Welcome to South Mountain Cattle

Our objective is to provide bulls that make commercial cattlemen more profitable.

We focus on breeding and developing bulls that thrive in high desert environments. Our cattle are bred for multi trait balance, with a focus on calving ease, growth, carcass, disposition, and maternal traits. We use intense artificial insemination (AI) and embryo transfer (ET) to proven, breed leading sires that will sire cattle that excel on the ranch, in the feedlot, and on the rail.

Our cattle are 100% from artificial insemination or embryo transfer. We tirelessly pursue the best proven genetics we can find anywhere. We are laser focused on maternal traits and those must come first. We will not use a high growth or carcass sire that does not have the maternal traits we demand. Every calf born on our ranch is the result of a mating that was carefully made after a lot of thought and consideration.

We winter our cows near the Snake River southeast of Marsing Idaho. Our cows calve outside unassisted. Pairs graze rocky, sage brush covered pastures with a mix of native and cheat grasses during the spring months. Our cattle go up near McCall Idaho in the summer and graze native (non-irrigated) pastures. The summer pasture is steep and rocky and has excellent hard grasses. Cattle will often travel a mile or two for water. Our bulls are developed on a high roughage ration, with special care to not over condition bulls. We believe that environment is extremely important. We are confident that cattle that are raised in a real-world environment where they are “stress tested” results in bulls that will thrive in the transition to your ranch.

We believe you deserve access to the very best genetics, and to cattle that have to make a living in a real world environment every day.

We welcome the opportunity to visit with you about your operation and cattle and how we can best serve you.

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