Thickety Creek Farm
33 animals · Beefmaster · Kirbyville, Texas
You've Found Thickety Creek Beefmaster
Registered black and red Beefmaster bulls and heifers bred for the commercial cattleman. Kirbyville, Southeast Texas.
Why Thickety Creek Farm
Gentle, Hand-Tended Cattle
As a small producer we inspect, weigh, vaccinate and move our cows individually. They know our voices and come when called.
Data-Driven Breeding
Selective AI and embryo transfer from our best donors, ultrasound scan data on bulls and heifers, and BBU whole herd reporting for accurate EPDs.
Black & Red Seedstock for Commercial Herds
We breed for a consistent black hide, maternal instinct, milk and hardiness, so Beefmaster genetics add value to the commercial cattleman's calves.
Available & Up and Coming
Our current offering plus the young stock we are developing. Call Cullin to arrange a viewing.
Show & Sale Winners
Thickety Creek cattle that have made their mark in the ring and the sale barn.
Donor 208-2 Embryo Program
ET sons and daughters of our donor cow 208-2 (C1020380).
Our Story
Thickety Creek Farm sits deep in the woods of Southeast Texas near Kirbyville, on 186 acres named for the year-round creek that winds through it. The land carries some 150 years of history and stands of live oaks just as old; in the late 1920s and early 1930s earlier owners ran a commercial hog operation here and truck-farmed watermelons and peas.
Cullin Smith has loved cows since boyhood, when he leased a couple of acres down the street to keep his first one. After studying Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M, he started his cattle business in 2005 on a farm along the Sabine River, and after working with many breeds he and Claire chose to raise registered Beefmaster exclusively, for the breed's gentle disposition and its other essential traits.
Today the farm uses selective AI and embryo transfer from its best donor cows, collects scan data on bulls and heifers, and is a BBU whole herd reporting farm. The goal is black registered Beefmaster seedstock that improves the commercial producer's herd. Cullin serves on several BBU committees and is a Board Director of the Southeast Texas Independent Cattlemen's Association.
Our Journey
A farm with a history
Earlier owners of the land run a commercial hog operation and truck-farm watermelons and peas along Thickety Creek.
The cattle business begins
Cullin Smith starts his cattle operation on a farm on the banks of the Sabine River.
Beefmaster becomes the breed
Cullin and Claire Smith commit to raising registered Beefmaster cattle at Thickety Creek Farm.
Building on EMS King George
Cullin attends the Emmons 5th Annual Bull Sale in March; that season six cows are AI'd and a donor cow flushed to EMS King George.
Strong sale results
Lot 44 places 3rd of 27 open heifers at the Lone Star Beefmaster Breeders Sale in June; in October, CS 7-21 ranks 3rd of 74 bulls at the Red River Beefmaster Performance Group Sale.
Grand Champion in Kinder
King George son CS 19-21 is named Grand Champion Bull at the Louisiana Beefmaster Breeders sale on April 1; CS 21-21 places 3rd of 31.
A new embryo calf crop
ET calves by EMS King George, CJ Game Winner and SWB Teton are born, and many are retained as breeding stock.