternal ability of the Triangle K Farms program. We really like the highly heritable fertility traits of the 201-cow family along with the performance and new genetics Justine presents in a total package. This outstanding donor is one you will not want to overlook!
The sire of these embryos, Francisco 175F2 is a sire of royal lineages that have not been seen in one pedigree. His dam is the National Grand Champion female Zamy 175Z2, the daughter of Statesman 100S Wildfire 175W, both National Grand Champions. The sire of Francisco 175F2 continues to stack the National Grand Champions in his family, Red Dynasty 198/A. Red Dynasty and his progeny catch a cattlemen's eye with added depth, structural power and inherent performance.
Donor EPD Rankings: Top 35% CED, 40% FAT
Lot 8F Flush
MS MBJ JUSTEEN 201J, RR10476230 • Born: 5/3/21
Sire: TRIO'S MLS CORTEZ 175C6, RR10328099
Offered by MBJ Ranch
Dam: FAGAN MBJ MS BRAZIL 201X, RR10209731
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen.
As a member of our show string, you will get to see Justeen in person in Houston. Once you do, the mating possibilities will flood your breeding imagination. We certainly have our own ideas on how to optimize the genetic package she offers.
Lot 9 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: MCR TRIO'S HARMONY 255/1, RR10467634
Sire: SJCC TRIO'S CEO 175C5, RR10301591
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and McDonald Cattle Company
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
Harmony 255/1 provides a new genetic dimension to our gene pool and future. She is a complete outcross to our sire and maternal families. This combined with her powerful phenotypic presence, natural style and elegance has us wanting the future to be here today. Produced in the McDonald Ranches program, Harmony stood out in the pasture like she had a spotlight on her. When I saw her Superman sired dam, the decision was made. Strong in her lines, flawless in her structure with femininity and balance from every angle, Harmony is an exquisite Red Brangus female.
In her illustrious and highly competitive career she won Grand Champion at the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress Junior Show, Reserve Grand Champion at the 2021 and 2022 Texas Invitationals, and was always a division champion or reserve champion.
Darryl McDonald and I planned this mating to CEO 175C5 for ourselves as our first choice. This is a pairing of equally powerful individuals that we believe will compliment each other in design, correctness, balance and elite quality.
CEO 175C5 continues to make his mark on the Red Brangus breed with sons and daughters that are top of the crop and head of the class. The heir to the legacy of Statesman, as the 2018 World Brangus Congress Grand Champion, CEO has sired Sendero’s Galaxy 59G8 the 2021 National Grand Champion Female, TRIO’s FFF Huracan 101H3, the up-andcoming young stud you will see in the TRIO stalls at Houston and Tajo’s Jenna, the Grand Champion at the 2022 National Show of Merit and Reserve Grand Champion of the 2022 Brangus Futurity and 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress. And there are many more outstanding in pastures around the Brangus world.
Harmony is a female par excellence. This mating to CEO holds tremendous promise!
Lot 9F Flush
MCR TRIO'S HARMONY 255/1, RR10467634 • Born: 10/30/20
Sire: DOS XX'S DESTINY'S PLAYBOY, RR10263298
Dam: MCR SUPER LADY 255/4, RR10262415
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and McDonald Cattle Company
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen. Harmony 255/1 had many admirers from across the Brangus breed as she was showing, both Red and Black. This is the maiden offering to flush her to the sire of your choosing and start your own new line.
Harmony is ready and available to flush right after the sale. Please inquire about preferred reproduction labs that TRIO will deliver her to at no additional expense. Transportation to other labs will be at the buyer’s expense.
Lot 10 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: MP MISS REBA 38H45, RR10460871 Sire:CX TANQUE 23/T, RR10105443
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics, Villa Ranch and Sendero Red Brangus
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
A common appreciation of Reba 38H45 brought the opportunity to partner with two Red Brangus breeders we respect greatly – Sendero Red Brangus and Villa Ranch. Produced in the MP Brangus legacy Red herd, Reba is as elegant of a female as one can imagine with an outcross maternal pedigree that he believe will add an new dimension to all of our herds. Her dam brings together the heralded 804 and 38 Douget lines. Her sire Diamond K’s Rendezvous 317C3, offers Yucatan 175Y with the elite 317 family.
Reba was the 2022 IBBA Reserve National Grand Champion, a banner that was the culmination of successful show career that also included Reserve Senior Heifer Calf at the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress. With April Villarreal at the lead in the junior show ring, she was Reserve Grand Champion at the 2021 TJBBA State Show and Reserve Senior Heifer Calf Champion at the NJBS.
She has calved at just after her two-year birthday and doing an outstanding job as first calf heifer raising a stout bull calf sired by MCC Hot Shot 72H.
