The OH Ranch's purebred, Range Tested® Red Angus herd is almost as old as the registry. With zero-tolerance culling, the ranch has carefully selected and managed its Red Angus herd to ensure it represents the very best of the breed. Excellent fertility, calving ease and economic efficiency are among the hallmarks of the OH herd.

REPRODUCTIVE ADVANTAGES:
The OH Range Tested® Program stresses fertility above all other factors. OH Red Angus cattle are grazed year-round in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Even with extreme winters and temperatures as low as minus 40 Celsius, OH Red Angus are given no additional feed beyond what they can forage. Under these difficult conditions, the OH Red Angus herd shines consistently.

• 96% conception within a 60 day breeding season.
• 90% weaning of healthy vigorous calves each fall.
• <5% assisted births in mature cow herd.
• <10% assisted births in first-calf heifers.
  (Western Canadian average is 30% assisted births)
• Bull calves average 84 lbs. (36.3 Kg) at birth.
• Heifer calves average 78 lbs (34.7 Kg) at birth.
  (OH calves are mirroring Canadian breed averages for birthweights.)

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES
Beyond superior fertility, calving ease and excellent mothering ability, OH Range Tested® Red Angus are also noteworthy for their economic efficiency.

• Outstanding feed conversion abilities;
• excellent conformation;
• moderate size (mature cows average 1,150 lbs (510 Kg))
• ability to forage in rough country under severe weather conditions;
• each cow weans an average of 12-13 healthy caves at close to ½ their body weight during their lifetime.

The rugged terrain at the OH Ranch means cattle have to look after themselves, reducing costs and management time. Because of their coloring and genetics, OH Red Angus have virtually no cancer eye and rare cases of pink eye or sunburned udders. These traits and the fact that they are polled, make Red Angus and Red Angus cross the best choice for replacement heifers. Each year the OH sells 300 Red Baldy replacement heifers at well above market averages, usually to repeat customers. The value of OH Range Tested® Red Angus breeding is well proven.

CARCASS QUALITY
OH Range Tested® Red Angus exhibit superior feed conversion, which allows them to thrive in the difficult conditions of the ranch. Yearling steers and heifers will quickly reach a finishing weight of ~1,150 lbs. (510 Kg) and produce carcasses of ~700 lbs. (310 Kg). While other breeds will produce larger calves and carcasses, the meat is also less saleable because of larger cuts. Red Angus are sized for the plate, not the scales. Whether purebred or crossbred, Angus cattle consistently have the highest carcass quality grades. In large part, this is due to the genetic disposition of Angus to leanness and excellent marbling (interstitial fat which improves tenderness, palatability and taste.)