After a century in the cattle business and more than 40 years producing purebred Brangus cattle, XS Steiner Ranch Brangus has dispersed its entire cattle herd to Santa Rosa Ranch (SRR).   More than 1,000 head of females will be relocated to SRR along the Trinity River in Houston County and will complement the growing herd of purebred Brangus and Ultrablack cattle that have been developed in its program. “This is a bittersweet time for our operation,” said Bobby Steiner.

Producers can achieve production goals faster with an investment in Red Angus' new genetic merit test — RA50K, according to the Red Angus Association of America, which has released the product. The new genomic data test, named for “Red Angus” and “50K” for the 50,000 tested locations on an animal’s genome, provides producers with higher accuracy EPDs to be used in making their seedstock selections. It identifies which genes a specific animal possesses and their impact on various traits, such as birth weight and carcass traits.