Our Cow Herd
Laue Charolais Ranch’s Successful & Productive Cow Herd Goes Back for Generations
The hallmark of the Laue Ranch cow herd is the development of solid, productive female families. Toward that end, we place great emphasis on mothering ability and milk production.
In many cases, when we look at one of our cows — be it a Linda, a Wanda, a Debra, or another one of our families — we are viewing her with a perspective that goes back over 10 generations.
This cow herd has never been disrupted by any sort of dispersal or auction. We view it as a factory that is designed to turn out a quality product for our customers. We have selected a few examples to feature here.
You can also learn more about our bulls available for sale here.
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The Linda Family
The Linda cow family traces directly to our 4T Ranch acquisitions in the 1960s. The “Linda” family name was taken from their descendant Miss Lin 33, the first purebred Charolais cow registered in America. Shown here is the registration certificate of Miss FWT Lin Bar 211, the original cow that founded this family for us in 1962. Today, there are 12 generations of Lindas in our White, Red, and Black herds. Where else can you find cow families like this one that have been planned and developed in a single herd for over 60 years? Also pictured here is LCL Linda 607, a modern representative of the Linda family.
LCL Alta 541C
Alta 541 is a strong representative of our Red cowherd. When we set out to build a Red herd, we acquired a number of females whose owners told us "she just won't have a white calf" — exactly what we were looking for! The Altas have proven themselves over and over, leaving us with multiple herdsires and numerous replacement females in both Red and Black. Her most recent accomplishment is our Red junior herdsire LCL Rifleman 221K.
LCL Debra 6102
The Debras also trace back nearly a dozen generations to an original 4T Ranch acquisition. In this case, Debra 6102 also features the Linda family on her sire's side, thereby combining two of the legacy families that run through our herd. There are nearly 100 "LCL Debra" females registered in North America.
LCL Princess Jo 7132E
Princess Jo 7132E comes from the heart of our Black female group. Her multi-generation Black pedigree descends from dark reds purchased in Canada in the 1990s. From her first three purebred progeny, she has produced a replacement female and two herdbulls, one for us and one sold to a purebred herd. Her son LCL Brigadier 226K is shown with her here (yes, that is a milk mustache), and he now is in service as a junior herdsire for us.
LCL Lady Mary 033
Lady Mary 033 typifies what we are looking for in the White cowherd. Pictured here as a three-year-old with her second calf by her side, he is a ripper by Outer Limits, the multiple state fair and American Royal champion. These are the kind of cattle that have established Charolais as a favorite of commercial cattlemen oriented toward growth and muscle.
