MOMENTUM & PROVEN PERFORMANCE
mature cows that are all H and G model fall calving cows from our program including several donors, these along with select females from cooperative partners. These cows have formed the foundation for many top bulls and females sold in recent years. A catered dinner will follow. • Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., we move into the Cutting Edge Female Sale. This elite offering showcases the very best young females from our program, along with outstanding consignments from our partners and guest consignors. Many of these heifers are sired by the newest breed-leading bulls in our lineup, including Ledger,
Dear Friends,
The cattle industry is off to a record-setting start in the spring of 2026. Strong calf prices, solid salvage values for older cows and bulls, a tight supply of cattle, and robust consumer demand for beef have created exceptional market conditions across the country. We kicked off the year with a very successful Spring Bull Sale here in March and strong participation in the Briggs Tri Star event. We’re grateful for the momentum and thankful for the support of our customers and partners. At Cavender Ranches, we take pride in being a truly unique operation. As one of the
largest seedstock producers in the Brangus breed, we also run a substantial commercial cow-calf enterprise. We retain and feed all our own steers, frequently bid on our customers’ steers, and partner with NextGen Feedlot to market them. Last year alone, we marketed over 1,500 replacement females. We don’t just talk about performance—we prove it every day. Right now, we have 700 head of steers on feed as we prepare for this sale. Many of the commercial females in this offering will soon have brothers exiting the feedyard, and you can review our historical performance data in the catalog appendix. This year’s Annual Spring Female Sale features a high-quality offering with outstanding quantity and variety. We have a NEW FORMAT with the Commercial Female Sale on FRIDAY at 12:00 noon. We expect to sell approximately 250 pairs. These pairs include Brangus, Black Super Baldies, and F1 Black and Tiger Stripe females. The balance of the offering consists of heavy-bred females due to calve within the next few days to two weeks. We are also including about 100 fall-bred Brangus heifers that are 3–4 months pregnant and on track for early fall calves, along with a strong group of roughly 60 open Brangus heifers—big, stout, and ready to breed. On the registered side, this sale represents a true breed highlight for Brangus, featuring 153 lots and purebred females with 193 total selling with calves at side. • Friday evening at 5:00 p.m., we begin with our Mature Cow Sale, offering approximately 90 head selling in 50 lots of proven
Dialed In, True Balance, Never Before, Admiral, Ace of Spades, and other proven greats. These females have the potential to become future donors and significantly impact both large and small breeding programs. We’re especially excited about this group and sincerely thank our partners for consigning their best. Immediately following the Cutting Edge sale, we will hold our 3rd Annual Grass Time Sale with 23 more head. Bidders will have the opportunity to purchase groups of three registered heifers—sweeping the pen or selecting one, two, or all three— before the remaining heifers sell individually or in smaller groups. This is another solid set of females from elite sires and dams—an opportunity to buy in volume. We invite you to join us for this premier female event—the breed highlight of the spring season—on April 24th and 25th at Cavender Ranches. Our dedicated crew has done an outstanding job developing these females, and they are in excellent condition, ready to go to work and deliver success for you. If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact our team: Mark Cowan, Todd Harvey, Dustin Kennedy, or our consultants Joe Fuller, Garrett Thomas, Clay Barnhouse, or myself. We look forward to seeing you at the ranch.
Best regards,
Joe Cavender, Cavender Ranches
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