Doc Ryan is backed by Cow Power
As told by Bill Rishel
Gen One
Gen Four
Tiffany BR
B/R Ruby of Tiffany 3156
The year was 1982, and a stunning heifer calf was born February 4th that struck us as being quite special in the way of a quality gemstone. So, we named her Tiffany BR. She became the foundation matron of the B/R Ruby of Tiffanys, one of the most impactful cow families of the Angus breed. It was about this time that I realized, using the “hottest” bull of the breed was not a breeding program, and having a goal of producing the “next great one” with no plan was a long-shot at best.
This is a good time to mention that when we worked at “reducing the scrap pile,” bulls like “New Frontier” showed up at the top of their calf crops just like cream separating from the milk. They became more of the norm for us. B/R Ruby of Tiffany 3156 still posts a heifer pregnancy EPD of +13.1 (top 35%) and a marbling EPD of +.97 (top 15%).
Gen Two
Gen Five
B/R Ruby of Tiffany
B/R Ruby of Tiffany 8496
I was trained to believe in the value of great females in a pedigree, and it occurred to me that our goal should be to see “how small we could make the scrap pile” in each year’s calf crop. So, with that in mind, we mated Tiffany BR to AAR New Trend. The result was B/R Ruby of Tiffany, a female that, to this day, would represent the phenotype that I would want every cow in my herd to have. It was about this time that we embarked on identifying carcass merit in our program. The value of that effort would not be fully appreciated by the industry for another 10-15 years. We were committed to seeking carcass genetics without compromising fertility, structural correctness, and functional traits.
The next female in line is a daughter of B/R 65R Genesis, B/R Ruby of Tiffany 8496, the great-grandmother of Doc Ryan. She posts a marbling EPD of +1.38 (top 3%).
Gen Six
B/R Ruby of Tiffany 688
That brings us to the grandmother of Doc Ryan, B/R Ruby of Tiffany 688, and she posts a heifer pregnancy EPD of +17.3 (top 5%) and a marbling EPD of +1.37 (top 3%).
Gen Three
Gen Seven
B/R Ruby of Tiffany 4117
T/D Ruby of Tiffany 824
The third cow in Doc Ryan’s lineage was B/R Ruby of Tiffany 4117, born in 1994. She still posts a heifer pregnancy EPD of +13 (top 35%) and a marbling EPD of +.71 (top 35%). Longevity matters, and this female was mated at eight years of age to B/R New Frontier 095, the top-selling bull in the 2001 Rishel Angus sale, producing B/R Ruby of Tiffany 3156.
The female that is the seventh generation of this story is T/D Ruby of Tiffany 824, who, as a two-year-old female, produced the eighth generation Doc Ryan, the highest-selling and one of the most remarkable individuals in the storied history of the Rishel program. She records a heifer pregnancy EPD of +14.4 (top 25%) and a marbling EPD of +1.35 (top 3%).
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