Sires

Reg: ABBA 1002836

Registered with ABBA as #SJYSCSPR 951/6 IA, POMPEYO 951/6 was bred in Mexico by Marco Barba's Ganadería San José. In March 2019 he was Reserve Adulto Champion Gray Bull at the XXII Exposición Nacional de Ganado Brahman in Tampico, then closed his show career by winning the Grand Championship of the Brahman breed at the LVI Nacional de Cebú in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. Rio Ranch imported him to the USA shortly afterwards. He is a heavily muscled, powerful herd sire out of the ranch's donor #HLG-MS Criadero Lastra 314 TE, and his progeny earned Gray Get of Sire honors at the 2023 Jambalaya Classic and Bluebonnet Kick Off Classic. Female sexed semen is offered for foreign and domestic buyers. Performance data: Rio Ranch states he ranks at the top of the ABBA EPDs for Calving Ease Direct, Yearling Weight, Carcass Weight, Rib Eye Area, Marbling and Fat Thickness (numeric EPDs not published).

Reg: ABBA 1002848

ROCO 333/8 (ABBA name #SAN JOSE WELLING ROCO TE 333/8) was bred by Ganadería San José in Mexico and purchased by Rio Ranch before he began a show career. He is a son of JDH Wellington Manso 527/1, a leading sire of champions in Mexico whose semen is not sold in the United States. His full siblings include the 2019 Exposición Nacional de Ganado Brahman Joven Champion Gray Bull and the 2022 Joven Champion Gray Bull at both the Exposición Internacional de Razas Puras (Chiapas) and the Exposición Nacional de Ganado Cebú (Guadalajara). His dam, 287/7, is a daughter of the Vanguard bull (+) JDH Mr Woodman Manso 578/6. His sons RIO ROCO 158K2 and RIO MR PALOMO 485L10 are winning in the show ring, and female sexed semen is offered for foreign and domestic buyers. Performance data: Rio Ranch states he trends at the top of the ABBA EPDs for Calving Ease Direct, Birth Weight, Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Total Maternal, Calving Ease Maternal, Carcass Weight, Rib Eye Area and Marbling (numeric EPDs not published).

Reg: ABBA 1018737

Registered as MR BER JAMES MONROE 723, "Cardenal" is a thick, clean-fronted gray bull with plenty of spring of rib, a wide top-line and an easy stride in the pasture. He is a grandson of the Vanguard bull (+)JDH Sir Lawford Manso 616/6 and is out of +JDH Goudeau Manso 130/0, an ABBA Register of Renown female who is also the dam of two-time ABBA Premier Show Bull of the Year BER Trump. Four Vanguard bulls appear in his pedigree, including (+) JDH Atlas Manso 328/3 and (+) JDH Karu Manso 800. Female sexed semen is offered for foreign and domestic buyers. Performance data: Rio Ranch states he is in the top percentage of ABBA EPDs for Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Total Maternal, Docility, Frame Score, Carcass Weight, Rib Eye Area, Fat Thickness, $Bull Index and $Queen Index (numeric EPDs not published).

Reg: ABBA 1039714

CC NOAH 41/1 (ABBA name MR CC NOAH 41/1) is a dark cherry red bull that Rio Ranch selected from Ken Stone's Cannon Creek Ranch. His sire, +MR. TO FERRIS 10/4, was the 2013 HLS&R International Grand Champion Red Bull and is an ABBA Register of Renown sire of champions such as two-time International Champion +MS ELLA 104/6. His dam is an own daughter of +MR WINCHESTER MAGNUM 999/3, one of the breed's leading sires of show-ring champions. Rio Ranch expects him to keep siring thick, beefy, dark red Brahmans, and female sexed semen is offered for foreign and domestic buyers. Performance data: Rio Ranch states he trends at the top of the ABBA EPDs for Frame Score, Yield Grade and Marbling (numeric EPDs not published).

Reg: ABBA 1042468

RIO MADDOX 378 (ABBA name RIO MADDOX 378H2) is a Rio Ranch-bred, very dark pigmented bull with great depth of body, plenty of bone, structural correctness and breed character. He is a son of +MR H MADDOX MANSO 684, one of the most widely used and proven Brahman sires of the past 15 years, known as a sire of champions and of herd sires with strong carcass traits. His dam, MISS BER 378, has produced show-ring champions and is a long-bodied, stout donor in the Rio Ranch program. Female sexed semen is offered for foreign and domestic buyers. Performance data: Rio Ranch states he trends at the top of the ABBA EPDs for Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Total Maternal, Scrotal Circumference, Yield Grade, Carcass Weight, Rib Eye Area, Marbling and $Bull Index (numeric EPDs not published).