OUR BREEDING FOCUS

Leewood Ranch breeds beef cattle, not show cattle. Our focus is on raising cattle that are functional, fertile, sound footed and easy fleshing. We want our bulls to work for our customers and continue to work for years. With the extensive use of AI and embryos we can offer a very good selection; Reds, Blacks, Full Flecks and Fullbloods. We implant 70 to 90 embryos each year that are sourced from some of the top Simmental breeders in Canada and we also flush several of our own donors each year. Our herd is around 550 to 600 cows that we calve in January to March. With our large commercial herd we are able to test AI sires and see what works and what doesn’t. Like our customers, we don’t like extra work so we use more proven sires and don’t treat the purebreds any different than the rest of the herd. We calve, feed, breed and pasture our purebreds with the commercial herd. We focus our efforts with the commercial cattlemen in mind and have bulls from calving ease to performance.

Our annual bull sale is held in late February or early March depending on the year, at the farm where we sell approximately 50 bulls and 100 replacement heifer calves. Our bull numbers are slowly rising as we try to keep up with demand.

If you’re ever passing by please stop in as we always enjoy touring the pastures and pens. The coffee is always on and the fridge is full.