Erichsen Black Dog Ranch & Cattle Co
44 animals · Wagyu (Fullblood), Wagyu (Fullblood, polled), Wagyu (Purebred, polled) · Weatherford, Texas
For the Love of Wagyu
100% Fullblood Registered Wagyu bulls, bred females, semen and embryos built on top genetics from Japan, Australia and the United States. Weatherford, Texas.
Why Erichsen Black Dog Ranch
Japanese-Style Rotational Breeding
We rotate between high-marbling, high-maternal and larger-carcass sires and dams, and keep the inbreeding coefficient as low as possible, so each generation is better than the last.
Low-Stress, Hands-On Care
Every animal comes in each morning to be fed and checked, calves learn their own feeding pens, and a custom ration is built from our pasture and hay analysis.
Top Genetics From Three Continents
Mayura L0010, Sumo Cattle Company Shikikan and F154, Kitaguni Jr. and more. 100% Fullblood, AWA and AuWA registered, parent verified to Japan.
Herd Sires & Bulls
BDRCC-bred bulls from Mayura L0010, LMR Mainichi 0365H and Kitateruyasudoi lines.
The Shikikan Heifers
Top 1% Marble Score genetics from Sumo Cattle Company Shikikan N0211, and the cow where it began.
Bred Females & Embryo Donors
Bred cows and heifers available now, plus the females behind our embryo offerings.
BDRCC Rosey 2 18H
Wagyu (Fullblood, polled)
Reg: FB57772
M6 P342 Ms Hikokura 488M
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB128989 · AuWA M6RF24V288M
BDRCC Ms United V404M
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB138581 · AuWA WKRF24V404
BDRCC Ms Michifuku 061P
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB138540
CRWN Hime VC22M
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB130715 · AuWA C2RF24V0022
BH Rosey
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB25291
PPP Ms Noche 100F ET
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB38360 · AuWA USAFB38360
UFR Sheza TF Kikuhana 50D
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB23279 · AuWA USAFB23279
TWW Ness 590WJ
Wagyu (Fullblood)
Reg: FB76713 · AuWA USAFB76713
Our Story
Steve and Mary Erichsen moved to Weatherford, Texas in 2012 to get more involved in the cutting horse world, buying a small ranch outside town sight unseen. It turned out to be a perfect fit, and the horses, dogs, cats and donkeys have multiplied ever since.
After a career in high tech, Steve retired in 2015 and wanted to do something unique with cattle rather than simply raise beef. The more breeds he studied, the more he kept coming back to Wagyu, Japan's long-protected national treasure.
Today the Black Dog Ranch and Cattle Company focuses on the breeding end of the industry: using top Wagyu genetics from around the world to raise Fullblood seedstock for ranchers building their own herds. The herd is kept deliberately small so every mating gets close attention, and the ranch takes pride in helping new breeders get started.
Our Journey
Weatherford, sight unseen
Steve and Mary move to Weatherford, Texas and buy a small ranch outside town, originally to pursue cutting horses.
Choosing Wagyu
Steve retires from the high-tech industry and, after researching breeds, builds a Fullblood Wagyu seedstock program.
German breeders visit
A group of German Wagyu breeders tours the ranch, with genetics and embryo specialist Dr. Brad Stroud as guest speaker.
Wagyu World feature
The ranch is featured in the January/February issue of Wagyu World and sells breeding stock coast to coast.
New homes, new friends
BDRCC cattle ship to customers in Texas, Colorado and Missouri, and an international Wagyu group visits the ranch.
AWA Conference & a big AI season
Fullblood females ship to breeders in the Midwest and Southeast, and the team attends the AWA National Conference in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Polled and fullblood bull calves
A standout group of 2026 polled and fullblood bull calves arrives from the year's AI program.