Miller Lowline Angus Ranch Super-efficient cows that require only half the feed of an average cow, yet produce a calf of comparable size or larger than average. As of January 7, 2015
Dec 22, 2015
Miller Lowline Angus Ranch
Super-efficient cows that require only half the feed of an average cow, yet produce a calf of comparable size or larger than
average.
As of January 7, 2015
The Bulls• Problem-free calving
– More sellable calves at weaning– Cows that calve easily have more
calves in their lifetime
• High fertility– Each bull breeds more cows in less
time, producing a more uniform calf crop
• Desirable carcass traits- Finely-textured lean beef
• Produce females that make superior cows- High heifer pregnancy rate- Timely breed-back- Longevity within the herd
• Bulls born and developed by MLAR are never fed grain!- Bulls developed on strict
forage diets, what nature intended
Fairwyn’s Power
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM2293
Remarks: The only fullblood bull registered with the Lowline Registry sired by BR New Vision (the first embryo every imported into the United States from Australia. Excellent cow-maker bull. Best when crossed with full size cows to produce super-efficient, highly productive females. The only Lowline bull to ever be tested with Pfizer HD50K test.
IGenity: Ranks in the top 9% of American Angus (full size) for fat thickness on IGenity.
HD50K (American Angus only):
MLAR Beau Jangles
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM16452
Remarks: Sired by Beau Lad, a National Western Stock Show Champion Bull and his dam is S208, dam of Captain Jack (3/4 interest sold for $75K).
IGenity: Top 3% of American Angus and top 14% of commercial cattle for maternal calving ease. Top 15% for average daily gain and top 13% for tenderness of commercial cattle.
September 24, 2011, 5 months old January 7, 2015, 3 years 8 months old
MLAR Miracle Dust
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by RL Telluride Image 9, Wyoming State Fair Grand Champion Bull. His dam is Miracle. Very masculine and early maturing.
7 months old 10 months old
MLAR Mr. Perfect
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM20892 (click link to go to pedigree on ALR site)
Remarks: Sired by RL Telluride Image 9, Wyoming State Fair Grand Champion Bull. His dam is Pefection, People’s Choice at National Western Stock Show National Lowline Sale.
RL Telluride Image 9
Fullblood Lowline Angus Bull
Registration # FM14123
Remarks: Purchased from Reed Lowlines, in Wyoming. Bred a few cows and then sold partial interest and full possession to Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch in Loveland, Colorado. We retained partial interest and are able to draw semen.
MLAR Rainmaker
½-Lowline Bull
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Dam was a commercial cow with a lot of depth and width. His sire is Fairwyn’s Power. Is black-hided under the tan coat, theoretically he will produce black calves. He is bred to all MLAR percentage cows for spring 2015 calves.
The Cows• Super-Efficient, Easy fleshing
– Require ½ the average feed to maintain body condition
– Cows that calve easily have more calves in their lifetime
• High fertility– Heifers breed on first exposure– Cows breed back quickly
• Early maturing– Breed at 11-15 months of age
• Strong maternal traits- Wide pelvic areas for ease of
calving- Good milk production
without being excessive
• Heifers born and developed by MLAR are never fed grain!- Heifers developed on strict
forage diets, what nature intended
Perfection
Fullblood Lowline Cow
Registration # FM14123
Remarks: Purchased at the National Lowline Sale from Jake Reed Cattle Company, Brooten, Minnesota. She was a top People’s Choice for the Lowline Sale. Sired by Tequila and her dam is a Perfection cow sired by BoBo. One of Perfections greatest traits is her awesome udder.
She has only produced one bull, Mr. Perfect. The rest of her calves have been heifers that were sold at national Lowline-specific auctions. Her heifer from 2014, Precious, is being retained to be bred in Spring 2015.
1 year 9 months old, as a bred heifer
Taken January 7, 2015
Miracle
Fullblood Lowline Cow
Registration # FF11692
Remarks: Purchased from Cimarron Lowlines, Olathe, Colorado, when pregnant with her second calf. She had come the year before to be bred by Fairwyn’s Power, so Jeramie and Randi were familiar with her and jumped at the chance to buy her when she came up for sale. She is a thick, wide cow that is an easy keeper.
She is the dam of Dust.
5 years 8 months on January 7, 2015
Sherry
Fullblood Lowline CowRegistration # FF2831Remarks: A foundation-bred female. On the short side, but super-efficient and easy keeper (as wide as
she is tall and twice again as long). She maintains her body condition extremely easily. Purchased privately from a young man in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She had previously been shown at the National Western Stock Show.
Lilly is her first heifer calf; Lilly is being retained to be bred Spring 2015. A bull that she produced, Hey Baby, was sold as a herdsire to a woman that lives in central Colorado. Higgins is her Spring 2014 calf (Higgins’s slide shows her in the fall of 2014).
6 years 5 months
Fullblood Lowline CowRegistration # FF2831Remarks: A foundation-bred female. On the short side, but super-efficient and easy keeper (as wide as
she is tall and twice again as long). She maintains her body condition extremely easily. Purchased privately from a young man in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She had previously been shown at the National Western Stock Show.
Lilly is her first heifer calf; Lilly is being retained to be bred Spring 2015. A bull that she produced, Hey Baby, was sold as a herdsire to a woman that lives in central Colorado. Higgins is her Spring 2014 calf (Higgins’s slide shows her in the fall of 2014).
