England Cattle Company, LLC
51 animals · Brahman · Mercedes, Texas
Functional, Polled Brahman Cattle for the Cow-Man
Registered polled grey Brahman herd sires, donor genetics and certified F1 females from family land in Mercedes, Texas. Home of the annual Brahmans on the Rio Production Sale.
Why England Cattle Co.
The USA's Largest Polled Brahman Program
Ranked No. 1 for the most polled Brahman registrations by The Brahman Journal five years in a row, with polled females built from a bull battery of sought-after polled sires.
Ultra-Sexed Polled Genetics
Home of ECC El Caporal 301, the first Polled Brahman bull to sort for Ultra-Sexed female semen, backed by an on-ranch ET, AI and IVF program using our own F1 recipient cows.
Proven Beyond the Show Ring
Functional, heat-tolerant cattle bred for the pasture first, with semen and embryos sold into nine countries and 15 U.S. states.
Herd Sires
The polled bull battery behind the USA's largest polled Brahman program.
LMC ECC POLLED X FACTOR 84/4
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 927909
ECC POLLED RIO KING 104/8
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 978857
MR. 4F POLLED ICE MAN 3/6
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 958648
ECC AX POLLED RIO KING 620
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 946781
ECC POLLED MAVERICK 302/9
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 1004492
ECC POLLED CHIEF 719
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 962135
#BARDIA AMBASSADOR 170
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 958184
ECC EL CAPORAL 301
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 919177
LMC POLLED AUTHORITY 115/0
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 892796
LMC POLLED SAMBO 45/0
Brahman
Reg: ABBA 892788
Leading Ladies: Donor Program
Donor cows that back our pedigrees and produced champions and foundation females.
Private Treaty Bulls
Polled bulls available now. Call Benton at (956) 373-1886.
Our Story
Mike and Elizabeth "Crickett" England started England Cattle Co. in 1984 on 40 acres of Crickett's family homestead in Mercedes, deep in the Rio Grande Valley. The home place was built in 1907 by her grandparents, and three generations of Brahman breeders have lived on the ranch since. Mike grew up around Brahmans and worked for Clifford Ranch, a registered Red Brahman operation, from 1975 to 1984.
After years with commercial Brahman-influenced cattle, the family turned to registered polled grey Brahmans, buying their first heifer from polled breeder Carlos Guerra. In under ten years the program became the No. 1 polled Brahman operation in the USA, using embryo transfer, artificial insemination and in-vitro fertilization on its own F1 recipient cows to produce replacement females, herd sires and show prospects.
Today Mike, Crickett, their son Benton (ranch manager), his wife Brooke and their son Burton run about 200 registered Brahmans and 500-plus Brahman-influenced cattle alongside 3,000+ acres of flood-irrigated cotton and row crops. Each May they host the Brahmans on the Rio Production Sale at the ranch, with private-treaty sales opening the Monday after.
Our Journey
The home place
Crickett's grandparents build and settle the family home place in Mercedes, Texas.
England Cattle Co. founded
Mike and Crickett England start the company on 40 acres of the family homestead, raising commercial Brahman-influenced cattle.
Going polled
The family shifts to registered polled grey Brahmans, buying their first heifer from polled breeder Carlos Guerra.
Houston reserve champion
ECC raises the reserve champion born-and-raised Brahman at the Houston Livestock Show; the next year it has two division reserve champions in the champion drive.
First production sale
The first Brahmans on the Rio Production Sale is held at the ranch during the pandemic, with an online broadcast added at the last minute.
No. 1 polled breeder, five years running
The Brahman Journal ranks ECC first for most polled registrations for the fifth straight year, and the ranch releases herd sire ECC AX Polled Rio King 620.
Record Brahmans on the Rio
At the 7th annual sale on May 16, 20 lots average $15,568 and ECC Polled Peach 13/5 tops the sale at $30,000 to Bigfoot Cattle Co.