We planned this mating to the renowned Tanque 23/T with sexed semen to capitalize on the strength of the maternal lines in both of these pedigrees. Tanque needs no introduction as a sire of power and elite quality. His semen is offered at Lot 27A.
EPD Rankings Total Breed: Top 15% YW and REA, 20% WW and TM
Lot 10F Flush
MP MISS REBA 38H45, RR10460871 • Born: 11/5/20
Sire: DIAMOND K'S RENDEZVOUS 317C3, RR10291245
Dam: DDD MS LILLY 38A16, AX10261585
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics, Villa Ranch and Sendero Red Brangus
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen.
We believe that Reba 38H45 will be a highly impactful donor to our programs and the breed. Here is your opportunity to select the sire you think can create one of the next cutting edge lines of Red Brangus. Reba is ready and available to flush right after the sale. Please inquire about preferred reproduction labs that TRIO will deliver her to at no additional expense. Transportation to other labs will be at the buyer’s expense.
Lot 11 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: IH MS. SIDNEY 81F2, RR10418342
Sire: CX TANQUE 23/T, RR10105443
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and Indian Hills Ranch
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
Sidney 81F2 represents our belief in reaching across fence lines to improve our genetic program and further the Red Brangus breed. Bred by Indian Hills Brangus, we feel very fortunate for the opportunity to partner in her. For us, she offers an outcross pedigree of proven and fresh bloodlines with the same high level of design and style that has distinguished our cattle. Not only is Sidney 81F2 a head turner phenotypically, but her EPD profile also has the potential to elevate the Red Brangus breed.
This has been recognized by three of the most respected programs in the Red Brangus in the 2020 Power of the Brands when Sendero Red Brangus, Villa Ranch and Cox Excalibur all invested in the flushes offered from her. In 2021 the partnership of Lazy 3 Cattle Co., Circle T Brahmans and Lone Star Cattle Co. acquired the embryos we offered from Cortez. In 2022, GKB snapped up the embryos from the same mating. In her young life as a donor, she has generated over $20,000 in genetic sales.
In her show career, Sidney received the admiration of judges and spectators alike. She received the prestigious purple banner as the Brangus Futurity Grand Champion female and was Reserve Grand Champion Female at the Texas Invitational.
Studying her pedigree, one will quickly recognize she is the product of two Black Brangus parents that are known red gene carriers. She is the type of innovative Red Brangus so many are seeking. Her sire IH Rudder 504Y2 is a recognized sire of performance, stylish cattle. He was the 2015 National Reserve Grand Champion Bull and Show Bull of the Year. Innovative line breeding by Indian Hills resulted in this mating. Think of all the Red Brangus bulls that she will compliment!
To further appreciate her genetic merit, serious breeders need to study her GE EPD profile and rankings in the total IBBA. If you are looking to move the genetic needle in your program, Sidney is the donor to do it.
We planned this mating to the renowned Tanque 23/T with sexed semen to create a new maternal line that brings together both sire power and maternal excellence. Tanque needs no introduction as a sire with dimension, performance and elite quality. His semen is offered at Lot 26A.
Remember that the matings we are offering are the same that we are putting in ourselves and our staking our future on.
EPD Rankings: Top 2% CEM, 15% REA
Lot 11F Flush
IH MS. SIDNEY 81F2, RR10418342 • Born: 9/8/18
Sire: I H RUDDER 504Y2, R10213112
Dam: IH MS. RUDDER 81D, R10322732
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and Indian Hills Ranch
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen.
Sidney 81F2 is a prolific donor from a production perspective. This reproductive excellence is the result of Indian Hills' focus on fertility and maternal performance, and one of the reasons we have added Sidney to our donor program. The slate of options for you to flush her to is wide open to create your own new line of Red Brangus genetics.
Lot 12 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: CLF MS YUCATAN 7BH3, RR10466629
Sire: MCR TURBO 600/9, RR10407387
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and Perry Cattle Company
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer hasoption to double up.
CLF Ms Yucatan 7BH3 was our selection in partnership with Perry Cattle Co. of the open heifers offered in the 2021 Power of the Brands. In selecting offerings from Circle Lee Farms, 7BH3 was one of Allen’s favorites from the first time he laid eyes on her. This daughter of the Legendary Sire TRIO’s Yucatan 175Y has a most eye-appealing phenotype. good skeletal balance, a nice substance of bone, and is square at the ground. 7BH3 is a moderate female with notable interior dimension in her rib cavity and an abundance of cutability. Full sisters to this mating are currently in production at Circle Lee Farm and have exhibited consistency through multiple sire trials over the last few years. 7BH3 is full package female possessing good physical attributes, a genetically superior pedigree, with a balanced EPD profile
We believe the skeletal ruggedness, style, performance and pedigree of Turbo is very complimentary mating. Turbo is quickly establishing himself as a sire of tremendous dimension, balance and performance.