8 years with calf at 2 months old.
Chunk
¾- Lowline Cow
Registration # XF5959
Remarks: First heifer ever retained by MLAR. She was sired by Fairwyn’s Power and her dam was XF6 (known as “916”), one of the first ½-Lowline cows produced in the United States—evidenced by her low registration number. Her name reflects her phenotype, she is very thick (“chunky”). She is a full sister to Luck and is the dam of Blue’s Clues. Her calves are very distinguishable and recognizable; they are really thick. She is bred to Rainmaker for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
916 with Chunk nursing at 16 days old 7 years 2 months with Blues Clues at 6 weeks 5 days old
Luck
¾- Lowline Cow
Registration # XF 12846
Remarks: Full sister to Chunk, sired by Fairwyn’s Power and her dam was XF6 (known as “916”). She is not thick like Chunk, but still is super-efficient, and raises a super-nice calf. She is bred to Rainmaker for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
1 year 2 months2 years 7 months with her first calf, a heifer
Annie
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # XF 9979
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power and out of a full size Angus cow (“Maggie”) that was the poster cow for the American Angus. Annie took on Maggie’s conformation, but has the efficiency and fleshing ability of the Lowline. She is a phenomenal cow and raises a great calf. She is bred to Rainmaker for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
5 years old, taken October 2014
Suzy
½-Lowline CowRegistration # XF14913Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was an American Angus cow (“16”). She has the
phenotype of an American Angus, but is very moderate-framed. Her She raises a great calf and maintains her condition easily. She is bred to Rainmaker for a calf to be born Spring 2015.
She is a full sister to Surprise.
3 years 9 months1 year 7 months as a bred heifer
Surprise
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # MF23524
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was an American Angus cow (“16”). She is practically identical to her full sister, Suzy. Smaller version of the American Angus and raises a great calf. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring 2015.
2 years 4 months nursing her 1st calf at 3 mo 21 days
1 year 7 months as a bred heifer
Treasure
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # XF 16451
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was a 1,600-pound Charolais/Angus/? cow that produced the first ½-Lowline bull that MLAR sold (prior to that everything was steered). Treasure’s first calf, a heifer named Sprinkles, was a superb female; Treasure did a great job raising her and maintaining body condition. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring 2015.
1 year 11 mo with her 1st calf at 4 weeks 2 years 7 months on January 7, 2015
Thursday
½-Lowline Cow
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was a full size crossbred cow (cow that gave birth to and raised Jangles). Thursday had a ¾-Lowline steer in Spring 2014 that she did a great job raising and maintained her condition at the same time. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring 2015.
2 years 1 mo with her 1st calf at 6 weeks 5 days 2 years 10 months (almost) on January 7, 2015
Flutter
½- Lowline CowRegistration # MF23522Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was a Classic Hereford that was super-deep. Her first calf was a
steer that she did a great job raising and maintained her condition. She is bred to Rainmaker for her 2nd calf to be born Spring 2015.
Her first calf, a heifer (sired by Jangles) born March 31, 2014, was solid black. The white markings are genetically dominant. The black being completely eliminated in the 2nd cross demonstrates the strength/dominance of the genes our bulls have.
1 year 5 months 2 years 8 mo on January 7, 2015
Lilly
Fullblood Lowline Bred Heifer
Registration # FF23519
Remarks: Sired by Jangles; her dam is Sherry (first heifer Sherry has produced). Outstanding deep, thick female that is well on her way to making a phenomenal cow. She is bred to have her first calf in the spring of 2015. Is very similar to her half sister, Princess.
1 year 9 months on January 7, 2015 as a bred heifer1 day old
Princess
Fullblood Lowline Bred Heifer
Registration #
Remarks: Sired by Jangles; her dam was EZ Bunny 7R. Outstanding deep, thick female that is well on her way to making a phenomenal cow. She is bred to have her first calf in the spring of 2015. Is very similar to her half sister, Lilly.
1 day old1 year 7 mo on January 7, 2015 as a bred heifer
Precious
Fullblood Lowline Weanling Heifer
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by Telluride; her dam is Perfection. Very feminine heifer that is very similar to her dam’s build as a heifer.
4 months old
10 months on January 7
Bridgette
Fullblood Lowline Weanling Heifer
Registration # Pending
Remarks: Sired by Fairwyn’s Power; her dam was EZ Bunny 7R. Very petite female with excellent conformation and breeding. Is the only heifer produced with the cross of Bunny and Power. The cross produced Buff, who was a great bull with an excellent temperament.
6 weeks old 8 months old on January 7, 2015
Blues Clues
Purebred Lowline Weanling Steer
Remarks: Sired by Telluride; his dam is Chunk. He will be butchered either Spring 2015 (as baby beef) or early Fall 2015 (as grass-finished beef). He is a typical Chunk calf, deep, thick, and packs on the pounds.
4-1/2 months old Almost 10 months old on January 7, 2015
Higgins
Fullblood Lowline Weanling Steer
Remarks: Sired by Jangles; his dam is Sherry. He will be butchered either Spring 2015 (as baby beef) or early Fall 2015 (as grass-finished beef). His growth and conformation are excellent.
Nursing at 6 weeks old
7 months old with his dam, Sherry