We invite you to refer to Lot 20 for more perspective on MCR Turbo 600/9
Lot 12F Flush
CLF MS YUCATAN 7BH3, RR10466629 • Born: 11/2/20
Sire: TRIO'S YUCATAN 175Y, RR10191913
Dam: CX MS PAY MH CAYLA 7/B, RR10267722
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and Perry Cattle Company
Flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen.
In her virgin flush 7BH3 yielded 30 oocytes, freezing 15 embryos, providing an early indication of her donor-level fertility. Her pedigree of Yucatan, Meathouse along with the 175 and 7 maternal families, offers many opportunities for blending with the sire of your choosing and deepening the genetic merit of a program.
EPD Ranking Top 20% STAY, 30% CED and FERT, 35% IMF
Each embryo lot is offered as a package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. The high and winning bidder will have the opportunity and option to double their purchase and buy an additional package of three (3) embryos for a total of six (6) embryos and a guarantee of two (2) pregnancies. The transfers must be performed and documented by a licensed embryologist. Proof of pregnancy must be performed and documented by a licensed embryologist or licensed veterinarian. Buyer has one (1) year until the 2024 Red Carpet Sale to request embryo replacement.
Each flush lot offered is a guarantee of 8 embryos up to a maximum of 12 embryos with unsexed semen. Flush, semen, and shipping expenses for up to 12 embryos are the responsibility of the buyer. After 12 embryos the cost of producing and the ownership of embryos will be the responsibility and property of the seller.
Lot 13 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: MS TF 72Z, RR10239609 Sire: MR. BALCO KOMMANDER 587 A 3, RR10352629
Offered by Maxwell Cattle Company
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy. Buyer has option to double up.
Maxwell Cattle Co., Jessica, and her family are recognized as some of the hardest-working individuals in the show ring. Jessica is a key and integral member of the TRIO family and program. 72Z is a Red Brangus female that has always been intriguing for her double-bred Transformer pedigree. As a herd matron and donor, she does not miss. Bred to TRIO’s Aristotle 175A, she has produced two popular individuals. MCC Ellie Mae 72E is the highly admired Grand Champion of the 2018 World Brangus Congress, the 2019 National Grand Champion and the Supreme Champion of the 2019 Arizona National. Her full brother MCC Hot Shot 72H was Grand Champion of the 2022 National Show, Western National at Cattlemen’s Congress and 2021 National Show of Merit. Another notable daughter is Sendero’s Hollywood 72H, sired by CEO 175C5. Exciting progeny sired by Diamond K Rendezvous 317C3 and powerful Red Angus bull Dominion are in development now.
Mr. Balco Kommander 587A3 is a phenomenal Red Brangus sire raised in the Rancho Los Nogales herd from Mexico. Studying the pedigree of Kommander, you will find many notable and familiar names. His National Grand Champion Sire, Balco Oro Rojo 175U, carries the same maternal prefix as many of the TRIO herd as he descends directly from Miss Fancy 175/4. His sire is the CX 1/M1 bull, the senior herd sire for Gary Markham, that certainly left his mark on many pedigrees. The maternal side of Kommander brings in foundation Predominant genetics. If you are looking for a true performance, stout-made Red Brangus sire Kommander is the answer to your question.
If you are looking to acquire a mating of two unique and distinctive individuals, this blend of 72Z and Kommander is one to study and imagine the possibilities.
Donor EPD Top 4% COW WT, 30% BW, 35% CED, CEM
Lot 14 3 IVF Embryos
Dam: IC JANIE 326H, RR10447169 Sire: TRIO'S MLS CORTEZ 175C6, RR10328099
Offered by TRIO Cattle & Genetics and Perry Cattle Company
Offering one (1) package of three (3) embryos with a guarantee of one (1) pregnancy.
IC Janie 326H is another strategic acquisition we made in the Power of the Brands sale. She is sired by SJCC TRIO’s Camelot 428C3, a Yucatan son from the MBJ 428 cow family. The senior herd sire at Iron Creek Farms, Camelot has proven himself to be a consistent sire of long-spined, moderate-framed, functional Red Brangus cattle. His sons and daughters are clean in their design with shape and capacity. We selected Janie 326H for her strength of top, structural correctness, thickness and skeletal dimension. The shot of CX Home Run 135/P in her maternal line is another bonus. We envision her blending very well with our sire lineup.
Her first natural calf is a stout, well-balanced son of Cortez 175C6 that is a stand out in the pasture. These embryos also sired by Cortez will be a proven mating that definitely provides a return on your investment.
Donor EPD Rankings: Top 35% CED, STAY